# Upcoming "Jeopardy!" on-line test **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495 "2011-12-27T06:05:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/101 "2012-01-20T18:53:24Z")
Turns out, I did a little worse than I had thought: 42. I knew most of the ones I missed, but couldn’t think fast enough . . . and my problem with names. There was one thing I did that helped: I let each one go to the full 15 seconds, making it easier to relax. I know that stress caused me to miss a few that I actually knew. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/102 "2012-01-20T20:17:48Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > What’s with the Jeopardy! forums?? That’s where we can usually get the recap of Q&A, or A&Q in this case . 😉 The official forums were knocked offline by hackers over the summer. You might have heard over the summer the [news stories](http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/playstation-network-hacked/) about the group that got into the Playstation Network database with users’ credit card information. That same breach compromised the security of the message boards, including the _Jeopardy!_ board, and so Sony had shut them down. It was only just before Christmas that the official community had been reopened, but then just last week it was taken down again. I can’t find any official word as to why, but it wouldn’t shock me to discover that it was due to another hack. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/103 "2012-01-21T10:32:19Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > [http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=495&sid=46c177cc358076bd51e3c6cc711e7833#](http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=495&sid=46c177cc358076bd51e3c6cc711e7833#) > > It’s Posted here, where are you looking that you can’t find it? Ah, thank you! I was looking on the Jeopardy! forums. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/104 "2012-01-21T10:44:32Z")
Thanks again for the link! Here’s a quick way to play and go, URRRRRGH!!! I [expletive] knew that [expletive] [expletive]!!! 😃 1. AMERICAN NOVELS THE TITLE OF THIS 1961 NOVEL HAS COME TO MEAN AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION Catch 22 2. ACTOR-DIRECTORS IN 1981 HE FOUNDED THE INSTITUTE THAT SPONSORS THE SUNDANCE MOVIE FESTIVAL IN UTAH Robert Redford 3. METALS HEMATITE IS THE CHIEF ORE OF THIS METAL Iron 4. WORLD CITIES SINCE 1969 THIS LARGEST CITY OF NORTHERN IRELAND HAS BEEN THE SITE OF PERIODIC RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Belfast 5. LETTER, PLEASE IN CHESS NOTATION, THIS LETTER STANDS FOR THE MOST POWERFUL PIECE ON THE BOARD Q 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS HE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ONLY A MONTH BEFORE SUCCEEDING TO THE PRESIDENCY IN 1841 John Tyler 7. POETS HIS FIRST MAJOR POEM WAS 1917’S “THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK” T.S. Eliot 8. ARCHITECTURE THIS BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BEGAN WITH THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Tudor 9. BIRDS LAUGHING JACKASS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS AUSTRALIAN BIRD WITH A LOUD CALL Kookaburra 10. FAMOUS BUIDLINGS THE RICHELIEU WING IS PART OF THIS MUSEUM The Louvre 11. STARTS & ENDS WITH “E” PAUL WROTE ONE TO PHILEMON Epistle 12. LAKES & RIVERS FOUND IN FLORIDA, THIS LARGEST SOUTHERN U.S. LAKE COVERS ABOUT 700 SQUARE MILES Lake Okeechobee 13. REALITY TV PHIL KEOGHAN HOSTS THIS SHOW IN WHICH TEAMS OF 2 TRAVEL THE GLOBE TO COMPETE FOR CASH The Amazing Race 14. FICTION “TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY” IS A NOVEL BY THIS BRIT John Le Carré 15. WORLD HISTORY THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE 1900 BOXER REBELLION WAS TO EXPEL ALL FOREIGNERS FROM THIS COUNTRY China 16. SCIENTISTS THIS BRITISH ASTROPHYSICIST PLAYED HIMSELF ON “THE SIMPSONS” Stephen Hawking 17. AMERICAN ARTISTS TO CREATE A 1950 PAINTING, HE FLUNG BLACK, WHITE & RUST COLORED PAINT ONTO THE CANVAS Jackson Pollock 18. THIS & THAT ENOKI & WOOD EAR ARE TYPES OF THESE Mushrooms 19. EPONYMS THIS WORD FOR “ACTOR” COMES FROM THE FATHER OF GREEK TRAGEDY Thespian 20. PLAYWRIGHTS HE WON HIS FOURTH PULITZER PRIZE FOR “LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT” Eugene O’Neill 21. HISTORIC NAMES HIS FIRST MAJOR JOINT WORK WITH FRIEDRICH ENGELS WAS 1845’S “THE GERMAN IDEOLOGY” Karl Marx 22. UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS THEY’RE THE SPORTS TEAMS OF FRESNO STATE AS WELL AS GEORGIA Bulldogs 23. BESTSELLERS ONE REVIEWER CALLED THIS 2006 SARA GRUEN NOVEL “SO MUCH MORE THAN A TALE ABOUT A CIRCUS” Water for Elephants 24. NAME’S THE SAME THIS FAMOUS RACEHORSE BEARS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE 6 MAJOR ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS Secretariat 25. EUROPE SKOPJE IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Macedonia 26. CELEBRITY MEMOIRS “BOSSYPANTS” IS A 2011 MEMOIR BY THIS FUNNY LADY, TV COMEDY STAR & WRITER Tina Fey 27. MYTHOLOGY IN MYTHOLOGY, MINERVA IS THE COUNTERPART OF THIS GREEK GODDESS OF WISDOM Athena 28. BIOLOGY GLYCINE IS ONE OF THESE, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS Amino Acids 29. DAILY NEWSPAPERS IT’S BEEN PROVIDING THE NEWS FOR CLEVELAND RESIDENTS SINCE 1842 Cleveland Plain Dealer 30. THE 1960S THIS CHIEF JUSTICE GAVE HIS NAME TO THE COMMISSION THAT INVESTIGATED THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION Earl Warren 31. OPERA IN “LA BOHEME” THE POET RODOLFO FALLS IN LOVE WITH THIS SEAMSTRESS WHO SUFFERS FROM TUBERCULOSIS Mimi 32. GIVE ME A “V” IT’S A SHORT ORNAMENTAL PIECE OF DRAPERY THAT’S PLACED ACROSS THE TOP OF A WINDOW Valance 33. PLACES TO STAY THE AHWANHEE HOTEL, A HISTORIC LANDMARK, IS IN THIS CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARK Yosemite 34. I’LL BE DOGGONE THIS PRESTIGIOUS DOG SHOW WAS FIRST HELD IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1877 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 35. AUTHOR’S BIRTHPLACES KHALED HOSSEINI WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY, THE SETTING FOR HIS “THE KITE RUNNER” Afghanistan 36. MOUNTAINS THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE EXTENDS ALONG FRANCE’S BORDER WITH SPAIN Pyrenees 37. POP MUSIC IT’S THE STAGE NAME OF SINGER & FLAMBOYANT DRESSER STEFANI GERMANOTTA Lady Gaga 38. MONEY THE MAASTRICHT TREATY OF 1991 LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS MONETARY UNIT & CURRENCY Euro 39. MEDICINE THIS VIRAL DISEASE IS ALSO CALLED INFANTILE PARALYSIS Polio 40. RELIGIOUS WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR “CUP”, IT’S THE SPECIAL CUP USED IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES TO HOLD CONSECRATED WINE DURING A MASS Chalice 41. 12-LETTER WORDS IT’S THE 12-LETTER WORD FOR A DOCTOR WHO OPERATES ON THE BRAIN Neurosurgeon 42. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES LAKE MARACAIBO IS IN THIS COUNTRY Venezuela 43. PHILANTHROPISTS IN 1946 HE GAVE THE UNITED NATIONS A GIFT OF $8.5 MILLION TO BUY LAND FOR ITS NYC HEADQUARTERS John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 44. THIS MEANS WAR! THE ASSASSINATION OF THIS ARCHDUKE WAS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF WORLD WAR I Franz Ferdinand 45. CHILDREN’S AUTHORS A 2011 RELEASE OF HIS STORIES WAS TITLED “THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER LOST STORIES” Dr. Seuss 46. AMERICANS IN PARIS THIS COMPANION OF ALICE B. TOKLAS DUBBED EXPATRIATE AMERICAN WRITERS THE “LOST GENERATION” Gertrude Stein 47. THE PLANETS GANYMEDE, LARGER THAN THE PLANET MERCURY, IS THIS PLANET’S LARGEST MOON Jupiter 48. TV SHOWS “SECTIONALS” & “THE SUE SYLVESTER SHUFFLE” WERE EPISODES OF THIS SHOW Glee 49. NONFICTION MALCOLM GLADWELL’S BOOK ON “THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING” HAS THIS 1-WORD TITLE Blink 50. BEFORE & AFTER HE CAME, HE SAW, HE CONQUERED A LETTUCE, CROUTON & CODDLED EGG CONCOCTION Julius Caesar Salad ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/105 "2012-01-21T14:36:54Z")
Ouch. Mid 30s. A couple questions I don’t recognize, so I must have hit submit right after the clock changed. Oh well. ---
**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 21, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/106 "2012-01-21T18:36:57Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > 1. THIS & THAT > ENOKI & WOOD EAR ARE TYPES OF THESE > > Mushrooms I said fungi because I’m pretty sure that wood-ear is not a true what-you-said, but rather a conk, the fruiting body of a shelf fungus. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/107 "2012-01-21T21:39:28Z")
Hey, I’d accept your answer of fungi. It is an [edible fungus that China especially likes.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/108 "2012-01-25T18:07:51Z")
Anyone have any idea how long we have to wait before we know if we made it to the next round, whatever that is? Or would we have heard already? ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/109 "2012-01-25T18:56:23Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Anyone have any idea how long we have to wait before we know if we made it to the next round, whatever that is? Or would we have heard already? Months potentially. I’ve advanced to the audition stage twice (didn’t register in time this year, unfortunately). Both times, my audition was in August and I was notified in July. I think that you’d hear about a month in advance of when they go to the site you picked. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/110 "2012-01-26T01:48:50Z")
> [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](#): > > Months potentially. I’ve advanced to the audition stage twice (didn’t register in time this year, unfortunately). Both times, my audition was in August and I was notified in July. I think that you’d hear about a month in advance of when they go to the site you picked. I’ve also auditioned twice. I don’t have the 2008 emails anymore, but in 2010 I was notified in February of an April audition. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/111 "2012-01-26T20:37:04Z")
In 2011 the tests were given February 8-10. I then received an email on May 31 inviting me to a July 12 audition. Then, to complete the timeline, I got The Call on September 29 inviting me to compete on the show November 1 and 2. I think I remember Corina and Robert mentioning that Lexington, my audition city, was the next to last stop on the roadshow, and that in a couple of more weeks they would be back in Los Angeles for the remainder of the year. Based on that, I would assume all the in-person audition invitations would have been sent by the end of June. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/112 "2012-05-21T00:30:37Z")
Resurrecting a zombie thread, but I just got the email inviting me into NYC for a June 18th audition. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/113 "2012-05-22T00:03:07Z")
i did too (the 19th). What can I expect? Many years ago, I went to an audition (I think for the college tournament?) in NYC, and the first thing was a 50 question written test, which I failed. Is that still used, or does the online test replace it now? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/114 "2012-06-25T15:42:27Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > i did too (the 19th). What can I expect? > > Many years ago, I went to an audition (I think for the college tournament?) in NYC, and the first thing was a 50 question written test, which I failed. Is that still used, or does the online test replace it now? Well, now that it’s done, I can answer myself and anyone else reading this in the future: about 25 people in the group… 1 - warm up round of Jeopardy with the whole group (raising hands to answer, no scoring) 2 - 50 question written test (just like the internet test, except you can go back and change answers if the answer to an earlier question comes to you later in the test) 3 - 3 players at a time playing Jeopardy with the real buzzers in front of everyone (no scoring, I think they are mainly looking for character/comfort/confidence, but that’s just my guess) 4 - introduce yourself 5 - quick interview about your “5 interesting things” 6 - “how would you spend your winnings?” Then you’re in the pool for 18 months and could be called at any time with 2-3 weeks notice. No notification if you _didn’t_ get picked. I think I did well at the written test and the interview parts, but less well at the “playing jeopardy” parts. Dunno how that will be seen by the contestant pickers. But here’s hoping… ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/115 "2012-06-25T20:27:57Z")
FYI, I got my invitation today to audition August 15 in New Orleans. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495/116 "2012-06-25T20:50:13Z")
No Maggie at my audition. I missed her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jeopardy-on-line-test/607495.md?page=5)