# 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:** 2
**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, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/21 "2009-01-28T02:07:47Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > 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)? They’d have to give it to you for “Teller”. He doesn’t have a first name. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I got James Madison wrong. I think I put McKinley or something. Damn you! Every time I check this thread, my score goes down. 45 maximum now. And I started singing the song in my head and everything. 15 seconds seems like plenty of time, until it turns out that includes the time to read the clue. Were some of you people collaborating on this? ---
**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, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/22 "2009-01-28T02:13:22Z")
I’m guessing I got 19 wrong. When my phone ain’t ringing I’ll know it’s Alex Trebek! ---
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/23 "2009-01-28T02:20:01Z")
Here are the answers I remember entering: Krishna and Rama are both considered avatars of this Hindu god Shiva (wrong) Scottish chef known for rants Gordon Ramsay (right) Nicholas II was the last czar of this family Romanov (right) Topsy and Simon Legree are both characters in this bestselling novel C.I.T.R. (wrong) John the Baptist’s ministry took place in the region around this river Jordan (right) In 1903, with presidential permission, Morris Michtom began marketing these toys Teddy Bears (right) This term for a person who works for various employers comes from the knights who sold their skills Mercenary (wrong) She’s the fabled tale teller in “The Thousand and One Nights.” S (wrong) Regarding this device, Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.” Lever (right) In 2008 she played Daisy, the lifelong friend of Benjamin Button Pass (wrong) This 15,000 foot peak in the Swiss alps is famous for its shape and the danger of ascending it Matterhorn (?) He was president during the war of 1812 McKinley (wrong) Mozart’s last and perhaps most powerful symphony shares its name with this planet Venus (wrong) This language was invented in Warsaw in 1887 by Zamenhof Esperanto (right) In the 2008-08 season, this Cleveland Cavalier turned 23 and averaged 30 points a game LeBron James (right) An arm bone, or an adjective meaning funny Humorous (assuming they accept either spelling, right) Now named to the cabinet, Steven Chu won a noble for capturing atoms with these light beams Lasers (right) He occupied a chair over which the sword of him was suspended by a single thread. Damocles (right) “Bush at work”,”Plan of Attack,” and “State of Denial” are books by this famed journalist Charles Krauthammer - this was a total WAG (wrong) Cecilia Bartoli has unearthed and sung several forgotten arias by this “Four Seasons “ composer Vivaldi (right) It’s the smallest and easternmost of the great lakes Michigan (wrong) 9 teaspoons equals this many tablespoons 3 (right) Logically, it’s the middle book of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” Fifth (Circle) (right) In 1620 it sailed westward from Southampton with Christopher Jones as captain May (brain fart, presumably wrong) Atomic number 98, this radioactive element is the only one named after a US state Nevadium - WAG (wrong) This Midwest state is the only one whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition Indiana (right) Attorney-client benefit 9 letters Privilege (right) It completes the line “Shall I compare thee to …” A summer’s eve… actually put day first :smack: (wrong) In a 2008 revival of this show, the sharks sing in Spanish Pass (wrong) This flavor was invented in 1929 and named in part to reflect the difficult economic times ahead Rocky Road (right) Sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon are known as these, after a British lord Elgin Marbles (right) In “Great Expectations,” this aged lady still wears her wedding dress Pass (wrong) The young pretender to the British throne in the 1740s was also known as Bonnie Prince \_\_\_\_ Charlie (right) This Frenchman lent his name to an early form of photography Pass (wrong) In Latin, the name of this country means place of freedom Liberia (?) A no. 1 bestseller in 2008, was this female mystery authors “Scarpetta.” Kay - brain fart (wrong) Latin term for the moon’s seas, the largest is about 750 miles wide. Tranquility (misread this one) Born a slave, she helped free others and was the first black woman on a US postage stamp Harriet Tubman (right) As an adjective, it means timely, in the theater it’s to supply an actor with a line Pass (wrong) Just one radio advertising song (rhyme) Single jingle (right) The Oregon trail and pony express route both passed by Casper in this state Wyoming (right) His “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is considered by many to be the world’s first detective story Don’t remember what I put, wasn’t Poe (wrong) During the Sui dynasty it was repaired 7 times to defend against the Tujue Great Wall of China (right) The House of Representatives has this many members 435 (right) Half \_\_\_\_ Alaska (fill in the blank) Assed (Wrong) The intestinal tract of these insects, aka white ants, can break down cellulose termites (right) Smaller than Greenland, it’s the worlds second-largest island I was always taught Australia in school, but apparently it no longer counts (wrong) Karen Blixen wrote “Out of Africa” under this name Dinesen (right) Hit the bullseye and name this discount retail store first opened by the Dayton Co. in xxxx Target (right) This singer renamed herself Sasha Fierce for a 2008 double album Beyonce Knowles (right) Assuming Matterhorn and Liberia are correct, I got 29. Sigh. ---
**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, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/24 "2009-01-28T02:22:27Z")
Dammit. I forgot about Benjamin Button. That’s another wrong. (I stand by my complaint that they have too much pop culture in the mix. Mostly because that is my achilles heel.) ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/25 "2009-01-28T02:23:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Were some of you people collaborating on this? Not me. I didn’t really know what the format was going in, or I might have opened an arseload of google tabs first. ---
**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, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/26 "2009-01-28T02:25:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Here are the answers I remember entering: > > Logically, it’s the middle book of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” > Fifth (Circle) (right) Hate to tell you , but the three books of the Divine Comedy are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/27 "2009-01-28T02:26:23Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Not me. I didn’t really know what the format was going in, or I might have opened an arseload of google tabs first. I doubt that would have helped me. I barely had enough time to read the question and type the answer, with precious little time to think about it. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/28 "2009-01-28T02:26:36Z")
I think I got 40-42, depending on how hard they grade the spelling. It’s tough; everyone knows how to _say_ Scheherazade, but I don’t think I spelled it phonetically correct. Oh well. Ones I definitely missed: Vishnu Romanov freelance possibly Scheherazade lever (I put “fulcrum”) Lake Ontario 3 tablespoons New Guinea I put Purgatory instead of Purgatorio I put IN instead of Indiana I may have screwed up spelling Dinesen. How many people got New Guinea? I thought that was the hardest one. ---
**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, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/29 "2009-01-28T02:29:17Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Hate to tell you , but the three books of the Divine Comedy are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Oops. > [@](#): > > How many people got New Guinea? I thought that was the hardest one. Not many, I expect. When I was in school, the continent was Australasia and Australia was an island (and country). I suppose in that case Greenland would have been second, so I’m still wrong. ---
**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/30 "2009-01-28T02:32:04Z")
I got New Guinea. But I need to admit, I sat here saying “What was that ship that started the voyage with the Mayflower? The Speedwell! Yeah, that’s it!” And so I got one wrong that any fifth-grader would have gotten 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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/31 "2009-01-28T02:33:20Z")
I wonder if they’ll accept Purgatory? Also, I totally guessed right on ‘termites!’ ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/32 "2009-01-28T02:34:44Z")
Dang it. Am working the next two nights, could have done it tonight when work got canceled due to ice, but forgot to sign up. Oh well ☹ ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/33 "2009-01-28T02:44:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > This Midwest state is the only one whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition > Indiana (right) Oh. ☹ ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/34 "2009-01-28T02:47:03Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > Oh. ☹ OK! ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/35 "2009-01-28T02:47:42Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > How many people got New Guinea? I thought that was the hardest one. I was quite proud of myself when I submitted Madagascar. :smack: ---
**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, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/36 "2009-01-28T05:56:32Z")
Answers are up. I got 41 or 42, I honestly can’t remember if I got Gordon Ramsay or not. Either way, I can live with it. I should have got INdiana; but I had two others that were damn near blind guesses that turned out right. ---
**Author:** ![BethCro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BethCro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BethCro)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/37 "2009-01-28T07:06:23Z")
Hey, good luck everybody!! I took the online test last January, and today I was in LA on the show. It’s a fantastic experience and if a lurker-doper can get on, I’m sure y’all who participate in the board so much, and scare me with how smart y’all are, well, you’re definitely in with a great chance. Me? I’m just happy to be in sunny LA and not in ice storm afflicted Oklahoma. Best wishes, happy thoughts and good luck to all taking the test 🙂 ---
**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, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/38 "2009-01-28T12:15:59Z")
36/50. A little disappointing, but I didn’t feel like I should’ve known most of the wrong answers. ---
**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, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/39 "2009-01-28T12:18:09Z")
> [@BethCro](#): > > I took the online test last January, and today I was in LA on the show. Ooh, congratulations. Do we get to know who you are and when you’ll be on? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/40 "2009-01-28T13:17:07Z")
I did terribly. Missed Patricia Cornwell, Karen Blixen’s other name, “Freelance,” Mozart’s symphony, Vishnu, Indiana (I said Ohio - Oh is a word, after all) and the guy who wrote “State of Denial,” just completely blanking on Bob Woodward. I have no diea what the sculptures/British lord answer is or who the aged lady from “Great Expectations” is, which is embarassing because I read “Great Expectations” (to be honest I barely understood what the hell was going on even when I was reading it; my Christ, that book was dull.) Also missed Harriet Tubman, which I should have gotten. So I got 40or so, which I don’t think is nearly good enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321.md?page=3)