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01-25-2011 , 02:13 AM

#126

scorcher863

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awesome ur the f'in mannnn. i'm in college and i usually kill it when jeopardy's on. i'm gonna make jennings my bitchhh.

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01-30-2011 , 04:05 AM

#127

eobmtns

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You might be up against Watson, the IBM Jeopardy!-playing computer

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02-06-2011 , 12:01 PM

#128

accobra_kid

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Originally Posted by accobra_kid

Eastern: Tuesday, February 8th at 8:00pm ET
Central/Mountain: Wednesday, February 9th at 8:00pm CT/7:00pm MT
Pacific: Thursday, February 10th at 8:00pm PT

Bump and reminder that the tests are this week.

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02-06-2011 , 04:52 PM

#129

daveT

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They won't give you the actual test scores this year. Pass/fail ftl.

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02-06-2011 , 05:22 PM

#130

vhawk01

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Thanks again for this thread, its the only thing that reminds me!

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02-07-2011 , 11:26 PM

#131

accobra_kid

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Originally Posted by daveT

They won't give you the actual test scores this year. Pass/fail ftl.

Have they ever? Last couple years, all I remember is being able to look at a list of the questions the next morning once they're posted online, then roughly gauge my score.

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02-08-2011 , 09:01 PM

#132

accobra_kid

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Good luck, all in. Here I go!

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02-08-2011 , 09:16 PM

#133

accobra_kid

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Okay, I got killed. Probably only about 20/50 this time around. Thank god I was able to pull Debussy out of my rear end.

g-bebe, there was a gift question for you about Ray Lewis!

As soon as the questions are posted online, I'll track them down and post in this thread.

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02-08-2011 , 10:11 PM

#134

vhawk01

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Seemed much harder than last test. Wish I had waited until Thursday.

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02-08-2011 , 10:23 PM

#135

lennytheduck

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Was very tough. There were some gimmes though

Ray Lewis/Old Spice, raining cats and dogs, mesmerize, Genghis Khan.

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02-09-2011 , 12:41 AM

#136

accobra_kid

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Originally Posted by Tuesday, Feb-8-2011 online test questions

1. WORLD AUTHORS
Works by this Algerian-born Nobel Prize winner include "The Fall", "The Rebel" & "The Stranger"

2. SCI FI MOVIES
The 2009 film "District 9" dealt with the plight of extraterrestrial refugees in this country

3. HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Condition characterized by winds above 32 MPH & heavy snow

4. STRAIT AHEAD
20 miles long & 2-10 miles wide, the Strait of this separates Italy from Sicily

5. IT WAS ALL YELLOW
This flower of genus Taraxacum has leaves that are used in salads & roots that are made into a coffee-like drink

6. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this South American country

7. MEMOIRS
"Decision Points" is a 2010 nonfiction bestseller by this famous American

8. GAMES
One of the world's oldest games, it's also known as draughts

9. CLASSICAL CLASSICS
This impressionist composer changed modern music with works like "La Mer" & "Claire de Lune"

10. RELIGION
You'll find this Iranian religion named for its founder in the last few pages of your dictionary

11. WORD UP
Appropriately, this word comes from Greek words meaning "sharp" & "dull"

12. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
Regina is the capital of this province

13. MUSICIANS' NICKNAMES
Better known nickname of jazz bandleader Ferdinand Joseph Morton

14. MODERN NOVELISTS
He's the creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

15. BRITISH ROYALTY
Born in Hanover, the first king of this name was also the first king from the House of Hanover

16. THE NOBEL PRIZES
It's the newest of the 6 Nobel Prize categories, having been first awarded in 1969

17. SAINTS
First & last name of the philosopher who wrote "Summa Theologica"--it helps if you know he was born near Aquino

18. POLITICS
On Jan. 5, 2011 Nancy Pelosi relinquished this symbolic object to John Boehner

19. BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
In other words, "a deluge of tabbies & borzois"

20. LITERARY TERMS
It's the term for a stanza or poem containing 4 lines

21. CONQUERORS
This Mongol conqueror born in 1162 was said to be descended from a gray wolf

22. FOREIGN FOOD TERMS
If you're being served pommes frites in Paris, you're about to enjoy this alliterative food

23. TRAGEDIANS
The big 3 founders of ancient Greek tragedy are Aeschylus, Euripides & him

24. COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY
A D-O-S attack, short for denial of this, floods a network with requests, denying access to others

25. THE BRITISH ISLES
In the 11th c. Lady Godiva famously rode naked through this central English city

26. SO VERY ANIMATED
Nancy Cartwright is over 40 years older than this animated boy that she voices

27. POETS
This author created the Ancient Mariner

28. THE FINAL FRONTIER
This 12-ton object rode inside the space shuttle Discovery until released April 24, 1990

29. FAST FOOD
The name of this restaurant means "crazy chicken" in Spanish

30. ERAS
The Luddites were fighting against this "Revolution" that began about 1760 in England

31. THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a parable, this son is the young man who wastes his fortune but comes home & repents

32. LEGENDARY RHYME TIME
Bunyan's Southern accents

33. AMERICANA
The Statue of Liberty contains a poem by this woman

34. LORD OF THE DANCE
He choreographed the films "Sweet Charity", "Cabaret" & of course "All That Jazz"

35. 20TH CENTURY NOVELS
Stephen Dedalus & Leopold & Molly Bloom are the main characters of this James Joyce work

36. EYE ON ASIA
This kingdom of Asia borders Laos, Burma & Cambodia

37. THE OLYMPICS
Before the first Winter Games in 1924, this sport was played in the Summer Games; Canada won gold in 1920

38. AWARDS
The Order of Leopold is the oldest & highest honor given by this country

39. IT'S AN ANIMAL, SUCKER
Gastropods like snails, bivalves like clams & cephalopods like squid are all part of this phylum

40. ANCIENT PLACES
Kathleen Kenyon excavated this town, trying to find out when the Israelites destroyed its walls

41. THAT'S SO CLICHE
To depart in defeat is to leave "with your tail" here

42. U.S. LAKES & RIVERS
The Willamette River of Oregon flows northward for about 190 miles before emptying into this river

43. AD MEN
Baltimore's Ray Lewis appears atop a giant raven in humorous ads for this cologne

44. U.S. HISTORY
In the 1830s, the Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw & Cherokee Indians were forcibly moved to this future state

45. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE
Hazel & Fiver are 2 of the fluffy rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams novel

46. ART ATTACK
Created by Braque & Picasso, this influential art movement of the early 20th century had an Analytic & a Synthetic period

47. CHEMISTRY
For the effect it produces, nitrous oxide is also called this

48. ACTRESSES
She's the only Swedish-born actress to win 3 Oscars

49. FEMALE AUTHORS
"A Room of One's Own" is a feminist classic from this Brit

50. "M" WORDS
Meaning to put someone into a trance, it comes from the name of an 18th century physician

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02-09-2011 , 02:53 AM

#137

vhawk01

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Refuse to admit to my score.

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02-09-2011 , 03:19 AM

#138

prohornblower

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If those are the answers, I only got 19. Missed hockey. Didn't think there would have been enough teams. Wanted to guess long (ski) jump or slalom. Went with slalom lol.

Is this going tomorrow, too? How many do you need to qualify? 35? lol

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02-09-2011 , 05:04 AM

#139

renodoc

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wow.

this is going to be hard. probably try tomorrow.

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02-09-2011 , 09:11 AM

#140

SoloAJ

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Just "took" it now in this thread. I got 15. Haha.

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02-09-2011 , 12:56 PM

#141

Guy Incognito

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Got 36, 37 if by some miracle they give me credit for "Thomas Aq". Sigh, next year...

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02-09-2011 , 03:36 PM

#142

Dr. Spaceman

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Got 34 right I think. Not as bad as I thought.

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Originally Posted by Guy Incognito

Got 36, 37 if by some miracle they give me credit for "Thomas Aq". Sigh, next year...

I also tried to squeeze in Thomas Aquinas before the buzzer and think it came out Thomas Aqjfosg.

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02-09-2011 , 04:09 PM

#143

Pelican86

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Took it in this thread, got 45/50. (Would've been 46, but I was 16-tabling while I took it and mistyped Watership Down as Watershed Down and decided not to count it.)

Trivial Pursuit HU4ROLLZ anyone?

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02-09-2011 , 04:15 PM

#144

Dr. Spaceman

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Originally Posted by Pelican86

That's really good but did you limit yourself to 15 seconds per question? It's a lot harder when you have to speedrun it.

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02-09-2011 , 04:18 PM

#145

kioshk

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I also did this unofficially in hindsight. I got 42, but I sure wasn't limiting myself to 15 seconds per questions. Just the idea of that makes me tense up.

Real Jeopardy on tv seems like horror movie material for me, much less any qualification process.

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02-09-2011 , 04:27 PM

#146

Pelican86

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Originally Posted by Dr. Spaceman

That's really good but did you limit yourself to 15 seconds per question? It's a lot harder when you have to speedrun it.

Maybe I wouldn't have gotten the mollusks one. Everything else was pretty much an instant get which would have easily been typed within 15 seconds had I taken it online.

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02-09-2011 , 04:31 PM

#147

prohornblower

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So do we have to register or anything? Or do we just show up at 7pm Eastern tonight on their website and click 1 button and start?

I don't want to show up at 7 and see that I was supposed to officially register. Advice thanks.

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02-09-2011 , 05:08 PM

#148

youtalkfunny

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I thought I got about 10 right, but using the guide above, it turns out I got 26. At least 8 were lucky guesses. As tough as it was, I'm thrilled to get 26 (though a co-worker fed me the Ray Lewis one).

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02-09-2011 , 05:09 PM

#149

youtalkfunny

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Originally Posted by prohornblower

go to www.jeopardy.com , sign up, take the very brief tutorials. It will make sure your web browser is appropriate, that you have Flash, anything else you need to address ahead of time.