# 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:** 6
**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 30, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/101 "2009-01-30T04:23:25Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Do I know any straits in Turkey? I’m not sure. > > Did Doris Kearns Goodwin have TIME to write a book about Obama’s cabinet? I don’t think so, but I couldn’t recall who the term was first applied to. > > Speaking of Obama, I can’t believe I couldn’t remember the name of his AG nominee. > > We’ll see what happens. 😛 Without actually seeing the questions, Bosporus, Lincoln, and Holder? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/102 "2009-01-30T04:25:16Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Wow, and just saw that my last-second wild-ass-guess O’Keefe was right… hm, maybe this wasn’t so bad. Hopefully someone will post them soon on the Jeopardy! board. > > Eh, but I guess Macon is the “Heart of Georgia” not Athens… It was “Mother city of Georgia,” which is Savannah. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/103 "2009-01-30T04:28:11Z")
> [@Rufus\_Xavier](#): > > It was “Mother city of Georgia,” which is Savannah. Heh. Well then I was wrong twice! Hopefully they don’t read this board… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/104 "2009-01-30T04:46:54Z")
Crap, I was thinking, “There’s gotta be another city in Georgia that I can remember”…all I could come up with was Macon. I was trying to think of Athens GA (Home of the B-52s) , but couldn’t. Oh well, that woulda been wrong as well. The Goodwin question was Lincoln. The straits in Turkey are the Bosporus. Laertes father is Polonius. I can’t believe I flat out didn’t know the name of Obama’s AG pick. I guess now that the election is over I’m not obsessively reading the blogs anymore. And I totally screwed the Georgia O’Keefe question. I knew it was the one who does all the flowers and vaginas and such, but totally blanked on the actual name under time pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/105 "2009-01-30T05:04:13Z")
I didn’t get the Georgia question right. I got all the other ones mentioned so far, including the one that seemed to stump a lot of people who have posted about Eric Holder. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/106 "2009-01-30T05:09:39Z")
I got 39. Not nearly as good as I was hoping for. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/107 "2009-01-30T05:13:59Z")
According to the [list of answers,](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showthread.php?t=39907) I got a lousy 34. 😛 I said “gigolo” instead of “gold digger,” said _Atlas Shrugged_ instead of _The Fountainhead_, thought the designer was Ralph Ellis, not Perry. Never mind the ones I flat out didn’t know. My only successful guess was Savannah. Gah, so close. The East Coast test was better for me, I think. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/108 "2009-01-30T05:31:41Z")
According to the list of answers I missed 11, which makes 39 right. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/109 "2009-01-30T07:57:39Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > According to the list of answers I missed 11, which makes 39 right. Oh, well. Heh, me too. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/110 "2009-01-30T15:10:13Z")
I missed 6 - not too bad! Joe ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/111 "2009-01-30T15:26:45Z")
If I had waited until tomorrow night instead of Wednesday, I would have gotten about the same…maybe one better. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/112 "2009-01-30T16:30:34Z")
> [@BethCro](#): > > I took the online test on January 30 last year, got an email on April 25 inviting me to Chicago to audition on June 4, attended that audtion and got a phone call on Dec 12 asking if I wanted to come out to LA and film the show on Jan 27 - 28 '09 … silly question, is there any other answer than YES, PLEASE? Just curious…do you recall how many correct answers you got on the online test? I’m sure my 34 fell far short. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/113 "2009-01-30T17:14:46Z")
Well that was by far the best I’ve done on these. With a few lucky guesses (talc, O’Keefe, Finland), a few last-gasp correct answers (Mailer, Punic, Finland) and assuming some close/mistyped answers count (Frank Baum instead of L. Frank Baum and Kicman instead of Kidman) I got 44. And I really have no excuse for missing Whitman and Joshua except nerves. The “pop culture” ones were way easier than they sometimes are (Desperate Housewives, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Kidman) and the sports one was a gimme for NFL fans (Patriots undefeated). I guess this is my best chance for a call, so _fingers crossed_… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/114 "2009-01-30T20:33:26Z")
Sorry I’m late to the party, but I took the Tuesday exam. Under somewhat odd conditions (I was at a conference in Philadelphia, and took it at a Kinko’s for 25 cents/minute) I got either a 37 or 38, depending on if they count “Charles” for the Bonnie Prince question. ---
**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 11, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/115 "2009-03-11T20:21:05Z")
Woohoo! I knew I passed the test. I just got the e-mail, I have a local tryout in Boston on April 21st. And a reminder (to myself, at least) to watch for **BethCro** in a couple weeks. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/116 "2009-03-11T20:24:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Woohoo! I knew I passed the test. I just got the e-mail, I have a local tryout in Boston on April 21st. > > And a reminder (to myself, at least) to watch for **BethCro** in a couple weeks. I got an email a little while ago, too. Is there a Straight Dope password so we know which people there are Dopers? ---
**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 11, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/117 "2009-03-11T20:46:03Z")
We could do that finger-on-the-side-of-the-nose thing from _The Sting_. Or will it be late enough in the year to wear my spectators? ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/118 "2009-03-11T20:50:34Z")
Well, I can just look for the guy (gal?) who has a robot arm. Alas, I am not actually a kitten, but I am a Kat (nickname for Kathryn that I sometimes go by). ---
**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 11, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/119 "2009-03-11T21:50:17Z")
I’m about as mechanical as you are feline. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-test-discussion/483321/120 "2009-03-11T22:22:24Z")
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