# It's Jeopardy online test time! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697 "2010-01-12T19:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LilGypsyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilGypsyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilGypsyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/21 "2010-01-27T00:58:09Z")
I figured, why not? Yet, I can’t get Rosie Perez out of my head: “What is a quince?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/22 "2010-01-27T01:02:41Z")
30 seconds – game face time! \ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/23 "2010-01-27T01:12:45Z")
I thought this one was harder than the one I took a couple of years ago. Hope I get another audition. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/24 "2010-01-27T01:15:25Z")
Jeez Louise that sucked. 15 seconds is way too much pressure. I can’t believe I couldn’t remember John Elway’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/25 "2010-01-27T01:17:23Z")
Hoooo. I thought this was easier than last year’s, but it got a bit tougher as it went on. I feel pretty good about how I did. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/26 "2010-01-27T01:18:54Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Jeez Louise that sucked. 15 seconds is way too much pressure. I can’t believe I couldn’t remember John Elway’s name. Preach it. “Collarbone” came to me about 45 seconds too late. [Answers will eventually be posted here](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=44591) ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/27 "2010-01-27T01:19:33Z")
I took a complete guess on the “Commissioner of Planning and Development” question (who’s a currently famous woman from Chicago, after all?) and got it right, so that makes me feel good. But I wound up skipping a bunch. I’m pretty confident about all the other answers I did give, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/28 "2010-01-27T01:20:08Z")
Well damn…I coulda sworn Madonna sang “Paparazzi” – come to find out it’s Lady Gaga. Oh well…still, I feel better about this one than I have any of my previous tries. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/29 "2010-01-27T01:21:04Z")
I thought it was much harder than last year’s as well. Last year I got 38 right - this time I would guess it was like 30. I choked on 3 or 4, including collarbone and the Kennedy Center. Oh well, wait 'til next year… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/30 "2010-01-27T01:39:02Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Well damn…I coulda sworn Madonna sang “Paparazzi” – come to find out it’s Lady Gaga. That was a big guess for me and I got it right, so I think that’s a good omen. ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/31 "2010-01-27T01:48:17Z")
Well, I feel confident in saying that you all are going to have to wait until next year to see me on Jeopardy! There were quite a few that I just didn’t know or just blanked on. That’s the part that really drives me crazy - having the answer rattling around somewhere up in my noggin, but being unable to retrieve it in an expedient manner. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/32 "2010-01-27T01:56:44Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Preach it. “Collarbone” came to me about 45 seconds too late. Ohhh, that’s right – it’s the collarbone, not the hipbone. Stupid Quickdraw McGraw, falling on his ass and yelling “Oooo, I broke my clavicle!”. Stupid brain, retaining bad knowledge given to me by Quickdraw McGraw. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/33 "2010-01-27T02:04:44Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Ohhh, that’s right – it’s the collarbone, not the hipbone. Well, they \*did \*specify that it was a ten-letter word. But I nearly entered “shoulderblade”. :o ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/34 "2010-01-27T02:26:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, they \*did \*specify that it was a ten-letter word. Right…which I spent 15 seconds wracking my brain for a 10-letter word for “hipbone”. ---
**Author:** ![LilGypsyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilGypsyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilGypsyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/35 "2010-01-27T02:37:18Z")
Suffice it to say, I am pretty sure I won’t be getting any phone calls for the in-person audition. :smack: I’m sticking to hair. At least it doesn’t beep at me when I take too long to cut it.😃 ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/36 "2010-01-27T02:37:45Z")
Looking through the questions on the Sony messageboard that **Justin\_Bailey** posted, I think I got 37 right (assuming the the answer to #39 – Common bonds: “reel, hora, habanera” – is “dances”). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/37 "2010-01-27T02:48:28Z")
> [@LilGypsyGirl](#): > > I’m sticking to hair. At least it doesn’t beep at me when I take too long to cut it.😃 It beeps? Man, I’m glad I leave my speakers off as a general rule. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/38 "2010-01-27T03:00:10Z")
I think I got 33 right. Better than my initial estimate of 30, but I’m not gonna sit by the phone in anticipation. MilTan, congrats! I bet you get called. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/39 "2010-01-27T03:10:27Z")
I got 32 or 33 – and probably 32 as I wrote ‘white house easter egg hunt’ instead of ‘roll’. Alas, came down from my 37 on last year’s test. Not getting called – I think (or so my brother says, and he’d know better than I) that you need 35 to get invited for a real audition. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697/40 "2010-01-27T03:30:12Z")
I’m going to be on the bubble. I think that there are 2-3 questions that I “missed” because I hit enter just as time expired and it skipped me over the question (enter hit for the next question). Should have been more patient. I’m definitely getting dumber with old age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-jeopardy-online-test-time/524697.md?page=3)