# 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:** 5
**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 30, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/81 "2008-01-30T03:29:35Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] The author was Mary Ann Evans, known under pseudonym George Eliot. [/QUOTE] I got George in before the timer expired. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/82 "2008-01-30T03:55:39Z")
And 15 seconds goes a lot faster than I thought it would. whew! I regretted my earlier post thinking that the subsequent replies would be along the lines of “pfft! Clearly you don’t belong here!” For what it’s worth I got (I think) most of the literature questions. Missed the Eames question (please don’t tell my prof from 2 semesters of furniture design…yoiks!). I know the capitol of North Dakota, but not for whom it’s named…I did type Otto von, but that can’t be it, can it? ---
**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, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/83 "2008-01-30T04:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=gwendee] And 15 seconds goes a lot faster than I thought it would. whew! I regretted my earlier post thinking that the subsequent replies would be along the lines of “pfft! Clearly you don’t belong here!” For what it’s worth I got (I think) most of the literature questions. Missed the Eames question (please don’t tell my prof from 2 semesters of furniture design…yoiks!). I know the capitol of North Dakota, but not for whom it’s named…I did type Otto von, but that can’t be it, can it? [/QUOTE] According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck%2C_North_Dakota), Edwinton was renamed to Bismarck in 1873 in honor of the German Chancellor. Am I an idiot for spending 10 seconds thinking that the capital was Pierre (South Dakota), then furiously pounding in Otto von Bismarck at the last second? 😉 ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/84 "2008-01-30T04:14:27Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck%2C_North_Dakota), Edwinton was renamed to Bismarck in 1873 in honor of the German Chancellor. Am I an idiot for spending 10 seconds thinking that the capital was Pierre (South Dakota), then furiously pounding in Otto von Bismarck at the last second? 😉 [/QUOTE] Not as dumb as I am for remembering that it starts with a B and that Billings is a state capital… of, what, Montana? Argh! ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/85 "2008-01-30T04:16:00Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Not as dumb as I am for remembering that it starts with a B and that Billings is a state capital… of, what, Montana? Argh! [/QUOTE] Heh. Billings is the largest city in Montana; but the capital is Helena. ---
**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, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/86 "2008-01-30T04:24:36Z")
Transcript up, with answers, [here](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showpost.php?p=683591&postcount=52). By my count, and memory, I got 29. Rats. ---
**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, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/87 "2008-01-30T04:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 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. [/QUOTE] There’s a museum of infinitives? ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/88 "2008-01-30T04:29:36Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] Transcript up, with answers, [here](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showpost.php?p=683591&postcount=52). By my count, and memory, I got 29. Rats. [/QUOTE] 31, I think. What’s a passing grade? ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/89 "2008-01-30T04:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] Transcript up, with answers, [here](http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/showpost.php?p=683591&postcount=52). By my count, and memory, I got 29. Rats. [/QUOTE] That beats my 26… :D. I did freeze up on several of the questions, but there were others that I really should have known. But, all in all, I didn’t do too bad. I did enjoy the experience and will be more comfortable next time. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/90 "2008-01-30T04:32:08Z")
29 or 30 I think. Quite a few :smack: on review. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/91 "2008-01-30T04:33:39Z")
I got 28. Blurg. ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/92 "2008-01-30T04:40:14Z")
1. That’s not good. Last time out I got 40. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/93 "2008-01-30T06:33:10Z")
30-32: there are a couple answers I know I only typed partially before time was up I didn’t want to be on the show anyway…I’d be too stage frightened to ever ring in, and I’d wager the wrong amount on final Jeopardy anyway. I’ll stay in my livingroom shouting at the TV. I’ll take the test next time it comes around on the guitar just in case… ---
**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, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/94 "2008-01-30T14:07:16Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] The author was Mary Ann Evans, known under pseudonym George Eliot. [/QUOTE] Booyah, my biggest guess comes in! I think I got a 34. ---
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/95 "2008-01-30T14:18:23Z")
Spit. 32. Unless I typed “Boggs” instead of “Bonds,” which at this point I cannot recall… ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/96 "2008-01-30T15:15:32Z")
I’m at 32 or 33, and I’m happy with that for sure. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/97 "2008-01-30T17:25:10Z")
Eh, 32, I think. Frustrating… Question: the transcript has “anxiety” for the word from the Latin angere. I put “angst”. There is dissension in that board about the right answer - opinion here? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/98 "2008-01-30T18:14:10Z")
23!?!?!? I got a friggin’ 23?!?!? Oh, just shoot me now. I also put “angst”, and if they give me credit for “Nairobi” instead of “Kenya” (Raila Odingo question)(doubtful) that will bring me up to 50%. Pffffffffffft. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/99 "2008-01-31T01:18:11Z")
I’m online and ready to log in… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-jeopardy-auditions-return/433500/100 "2008-01-31T01:55:19Z")
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