# 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:** 2
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/21 "2006-03-29T16:08:09Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > “Marty” won Best Picture in 1955. _Marty_ won “Best Picture _of_ 1955” _in_ 1956. ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/22 "2006-03-29T16:35:11Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 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. Oh, I logged on well in advance, and then steadily for about 40 minutes until 10 after. Again I say, cocksuckers. –Cliffy ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/23 "2006-03-29T17:38:18Z")
Just curious, **Cliffy** , did you use Internet Explorer? That was recommended somewhere on the site. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/24 "2006-03-29T17:58:26Z")
**Five years from now:** * * * _“Daddy, will you buy me this toy?”_ “Well sweetie, I’d love to. However, when you were four months old, you went into a crying jag that made daddy completly forget about the online Jeopardy tryouts. Now, daddy certainly would’ve went on to win thousands upon thousands of dollars which he woud’ve used to buy you all the toys you wanted, but unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be. So you see, Angel, daddy can’t afford to buy you toys because you cry.” * * * That’ll fix 'er. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/25 "2006-03-29T18:14:11Z")
Dammitall…I registered last night and was planning to take the test tonight; then I read the fine print on Eligibility, and saw that anyone who has appeared on the show during the Alex Trebek Era was not eligible. So even though I came in 3rd place in 19-freakin’-88 with $1 to my name and won a freakin’ stove I couldn’t even use…I’m not eligible to play. I was under the impression that there was just a 3-year waiting period to reappear. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/26 "2006-03-29T18:27:05Z")
I’m taking it tonight (and being careful not to read any of the preceding posts, although I’m sure they won’t reuse questions). A question: The registration site clearly says “Use a PC and Internet Explorer 5.0 and above”; have any of you taken it in Firefox? I prefer Firefox, but I’ll use IE if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/27 "2006-03-29T19:22:44Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > 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. I knew that one- _Angels and Demons_. The one I blanked on was the Motown artist who recorded _Sir Duke_. I was thinking to myself. “Stevie Wonder, right? No, he’s blind, and I don’t think the guy who sang it was blind. I know the guy…what was his name?” Thinking it over later that night, it turned out it _was_ Stevie Wonder. Ah, well. It was fun. Hopefully they’ll call me back. ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/28 "2006-03-29T19:33:08Z")
Oh, hell, missed both of those. So, let’s see, I missed: 1. The meek inheriting the earth (I put “poor,” like a numskull) 2. Odette 3. Dmitry 4. The DaVinci Code character 5. “Sir Duke” So that’s five I know of, and I feel like I’m forgetting one or two, plus possibly the odd one where I thought I was right, but wasn’t. I’m beginning to think I fell short. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/29 "2006-03-29T20:25:15Z")
This is a total hijack, but how do they keep people from cheating at the online test? Google would come up with the answers to many of those questions quite quickly. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/30 "2006-03-29T20:35:53Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > This is a total hijack, but how do they keep people from cheating at the online test? They don’t. But if you cheat, and make it to the next round where they do live test-taking, they’ll probably frown on you bringing a laptop to the test table. ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/31 "2006-03-29T20:38:00Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > This is a total hijack, but how do they keep people from cheating at the online test? They only gave you 15 seconds to answer each question. By the time you read the question, you might’ve had time for some quick searching, but you might be pushing your luck. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/32 "2006-03-29T20:39:09Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Which question was that? Cliffy, I think you logged on too early. The site said you couldn’t do it until 7:45. I missed the “the meek” question (I put down “the merciful”); the Canterbury Tales (I think I put the Decameron); the Da Vinci code author; the Brothers Karamazov character; and a few others. Most of them I knew too but my brain just got completely confused. It’s like I knew the answer but I couldn’t get my fingers to type it. What was the answer to the one about the island nation in the Med? Re finding answers on Google, you only had 15 seconds – I think it would have been hard to google, read, and get back to type the answer by then. Those 15 seconds went by really fast. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/33 "2006-03-29T20:41:31Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > Which question was that? I think the actual question was about the only Ivy League school in Rhode Island, which would be Brown. > [@](#): > > What was the answer to the one about the island nation in the Med? Cyprus, if I remember right. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/34 "2006-03-29T20:50:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think the actual question was about the only Ivy League school in Rhode Island, which would be Brown. > > Cyprus, if I remember right. I thought the other poster was referring to the state capital question - which one lies on Puget Sound? (What is that by the way?) I guessed Eugene - duh, so very wrong, I know. And I know the answer! But my . fingers . wouldn’t . type . it . ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/35 "2006-03-29T21:23:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think the actual question was about the only Ivy League school in Rhode Island, which would be Brown. Dammit! I had that, but changed it to Rutgers. So I missed that, the Julia Robert question, Harold Pintner, hollandaise sauce, and the DaVinci Code questions _that I know of_. I’m definitely out of it for this one. ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/36 "2006-03-29T21:32:31Z")
Shit! I put bearnaise sauce. Strike six. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/37 "2006-03-29T21:43:40Z")
I started off this thread cockily confident that I got about 45 right…now I’m realizing it couldn’t have been so. I didn’t get the British playwrite one (assuming it was Harold Pinter; I put Tom Stoppard), I don’t think I got the football one (don’t remember the question, but I put Green Bay Packers), or “On the Waterfront,” or the Secretary of State, among others. Hmm, not so good – maybe it’s not in the cards this time. As for the question about cheating: the time limit prevented you from googling stuff, but what was to prevent anyone from getting a bunch of people together to answer questions as a group? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/38 "2006-03-29T21:46:48Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > I thought the other poster was referring to the state capital question - which one lies on Puget Sound? (What is that by the way?) I guessed Eugene - duh, so very wrong, I know. And I know the answer! But my . fingers . wouldn’t . type . it . Puget Sound is the large inlet of the Pacific Ocean that extends into western Washington State, from Whidbey Island at the north, to Olympia (ding, ding, ding) at the south, and does not include Hood Canal. Elliot Bay, the Tacoma Narrows, McNeil Island, etc. are all smaller features of the larger sound. And what is this online _Jeopardy_ test of which you all speak? ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/39 "2006-03-29T21:48:16Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > As for the question about cheating: the time limit prevented you from googling stuff, but what was to prevent anyone from getting a bunch of people together to answer questions as a group? Nothing, I guess, and I bet people did. Still, it’d be kind of pointless, since you’d just get shown up at the next level. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/40 "2006-03-29T21:54:05Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > I thought the other poster was referring to the state capital question - which one lies on Puget Sound? (What is that by the way?) I guessed Eugene - duh, so very wrong, I know. Olympia, the capital of Washington, is [at the southern tip of Puget Sound.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.avalonwine.com/washingon-map-puget-sound.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.avalonwine.com/Washington-State-Wine-Maps.htm&h=424&w=271&sz=41&tbnid=CHt3F_uViSgO0M:&tbnh=122&tbnw=77&hl=en&start=14&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPuget%2BSound%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN) Eugene is in Oregon, the state whose capital is Salem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335.md?page=3)