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I said earlier in the thread, but after last January's test, people were getting calls with scores of 37 and 38, so 35 may still be the "pass."
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I'm taking it tonight. I would have done pretty well on tuesday- 36. Yesterday was 30-31 depending on Somalia. I put mule for #44 and was about to make a case for it, but pump was the better answer. I really hope they include a hunger games question tonight.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 19:16 |
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I can't be too upset that I accidentally took the test last night, because my computer bugged out and if I hadn't accidentally taken it last night, I wouldn't have been able to take it at all.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 19:19 |
So who else is in tonight's crew?
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 20:43 |
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HookShot posted:So who else is in tonight's crew? I am but does it start at 8 eastern or 8 pacific?
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 01:37 |
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I'm on for tonight -- 11PM Eastern time. I just take these for fun, because I know I'll never get 35 of 50 correct. Anyone ever been on an actual audition? Are they super hard/insane?
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 02:04 |
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How did nobody get today's Final Jeopardy?
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 02:21 |
Maybe it's because I'm fluent in French but that totally continued this week's streak of easy FJ questions. I'm doing the test at 8 Pacific.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 02:52 |
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I'm testing tonight- managed over a 45 last online test but they never bothered holding Sacramento auditions, so I was left out in the cold. Looking forward to crushing another and then spending a year hoping they don't shaft Phoenix, too.
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HookShot posted:Maybe it's because I'm fluent in French but that totally continued this week's streak of easy FJ questions. You didn't even need to know French really, just some pretty common word roots.
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Nailed it. Was uncertain about 6 of my answers, but even if I duffed them all it'll still be a qualifying score; time to play the waiting game to see if random chance fails me once more.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:12 |
drat questions about America
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Mukaikubo posted:Nailed it. Was uncertain about 6 of my answers, but even if I duffed them all it'll still be a qualifying score; time to play the waiting game to see if random chance fails me once more. Same the only ones I didn't get I would not have gotten with unlimited time. This was easily the most difficult of the tests among the three.
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I'm not pleased with myself at all. I don't know how many I got tonight, but certainly not enough to make it.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:17 |
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God dammit I blanked on "bonafide" until right at the end, only got "bona" in. I probably choked on around 10.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:17 |
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I'm really pissed that I couldn't remember Captain Nemo's name.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:18 |
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That's probably the best I've ever done on a Jeopardy test, but that's not saying much.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:18 |
I typed in Captain Nero What was the auto repairman's terrors? I typed in mechanic's hysterics but I doubt that's it.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:19 |
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mechanic's panics
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:19 |
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^^^^ fuckin mechanics panics. really? That was brutal, I would have done a lot better on the one last night. Maybe 25 right, 27-28 with guesses.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:20 |
Officer Sandvich posted:mechanic's panics
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Officer Sandvich posted:mechanic's panics
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:21 |
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I cannot believe I blanked on the creator of family guy. Goddamnit, this is going to be "Polonious' daughter in 'Hamlet'" all over again for me.
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CarbonCpy posted:I cannot believe I blanked on the creator of family guy. I answered Seth Green. Who was the English explorer in Albany? I put Hudson.
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cwinkle posted:I answered Seth Green. Who was the English explorer in Albany? I put Hudson. I put Hudson.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:24 |
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Srgh I almost put Puccini for Tosca but went with Verdi.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:26 |
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I think it was Lawrence (St Lawrence River). Not sure
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:27 |
drat it, it was Hudson, I answered Cabot.
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Discount Viscount posted:Srgh I almost put Puccini for Tosca but went with Verdi. I typed in the first Italian name I could think of, which for some reason was Giovanni. oops! What did everyone get for the Shakespeare comedy? railroad terror fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Jan 11, 2013 |
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It was twelfth night, i think.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:33 |
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VivaNova posted:It was twelfth night, i think. It was. One of the ones I was uncertain about- putting words in the witness's mouth, the technical term for that objection... isn't it just "Leading the witness?" I don't watch enough Law and Order.
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VivaNova posted:It was twelfth night, i think. It was. I missed it said Shakespeare and panicked.
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Mukaikubo posted:It was. It asked for type of question I think. I answered "leading" question.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:39 |
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I just said midsummer nights dream, haha. The lawyerly question was definitely "leading"
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:47 |
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Hey, a Jeopardy thread! I have auditioned twice, and I'm currently in the contestant pool. Still waiting for the call
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 05:54 |
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railroad terror posted:What did everyone get for the Shakespeare comedy? I put She's The Man cause I knew that stupid loving movie was based off whatever the right answer was
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railroad terror posted:I just said midsummer nights dream, haha. The lawyerly question was definitely "leading" I really need to bone up on my Shakespeare and Opera if I ever want to get on Jeopardy. I missed tonight's opera question (I said Rossini) and Shakespeare question (I said Midsummer Night's).
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an adult beverage posted:I really need to bone up on my Shakespeare and Opera if I ever want to get on Jeopardy. Midsummer's Night
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Someone correct me if I screwed these up. 1. WORLD WAR I This treaty officially ended WWI military actions vs. Germany Versailles 2. NOVELS IN BRIEF Cuban harpoons marlin; struggle ensues The Old Man and the Sea 3. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this university near Palo Alto Stanford 4. CELEBRITIES In 2012 this singer signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi, including having her face on a can Beyonce 5. LAKES This Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the United States Michigan 6. OPERA He composed "Tosca" Puccini 7. INVENTORS N 1769 he obtained his first patent, a separate condensing chamber & other improvements to the steam engine James Watt 8. SHAKESPEARE In this comedy Viola loves Orsino, who loves Olivia, who loves Viola (who's disguised as a man) Twelfth Night 9. FOOD Pad Thai consists of these, pan fried with egg, shrimp & tofu Noodles 10. U.S. STAMPS Born a slave in 1820, in 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman 11. LATIN 101 This 2-word phrase, Latin for "good faith", means "authentic" in English Bonafide 12. CENTRAL AMERICA The narrowest point of Central America can be found in Darien in this country Panama 13. PRIMETIME TV In 2011 Ted Danson joined the cast of this Vegas-set show CSI 14. MAGAZINES Fashion designers grover before Anna Wintour, editor of this magazine Vogue 15. ANCIENT WORDS Used by Aristotle, this Greek word has come to mean excessive pride that leads to tragic downfall hubris 16. CHILDREN'S AUTHORS In 1972 she published "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" Judy Blume 17. "B" IN SCIENCE The study of the way projectiles, such as nuclear missiles, move in flight Balistics 18. CONGRESS Created July 24, 1789, it's the main committee in the House that deals with tax bills Ways and Means 19. ANCIENT GREECE Among the Greek city-states, only this one had a standing army Sparta 20. BROADWAY MUSICALS "I Can Do That" & "The Music And The Mirror" are songs in this musical A Chorus Line 21. CHARACTERS IN FRENCH LIT In a 19th century novel, he commands the Nautilus sub Captain Nemo 22. WORLD CURRENCY It's the main monetary unit of South Africa Rand 23. "PRE"-CISELY A synonym for "victorious" that's also used of the predominant wind direction Prevailing 24. STATE CAPITALS The capital of "The Mount Rushmore State" is this city Pierre 25. ART TERMS The Merode Altarpiece is a famous one of these 3-panel works Triptych 26. RHYME TIME An auto repairman's terrors mechanic's panics 27. TECH BUZZWORDS This type of network computing stores your data on a remote server rather than on your own hard drive Cloud 28. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE This New Testament book is sometimes called Apocalypse Revelation 29. RECENT FICTION Amy Dunne's disappearance makes her the title character of this Gillian Flynn novel Gone Girl 30. TERMS IN ASTRONOMY As many as half of the stars in the Milky Way may be these, also called double stars Binary? 31. ACTORS He plays Jean Valjean in the 2012 film of "Les Miserables" Hugh Jackman 32. CROSSWORD CLUES "R" "Buyer's" guilt (7 letters) Remorse 33. HOLIDAYS A 1983 act of Congress made it a federal holiday MLK Jr Day 34. AMERICAN POETS Some of his most famous poems appeared in the 1914 collection "North of Boston" Robert Frost 35. U.S. PRESIDENTS He was the 22nd & 24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland 36. MEDICINE IN THE NEWS In 2012 the Duchess of Cambridge was hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum-- severe this Morning Sickness 37. RIVERS The 12th-longest river in the world, it flows through Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam Mekong 38. ARCHITECTS L.A.'s Disney Hall & Seattle's Experience Music Project are designs by this man Frank Gehry 39. PLAYWRIGHTS In 1894 this man & his arms gave us "Arms And The Man" George Bernard Shaw 40. BIG BUSINESS In 2010 this airline merged with Continental United 41. METALS Brass & bronze are alloys using this reddish metal Copper 42. 5-LETTER WORDS From the Arabic, it's a Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels Jihad 43. BIOGRAPHIES "The Last Lion", the final volume of a biography of this man, came out in 2012 Churchill 44. WEIGHTS & MEASURES 10 gallons equals 37.854 of these metric units Liters 45. POP CULTURE He's the creator & the voice of Brian the dog & diabolically clever baby Stewie Griffin Seth MacFarlane 46. 17th CENTURY EXPLORERS In 1609 this Englishman led an expedition up a river leading to present-day Albany Hudson 47. U.S. MOUNTAINS Mount Whitney is the highest peak in this Spanish-named mountain range Sierra Nevadas 48. IN THE COURTROOM Opposing counsel may object to this type of question that puts words in a witness' mouth Leading 49. ANIMALS Found in Indonesia, this largest living lizard has a toxic bite Komodo Dragon 50. MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN This tragic title figure of Euripides' play gets even with her husband Jason Medea I've got 27 HookShot fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jan 11, 2013 |
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Oh no! That was my worst test out of the three- only 29. Goodbye, jeopardy fame and fortune. I'm pretty sure the star one is binary. No idea about congress. It's my birthday though.
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