# Jeopardy Auditions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719 "2010-11-15T08:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/21 "2010-11-16T13:31:14Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > And you get a pen that says “Jeopardy!” My husband asked if he could use my Jeopardy! pen. I said “ **NO!** ” ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/22 "2010-11-18T00:51:44Z")
50 Questions? Man, maybe I went to the wrong audition. I went to one about 3 (?) years ago at the local college. I think somebody really dropped the ball. The local paper said that the event would start at 10AM. We didn’t get seated in the auditorium until around 1 PM. Seems too many people showed up. When I got there, they were giving out numbered armbands to determine testing order. Then they started asking everybody to sign in on the clipboard at the table outside and \*that \*would determine testing order. There was no real organization or lines or anything. Once we were in the auditorium, they gave us alternating Version A and Version B 10-question paper tests (with the free pens). Jimmy said that the computer testing equipment had died and we had to take the paper tests. I imagined somebody sitting in a corner of the computer lab furiously cranking out test copies. Then we all herded over to another room where we got to play a three-question round and then were herded off to go our own merry ways. Don’t get me wrong; I love the show but somebody really seemed to have screwed the pooch. It was very unorganized. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/23 "2010-11-18T23:10:26Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > It might be less cruel to take someone aside and say, “You know, you’re just not going to get on the show. You can keep trying out for fun, but it’s not going to happen.” Yes, this. I’ve had two auditions before, and did quite well on the online test last January (scored 44) and didn’t even get an audition this time. I’m sure there are dozens of reasons why they can’t pull you aside and say, “no chance,” but I think I’d prefer to know there’s no hope than to take that test over and over again on the deluded notion that you have a shot. By the way, up till now, the online test has always been at the end of January. Unless it changes, start visiting the _Jeopardy!_ web site at the turn of the year for sign ups. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/24 "2010-11-19T04:05:35Z")
I was in the first group of mock game people when I auditioned… and I got on… Love the College Tournament. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/25 "2010-11-20T03:00:52Z")
For those who’ve actually appeared: what was the lag between tape and air time? ---
**Author:** ![Faustina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19adc/32.png) [@Faustina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faustina)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/26 "2010-11-20T18:43:47Z")
I taped September 14th and the shows taped that day will air December 6th through December 10th. I have no idea if the delay is always the same. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/27 "2010-11-21T00:21:18Z")
> [@Faustina](#): > > I taped September 14th and the shows taped that day will air December 6th through December 10th. I have no idea if the delay is always the same. That is a normal lag time for September. I think there is a tournament or two in between your taping and airing. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/28 "2010-11-21T02:05:11Z")
Mine taped in mid-March and aired on July 27th. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719/29 "2011-02-13T20:01:41Z")
Just a quick bump, this thread is very helpful, since I will be going to Salt Lake City on March 10/11…for my shot at a Jeopardy! pen:cool: Keith [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-auditions/560719.md?page=1)