# Jeopardy Online Tests - January 8,9,10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310 "2014-01-08T20:36:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/61 "2014-01-10T04:11:01Z")
You ninjad my edit. Here they are again: 9: Homonyms; “To keep your tea bag in water, or marked by an extreme angle.” 31: 7-letter words; “As an adjective it means polite and gracious; as a noun, it’s a strong, sweet liqueur.” 42: Classical Composers; “His ‘Songs to Remember’ include about 50 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/62 "2014-01-10T04:13:34Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > You ninjad my edit. Here they are again: > > 9: Homonyms; “To keep your tea bag in water, or marked by an extreme angle.” > 31: 7-letter words; “As an adjective it means polite and gracious; as a noun, it’s a strong, sweet liqueur.” > 42: Classical Composers; “His ‘Songs to Remember’ include about 50 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm.” 1. Steep 2. I guessed Chopin ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/63 "2014-01-10T04:14:06Z")
Beaten to 9) Steep, the only one I knew offhand. Oh, might 31 be “cordial”? Most of the Google hits for 41 are for this question. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/64 "2014-01-10T04:14:41Z")
1. Cordial ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/65 "2014-01-10T04:15:13Z")
I googled a bit harder… I think the composer is Chopin and the liqueur is cordial. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/66 "2014-01-10T04:16:59Z")
On the composer: I thought so too, but the top Google hit MIGHT be because it mentions an unrelated album by that name on the same page. Look closer to make sure? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/67 "2014-01-10T04:19:07Z")
So that puts me at 27. Oh well, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/68 "2014-01-10T04:20:15Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > On the composer: I thought so too, but the top Google hit MIGHT be because it mentions an unrelated album by that name on the same page. Look closer to make sure? I had to look up ‘mazurkas’ and found out they’re Polish. It’s Jeopardy – if you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras. ---
**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 10, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/69 "2014-01-10T05:57:44Z")
That was tough. Thanks to a lot of good guesses, I think I got 37. I’m not sure I put Hundred Years’ War, but I think I did. I took 15 guesses, getting 9 right. I wouldn’t have gotten #6 correct if you spotted me all the letters in “Vulgate”. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/70 "2014-01-10T06:19:26Z")
I got 26. Yikes. I liked Tuesday’s better; I wish I’d taken it then. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/71 "2014-01-10T10:29:54Z")
Almost quit after the Catholic bible, but stayed on. I ended up at 39 , so am happy I didn’t quite quit… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/72 "2014-01-10T13:11:08Z")
I think I got 35 or 36. No Ke$ha questions, but i still got Katy Perry right. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/73 "2014-01-10T13:58:45Z")
That was brutal. I got 28, which is much better than I thought after the test. Good news, I have a year to practice. Blanking on things was painful. Stupid Katy Perry. ---
**Author:** ![defecthunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@defecthunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/defecthunter)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/74 "2014-01-10T14:34:43Z")
I guessed on a few also, and did not feel good immediately after, but ended up getting 44, so I don’t feel so bad now. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/75 "2014-01-10T15:11:55Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I think that “photon” should also be accepted as correct, especially when the question emphasized EM radiation. Agreed. I almost ran out of time dithering between “quantum” and “photon” before finally settling on “quantum.” ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/76 "2014-01-10T15:26:39Z")
It looks like I didn’t do quite as bad as I thought at first. I believe I got 31 correct. I _should_ have gotten at least 6 more correct including: [ul] [li]Josephine (sad since I was in the Louvre a few months ago looking at [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coronation_of_Napoleon))[/li][li]Despicable Me (blanked due to nervousness; all I could think of was “minions”)[/li][li]Bill O’Reilly (even though I saw the _60 Minutes_ segment on him last week)[/li][li]Kiosk (only had time to type the first two letters)[/li][li]Lord Byron (the only baron I could think of was Munchhausen)[/li][li]Katy Perry (I could picture her in my mind but didn’t come up with her name in time)[/li][/ul] Oh well, at least I actually took the test this year. Last year I fell asleep and missed it. I guess I’ll try again next year. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/77 "2014-01-10T15:41:18Z")
Where are the questions from last night? Did I miss them in the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/78 "2014-01-10T16:43:50Z")
So it looks like for now I’m going back to shouting out answers at the TV while my friends tell me, “Hey! You should be on this show!” ---
**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 10, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/79 "2014-01-10T17:29:27Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Where are the questions from last night? Did I miss them in the thread? I’ve been stealing them from a Jeopardy! board, and they never posted them. However, they did post this Youtube clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wrfCNtJfyw8/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeopardy! Online Contestant Test: Jan 9, 2014") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrfCNtJfyw8) ---
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310/80 "2014-01-10T17:31:26Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Where are the questions from last night? Did I miss them in the thread? Yes. We’re getting answers for 1/9 without having seen the questions. What is this? Carnac the Magnificent? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-online-tests-january-8-9-10/678310.md?page=5)