# Online Jeopardy Auditions return **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500 "2008-01-14T18:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/61 "2008-01-30T01:29:41Z")
Well - I don’t feel so bad now, since everyone else seems to have choked, too. ---
**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 30, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/62 "2008-01-30T01:30:22Z")
I think I was thrown off balance right out of the gate. Heidi Klum? Bravo? I have no freaking idea… ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/63 "2008-01-30T01:32:49Z")
Shove over. I must have missed at least ten. And heck, the chair question is one of the ones I would have expected myself to know! I think it was Eames, at that. And what the hell _is_ the longest river in Asia? If it’s not the Yangtze, that’s another one I missed. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/64 "2008-01-30T01:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] Shove over. I must have missed at least ten. And heck, the chair question is one of the ones I would have expected myself to know! I think it was Eames, at that. And what the hell _is_ the longest river in Asia? If it’s not the Yangtze, that’s another one I missed. [/QUOTE] I looked it up. You and me both got it right, Sal. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/65 "2008-01-30T01:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I looked it up. You and me both got it right, Sal. [/QUOTE] Damn…I said the Yellow River. :mad: Well…I did know the Heidi Klum question…I think. America’s Next Top Model, right? ---
**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 30, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/66 "2008-01-30T01:52:10Z")
I feel better now. Went to another online forum I hang out at occasionally. At least one test taker feels they did well, at least thirty or thirty-five out of the questions. Remember who we are competing against here, Dopers! (I know we all were the Trivial Pursuit champs in our dorms, but the people we consistently beat are out there taking the test, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/67 "2008-01-30T01:52:52Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Well…I did know the Heidi Klum question…I think. America’s Next Top Model, right? [/QUOTE] That’s hosted by Tyra Banks. The actual answer is Project Runway. I guessed it was that ‘Make Me a Supermodel’ thing, which I think is really on Fox, but I had no clue. Man, that question worried me - I was glad the next few questions were more in familiar territory. I did get the Yangtze one. Erm, trying to think of something positive to say. They had a question about The Tempest, which is my favorite play (my girlfriend played a fantastic Ariel over the summer). So I got a smile out of that. ---
**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 30, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/68 "2008-01-30T01:57:19Z")
Jane Seymour, dammit. Not Anne of Cleves. (Torturing himself by Googling every question he feels uncertain about…) ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/69 "2008-01-30T02:01:22Z")
Well crap… not as well as I did last time. The art questions killed me. I made the “Next Top Model” mistake, totally blanked on Bhutto, read African instead of Asia for the river, named the wrong city in NZ, the wrong Austen novel… just whiff after whiff. Oh, also picked the wrong Henry VIII wife… Does anyone remember the name or title of the one about an author using a pseudonym? And did we confirm the chair maker? ---
**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, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/70 "2008-01-30T02:03:20Z")
I said Anne of Cleves, too. Damn. Who else got the Atlantic “sea” named for a plant one? That was one I thought might have separated me from the pack a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/71 "2008-01-30T02:04:25Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Who else got the Atlantic “sea” named for a plant one? That was one I thought might have separated me from the pack a bit. [/QUOTE] I did. Sargasso is one of my favorite words. ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/72 "2008-01-30T02:11:09Z")
Terrible. Just awful. I guarantee you will not see me on Jeopardy this year. ☹ On preview, I did get Sargasso, though. Yanghzee too (good thing they don’t count spelling). 🆒 What the hell is the capital of North Dakota? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/73 "2008-01-30T02:17:09Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] What the hell is the capital of North Dakota? [/QUOTE] Bismark. Hopefully the only needed the last name, cause the only famous person I know with that name is Otto Von Bismark, but I can’t imagine that’s the person. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/74 "2008-01-30T02:20:53Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] What the hell is the capital of North Dakota? [/QUOTE] Bismarck. One of the few I was sure of. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/75 "2008-01-30T02:32:21Z")
Yeah, Bismarck and Sargasso I got. And Kanye West and the Vinson Massif one. And all the word ones, I think (ambrosia is the food of the gods, right?). ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/76 "2008-01-30T02:38:01Z")
Sigh, I think I blew it. I kept thinking of things just after the buzzer. Four years of Latin including Latin Freaking Prose Composition and I can’t come up with “infinitive”? And I’ve _been_ to that stupid museum. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/77 "2008-01-30T02:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] The actual answer is Project Runway. [/QUOTE] I couldn’t remeber the whole name, and just put “runway” I hope they take it, but im 99% sure they won’t. What was the Jane Austin novel? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/78 "2008-01-30T03:07:00Z")
I kept thinking of the right answers, but I couldn’t get my fingers to type them. If only they could have done it verbally. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/79 "2008-01-30T03:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] I couldn’t remeber the whole name, and just put “runway” I hope they take it, but im 99% sure they won’t. What was the Jane Austin novel? [/QUOTE] Sense and Sensibility is the one about the Dashwoods. That was the one literature question I got. I feel better now knowing everyone was displeased with their performance. I thought that was MUCH harder than the last online test. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/80 "2008-01-30T03:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=Jas09] Well crap… not as well as I did last time. The art questions killed me. I made the “Next Top Model” mistake, totally blanked on Bhutto, read African instead of Asia for the river, named the wrong city in NZ, the wrong Austen novel… just whiff after whiff. Oh, also picked the wrong Henry VIII wife… Does anyone remember the name or title of the one about an author using a pseudonym? And did we confirm the chair maker? [/QUOTE] The author was Mary Ann Evans, known under pseudonym George Eliot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500.md?page=5)