# Jeopardy Online Test Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321 "2009-01-28T01:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 28, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/1 "2009-01-28T01:17:02Z")
I just finished Tuesday’s test. I think I did really well. I got 40 easy, possibly more. Much better than the 25 or 26 I put up last year. But I missed the one for the 1800s invented language, which I know, but still hasn’t come to me… Esperanto! Dammit! [Questions and Answers will appear here at the Jeopardy site soon.](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=39870) How’d you do? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/2 "2009-01-28T01:19:35Z")
Blanked on Esperanto, freelance, Fergie, the female mystery writer, and the sports question. I believe I got the rest right. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/3 "2009-01-28T01:22:16Z")
The “fierce” singer is Beyonce Knowles. (Missed that one!) And the mystery writer is Patricia Cornwell. (Totally blanked on it!) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/4 "2009-01-28T01:22:32Z")
I know there are a few I missed, like “Out of Africa,” but I’m astisfied. These things are such a rush it’s hard to tell how you did. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/5 "2009-01-28T01:23:51Z")
I missed Lake Ontario, too. Oh well. ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/6 "2009-01-28T01:26:17Z")
There was a sports question? Did I black out for part of the test? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/7 "2009-01-28T01:26:57Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > There was a sports question? Did I black out for part of the test? The Caveliers player, right? Lebron James? I think I got that one right. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/8 "2009-01-28T01:27:05Z")
I feel pretty good. Probably in the mid-40s somewhere. Missed the “Out of Africa” one, Patricia Cornwell, and at least one other (can’t remember which). And a few I’m not sure of. But my brain seemed to be cranking along pretty good. Even some that I didn’t know right away, like the ice cream flavor, came to me. That’s right, I mised the postal-abbreviation-is-preposition one. I couldn’t run through the midwestern states or prepositions fast enough. And Simon Legree. So I’m at 46 or below, but I don’t think it’s by much. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/9 "2009-01-28T01:29:21Z")
I forgot to sign up in time for tonight’s test, so I’m taking it Thursday for the “Pacific” crowd. Last time I tried to take it, my browser never loaded the test window. I got the countdown window after I logged in, but when the test was supposed to load…nothing happened. I have the updated Flash (the Jeopardy site even said so!) so maybe my pop-up blocker wasn’t disabled like they said. Did anyone else have problems using Firefox for the test? Should I go to IE to be safe? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/10 "2009-01-28T01:31:24Z")
And for some reason I thought Simon Legree was a character in _Oliver Twist_. Oops. Oh well. The more I think about it, the more I think I bombed on this test. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/11 "2009-01-28T01:31:51Z")
Wow, I really botched that one. I couldn’t get the Mayflower or Lake Ontario (answered blank and Lake Huron, respectively), and thought of “Mayflower” just as time ran out. What a frustrating quiz, probably got about 25 correct. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/12 "2009-01-28T01:32:40Z")
I got cornwell at the last second. The post just panned her new book. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/13 "2009-01-28T01:34:32Z")
On the bright side, I totally guessed ‘Jupiter’ on the Mozart symphony! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/14 "2009-01-28T01:41:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > The “fierce” singer is Beyonce Knowles. This brings up a question: when a person is generally well-known by their first name, as Beyonce is, is only her first name acceptable in Jeopardy (either in the test or in-game) as her last name would be? (Not counting one-namers like Madonna.) What about Ichiro (Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners, who actually has his FIRST name on his jersey)? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/15 "2009-01-28T01:42:43Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Blanked on Esperanto, freelance, Fergie, the female mystery writer, and the sports question. > I believe I got the rest right. What was the Fergie question? > [@Stephe96](#): > > I missed Lake Ontario, too. Oh well. As did I. I WAGged Michigan. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s right, I mised the postal-abbreviation-is-preposition one. I couldn’t run through the midwestern states or prepositions fast enough. > > And Simon Legree. So I’m at 46 or below, but I don’t think it’s by much. The postal abbreviation one was Indiana, right? I put Catcher in the Rye for the Legree one… was drawing a total blank. > [@Stephe96](#): > > On the bright side, I totally guessed ‘Jupiter’ on the Mozart symphony! Oops. Thought that was Venus. I’m guesstimating my score at 40. ETA: What the heck is “baked Alaska”? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/16 "2009-01-28T01:44:59Z")
It was Patricia Cornwell? Lucky guess then. And my daughter thought the “Fierce” singer was Fergie. (I had nothing for that one.) But I am sure I got others wrong that I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/17 "2009-01-28T01:45:50Z")
I got James Madison wrong. I think I put McKinley or something. ETA: Freelance! :smack: I WAGged “mercenary”. Revising my estimate to 38. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/18 "2009-01-28T01:54:18Z")
I know I got at least 10 wrong. I was in the middle of typing “Scheherazade” and didn’t finish the “de”, so I don’t know if I will get credit for that one. Was the ice cream “Rocky Road”? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/19 "2009-01-28T02:01:53Z")
Yep. I missed Californium. The questions are popping up in my brain in a weird order. I typed and accidentally deleted “Scheherazade” just in time to end up with a blank. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/20 "2009-01-28T02:04:38Z")
Presumably accurate transcript of the questions is up at **J\_B’s** link: [http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=39870&page=2](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=39870&page=2) > [@](#): > > Krishna and Rama are both considered avatars of this Hindu god > > Scottish chef known for rants > > Nicholas II was the last czar of this family > > Topsy and Simon Legree are both characters in this bestselling novel > > John the Baptist’s ministry took place in the region around this river > > In 1903, with presidential permission, Morris Michtom began marketing these toys > > This term for a person who works for various employers comes from the knights who sold their skills > > She’s the fabled tale teller in “The Thousand and One Nights.” > > Regarding this device, Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.” > > In 2008 she played Daisy, the lifelong friend of Benjamin Button > > This 15,000 foot peak in the Swiss alps is famous for its shape and the danger of ascending it > > He was president during the war of 1812 > > Mozart’s last and perhaps most powerful symphony shares its name with this planet > > This language was invented in Warsaw in 1887 by Zamenhof > > In the 2008-08 season, this Cleveland Cavalier turned 23 and averaged 30 points a game > > An arm bone, or an adjective meaning funny > > Now named to the cabinet, Steven Chu won a noble for capturing atoms with these light beams > > He occupied a chair over which the sword of him was suspended by a single thread. > > “Bush at work”,”Plan of Attack,” and “State of Denial” are books by this famed journalist > > Cecilia Bartoli has unearthed and sung several forgotten arias by this “Four Seasons “ composer > > It’s the smallest and easternmost of the great lakes > > 9 teaspoons equals this many tablespoons > > Logically, it’s the middle book of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” > > In 1620 it sailed westward from Southampton with Christopher Jones as captain > > Atomic number 98, this radioactive element is the only one named after a US state > > This Midwest state is the only one whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition > > Attorney-client benefit 9 letters > > It completes the line “Shall I compare thee to …” > > In a 2008 revival of this show, the sharks sing in Spanish > > This flavor was invented in 1929 and named in part to reflect the difficult economic times ahead > > Sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon are known as these, after a British lord > > In “Great Expectations,” this aged lady still wears her wedding dress > > The young pretender to the British throne in the 1740s was also known as Bonnie Prince \_\_\_\_ > > This Frenchman lent his name to an early form of photography > > In Latin, the name of this country means place of freedom > > A no. 1 bestseller in 2008, was this female mystery authors “Scarpetta.” > > Latin term for the moon’s seas, the largest is about 750 miles wide. > > Born a slave, she helped free others and was the first black woman on a US postage stamp > > As an adjective, it means timely, in the theater it’s to supply an actor with a line > > Just one radio advertising song (rhyme) > > The Oregon trail and pony express route both passed by Casper in this state > > His “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is considered by many to be the world’s first detective story > > During the Sui dynasty it was repaired 7 times to defend against the Tujue > > The House of Representatives has this many members > > Half \_\_\_\_ Alaska (fill in the blank) > > The intestinal tract of these insects, aka white ants, can break down cellulose > > Smaller than Greenland, it’s the worlds second-largest island > > Karen Blixen wrote “Out of Africa” under this name > > Hit the bullseye and name this discount retail store first opened by the Dayton Co. in xxxx > > This singer renamed herself Sasha Fierce for a 2008 double album [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321.md?page=2)