# Jeopardy Online Qualifying Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335 "2006-03-29T01:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/1 "2006-03-29T01:28:11Z")
Anyone else just take it? I don’t remember any non-disclosure clauses when signing up (I assume they have different questions for the exams over the next two days for the midwest and West coasts), so I think we can discuss it. If anyone knows better, let me know. Honestly, I didn’t think it was that hard. I think I got about 45/50 questions right. I missed one or two of the science ones, and I didn’t know the Secretary of State in the 1970s. The one I’m MOST mad at myself for missing was “On the Waterfront” being the 1954 Best Picture starring Marlon Brando – I could think of everything about it but the name. Aargh. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/2 "2006-03-29T01:33:02Z")
For some reason I could only think of Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State, but Carter wasn’t elected until '76. So I got at least that one wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/3 "2006-03-29T01:38:21Z")
I’m sure I got in the 40s. I mistyped that the “meet” shall inherit the Earth, so I probably blew that one. There were a couple I didn’t know, but I can’t remember most of them. The literature thing about the Russian family was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/4 "2006-03-29T01:42:20Z")
Sec. in 73 was Kissinger… I put “Cantrbry” for the question about pligrams. I wonder if that will count. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/5 "2006-03-29T01:46:51Z")
I think I put Brzenski for the Secretary of State one, even though I knew (?) it wasn’t him, and I’m sure I spelled it wrong. I thought the Russian literature one where the youngest son’s name was Dmitry was from “The Brothers Karamazov,” but that was just a guess. The one in the Dance category about Odette having to be a bird for one day a year – was that Swan Lake or the Firebird (or something else)? I hope the former… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/6 "2006-03-29T03:10:34Z")
> [@cainxinth](#): > > Sec. in 73 was Kissinger… Woohoo! > [@](#): > > I put “Cantrbry” for the question about pligrams. I wonder if that will count. They said they wouldn’t deduct for incorrect spelling. I’d think that’s close enough. > [@Rodgers01](#): > > I thought the Russian literature one where the youngest son’s name was Dmitry was from “The Brothers Karamazov,” but that was just a guess. Looks like you’re right. > [@](#): > > The one in the Dance category about Odette having to be a bird for one day a year – was that Swan Lake or the Firebird (or something else)? I hope the former… Swan Lake. We both got that one. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/7 "2006-03-29T03:12:45Z")
It wouldn’t let me long on. Cocksuckers. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/8 "2006-03-29T05:37:24Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It wouldn’t let me long on. Cocksuckers. That sucks. The same thing happened to the father of one of my friends. The site said you should log in 15 minutes in advance, although I didn’t notice that until checking this evening. Looks like they really stuck to it for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/9 "2006-03-29T06:17:21Z")
Yeah, I couldn’t for the life of me remember that Providence is the capital of Rhode Island. I had to skip or miss about five or six. Hopefully I got the rest right, though from what I’ve seen so far, I did okay. (And who the Hell wrote ‘Babbit’?) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/10 "2006-03-29T06:19:00Z")
> [@TheOnlySaneOne](#): > > And who the Hell wrote ‘Babbit’? Sinclair Lewis. I read that in my spare time at around age 12- finally, it pays off. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/11 "2006-03-29T07:10:11Z")
I read _Babbit_ when I was about that age, too! An odd choice for a 12-year-old maybe, but I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/12 "2006-03-29T07:34:28Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > The one I’m MOST mad at myself for missing was “On the Waterfront” being the 1954 Best Picture starring Marlon Brando – I could think of everything about it but the name. Aargh. Wasn’t this the question the other guy has to get wrong in _Quiz Show_ in order to lose to Ralph Fiennes character? Or was _On the Waterfront_ the wrong answer and _Marty_ the right answer? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/13 "2006-03-29T07:39:04Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > I read _Babbit_ when I was about that age, too! An odd choice for a 12-year-old maybe, but I liked it. I didn’t dislike it. Now that I think about it, who knows how much it shaped my views of suburbia. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/14 "2006-03-29T11:31:02Z")
D’oh! I signed up, then completely forgot about it. They should have sent a reminder e-mail or something. Ah well. I get over things like this pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/15 "2006-03-29T12:27:58Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Wasn’t this the question the other guy has to get wrong in _Quiz Show_ in order to lose to Ralph Fiennes character? Or was _On the Waterfront_ the wrong answer and _Marty_ the right answer? I’m not sure what the question was or what the wrong answer he had to give was, but the right answer was Marty – and the poor guy had seen that movie about 5 times. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/16 "2006-03-29T12:58:56Z")
When it asked about the Nobel Prize winner, I blanked completely. Of course I remembered it later (since he’s one of my choices on this year’s Dead Pool). And could not for the life of me remember the name of the Julia Roberts movie, although I knew what it was. (I had the same problem with Gallipoli on Final Jeopardy the other night. Knew everything about it except the name.) ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/17 "2006-03-29T14:34:50Z")
I probably got five or six wrong. I should have kept more careful track. The funny thing is, most of the ones I had trouble with are mentioned in this thread. By the way, what was the one about the DaVinci Code? Something about the character being introduced in a previous novel? Had to pass on that one. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/18 "2006-03-29T14:44:07Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > I’m not sure what the question was or what the wrong answer he had to give was, but the right answer was Marty – and the poor guy had seen that movie about 5 times. “Marty” won Best Picture in 1955. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/19 "2006-03-29T15:00:14Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Honestly, I didn’t think it was that hard. I think I got about 45/50 questions right. I missed one or two of the science ones, and I didn’t know the Secretary of State in the 1970s. The one I’m MOST mad at myself for missing was “On the Waterfront” being the 1954 Best Picture starring Marlon Brando – I could think of everything about it but the name. Aargh. “They’re going to ask me what won the Best goddamn Picture for nineteen hundred and fifty five\* and I have to answer ‘On the Waterfront’. They have to utz me with a question any child knows.”\*\* Of course, it’s no longer 1956, so it’s a much harder question now. 😉 \*[**Marty**](http://imdb.com/title/tt0048356/) \*\*I’ve seen the movie this quote is from more than a hundred times. Has anyone else seen it even once? ;p ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/20 "2006-03-29T15:01:39Z")
Okay, so, everybody else has, which makes me happy, and I should preview thread before posting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335.md?page=2)