Jeopardy Online Test this week - Results?

Cafe Society
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I think I got 37 or 38 right. I’m not sure I typed “Troy” in time even though I knew the answer. I should have had a couple more (complementary, Hackman, Madison) that I just plain blanked on under the pressure. I’m sure everyone winds up with a couple of those. I’m guessing this means no chance of getting on.

22

However, a type of stamp that was discontinued in the 1970’s was Special Delivery. The last one issued carried a rate of 60c.

23

I actually did better on Tuesday’s test. Still in the 30s, though. I just test myself for fun. I can’t imagine wanting to be on the show (all I imagine is public humiliation).

24

I took Thursday’s test: https://www.jeopardy.com/Assets/jeopardy/clues/adult_test_2016_d3_clues.pdf

The supposed answers:

1 Gables

2 Ultron

3 lever

4 Carson City

5 Sikh

6 Pizarro

7 Michener

8 Ramadan

9 Sodom and Gomorrah

10 spinach

11 regatta

12 Ontario

13 White Stripes

14 Patricai Cornwell

15 John Quincy Adams

16 symbiosis

17 sonata

18 nave

19 lexicon

20 Eat, Pray, Love

21 Clara Barton

22 petition

23 The Tempest

24 fifth

25 Tierra Del Fuego

26 Law & Order

27 Mr. Darcy

28 bases

29 Kanye West

30 Saudi Arabia

31 Australia

32 mongrel

33 Vines

34 melting pot

35 The Jungle

36 Yosemite

37 Jennifer Aniston

38 Amnesty International

39 MRI

40 Vincent Van Gogh

41 lipstick

42 Gaelic

43 Rangers

44 Mayan

45 Ta-Nehisi Coates

46 waltz

47 cube root

48 Daniel Day-Lewis

49 The Grinch

50 alchemy

I probably only got about 30-32 right. I should probably start cramming if I ever actually want to be on the show.

25

Most domestic mail was being sent Special Delivery anyway??? No, the correct answer is airmail.

26

Wow, did the worst on that last one*!*

Question #47: MATH
Two word term for what 3 is to 27

The listed answer is ‘cube root’ which is correct, but wouldn’t ‘prime factor’ also be right?

27

Or even “one ninth.” Although I suppose that’s not really a “term.”

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I don’t care if the show said that was the answer, it is at best an incomplete answer. Overseas air mail and the appropriate airmail stamps were not discontinued then. Only “Domestic airmail” stamps were discontinued.

I wasn’t suggesting that Special Delivery was the correct answer; just coincidentally that service was discontinued at that timeframe.