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01-30-2009 , 11:15 PM

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ActionJeff

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a true Jeopardy champion is well versed in the realms of sports and pop culture.

yeah, I have no doubt of this now

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01-30-2009 , 11:15 PM

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paging superfluous man

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01-31-2009 , 02:53 AM

#53

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paging superfluous man

what up i'm drunk and bitter about jeopardy. I browsed through the first set of questions and got 40-42. Pretty easy stuff.

That ****ing buzzer timing...frown.

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01-31-2009 , 10:29 AM

#54

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I took the Central test and got 32 right. Not good enough, I guess...but I agree that 15 seconds goes by in a hurry.

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01-31-2009 , 11:40 AM

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What pisses me off is the level of difficulty of some of the topics isn't the same.

For example, if you watched any sports within the last year (and I mean any sports), you know easily that the New England Patriots had an undefeated season. The LeBron James and "eagle" answers are a couple other examples of dead giveaway sports questions.

However, one could know a heck of a lot about symphonies and still not know that Mozart's 42nd symphony was named after Jupiter.

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01-31-2009 , 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by accobra_kid

What pisses me off is the level of difficulty of some of the topics isn't the same.

For example, if you watched any sports within the last year (and I mean any sports), you know easily that the New England Patriots had an undefeated season. The LeBron James and "eagle" answers are a couple other examples of dead giveaway sports questions.

However, one could know a heck of a lot about symphonies and still not know that Mozart's 42nd symphony was named after Jupiter.

No. If you know even a little about symphonies, then you'd get this one right.

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01-31-2009 , 02:14 PM

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His point holds regardless.

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01-31-2009 , 10:08 PM

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16 wrong on tuesday. there's always next year!

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01-31-2009 , 10:42 PM

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lol. I choked on the last one. Could think of Coldplay songs, but not the name of the damn group.

wait, what? it's radiohead

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01-31-2009 , 11:05 PM

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His point holds regardless.

True, but this is Mozart's best known symphony. A hard symphony question would be Haydn's 101st symphony is known also known as this common household item.

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02-01-2009 , 03:13 PM

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True, but this is Mozart's best known symphony. A hard symphony question would be Haydn's 101st symphony is known also known as this common household item.

spatula?

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05-01-2009 , 11:23 AM

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Did anyone ever get a call back?

I just found out that an old cow-orker of mine went in for tryouts yesterday and is now in the contestant pool. He is, as a friend of mine put it, "scary smart."

I guess this means that I didn't cut the mustard. Oh well, maybe next year.

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05-01-2009 , 02:32 PM

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Over in the POG forum, Bobman got a call back.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59...t-week-397736/

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01-18-2010 , 06:12 PM

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accobra_kid

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Online testing starts again next week... time to sign up once again!

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01-18-2010 , 07:04 PM

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Do you have to answer in the form of a question, e.g. who/what is?

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01-18-2010 , 07:16 PM

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Online testing starts again next week... time to sign up once again!

This popular skin-tightening injection, popularized in the last decade, makes Alex Trebek's face look frightening

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01-18-2010 , 09:29 PM

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01-18-2010 , 10:44 PM

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Do you have to answer in the form of a question, e.g. who/what is?

Nope. You only have iirc 15 seconds for each response, and it's bang, bang, bang. No, you don't have to answer in the form of a question.

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This popular skin-tightening injection, popularized in the last decade, makes Alex Trebek's face look frightening

As far as 60-year old men with grey hair go, I think Alex is pretty good looking. He's always dressed so nicely!

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01-19-2010 , 01:10 PM

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Always wanted to try this but never have. Maybe I'll try it this year. I do well when watching the show, and always destroy friends or whatever who look at me with a surprised look. But being on the actual show, with negative points for wrong answers, and having to click that thing, and just being nervous... that's an entirely different story.

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01-19-2010 , 05:27 PM

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g-bebe

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give it a try. the online test is far far harder than watching the show, though. you only get the 15 seconds to process the question (and the category, if you even remember to use it), think of the answer, and type it in. unlike the show, categories are totally random and are not continuous at all, so unless you just get a bunch of answers you know the questions to, it's a lot harder to get a good rhythm going.

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01-19-2010 , 06:06 PM

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In for a failure.

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01-19-2010 , 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by g-bebe

Also, the tryout questions have less of a "clue" element in them.

For example, from last nights show:

Category: SIDEKICKS
Question: Smee, a sidekick of this handicaptain, had a cutlass named "Johnny Corkscrew"
Answer: Who is Captain Hook.

But from the online quiz, the question might be:

Category: Sidekicks
Question: Who was the first mate of Captain Hook.

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01-19-2010 , 07:28 PM

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"What is Mount Suvius?"

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01-19-2010 , 10:33 PM

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"What is Mount Suvius?"

hahaha. BEELEEE!!!!

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01-19-2010 , 11:35 PM

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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh BEELEE!!! YOOOU STOOPID BEELEEEE!!!

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