# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [May 24, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/121 "2006-05-24T23:48:42Z")
I had mentioned that since I have two teenaged daughters, and college is coming up fast for them, anything left over after the convertible and the new boat is going right in to their tuitions… ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/122 "2006-05-26T03:24:13Z")
I’m trying out in Chicago in two weeks. The five interesting things are giving me some trouble. I know what I’ll say I’d spend the money on (entering a major poker tournament), but can that be one of the five things or should it be separate? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/123 "2006-05-26T03:26:09Z")
I’d make it separate. They’ll definitely ask about what you would do with the money, so you might as well come up with a fifth thing. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/124 "2006-06-15T13:15:52Z")
My audition is due to take place in San Francisco six hours from now. The online test seems _so long ago_. I was awakened 40 minutes ago by an earthquake (apparently a 4.7); hope that’s not a bad omen. Thanks to the advice of Dopers upthread, I’ve got my “Contestant Information Sheet” ready, complete with: [ul] [li]Five Fascinating Facts about me. In the end, it seems like “B-list” material – the real high and low points of my life thus far aren’t family-friendly enough to fit the _Jeopardy!_ template.[/li][li]Unique variation on the “spend the winnings on travel” theme.[/li][li]Gratuitous SDMB shout-out.[/li][/ul]Any other Dopers going to the Palace Hotel in SF today? [Unfortunately, I’m virtually immobile from sciatic pain – I can’t currently feel my feet, or visualize even leaving the house this morning, let alone taking the train to SF and hobbling around using a cane, which will be necessary. At exactly the time that I should be charming them with my rapier wit and debonair demeanor, I’ll be in a Vicodin haze – but wishing it were morphine. Oy. Apologies for the MPSIMS-style addition to this CS thread.] ---
**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:** [June 15, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/125 "2006-06-15T13:58:59Z")
Good luck, **Antonious**. I hope the pain lessens as you get up and move around. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/126 "2006-06-15T17:45:11Z")
I didn’t know they were still doing the auditions from the online testers! They must be nearing the end. Best of luck, and definitely let us know how it goes for you. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335/127 "2006-06-15T17:45:55Z")
Yeah good luck! I would have been there…but the week after the qualification test I got to face the happy choice of accepting a transfer halfway across the country or finding a new job. My situation was so in flux that I didn’t feel able to RSVP them when they sent out the invites to the SF auditions. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-qualifying-test/350335.md?page=6)