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HookShot posted:US PRESIDENTS *24 hours ago* Raskolnikov38 posted:At least you were the right century, all I could think of for some reason was Grover Cleveland. gently caress should have taken it tonight. To make this worse as I struggled to think of Hoover the only thing that stopped me from putting Cleveland in was knowing he's only famous for the non consecutive terms.
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Dammit, I missed 15 at least and maybe one more. Blegh blagh blugh. I put vomiting instead of morning sickness, that'd probably be a "be more specific" situation on the actual show (and I wouldn't have come up with it quick enough.)
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Jan 11, 2013 09:19
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escape artist posted:Midsummer's Night No.
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Jan 11, 2013 09:33
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You're right. My bad And I would have done much better on last night's test than Wednesday's. Still don't know that one about the House committee. I looked up budget committee and appropriations and both of those don't fit the timeline.
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Jan 11, 2013 11:53
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Goddamn it I just said "mechanic panic" but the clue specifically was plural. I hope they'll accept it. *edit: I played against Watson in an untelevised sparring match in October 2010, and won my third and last game because Final Jeopardy said "this 4-letter term" and Watson responded with the correct word's 5-letter plural. Discount Viscount posted:Dammit, I missed 15 at least and maybe one more. Blegh blagh blugh. Honestly I think they'll have to accept some other responses besides morning sickness, because hyperemesis gravidarum is more than just "extreme morning sickness." And "hyperemesis" pretty much just means "extreme vomiting" anyway. iS! fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Jan 11, 2013 |
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Jan 11, 2013 12:30
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If that list is right I got 33, and 34 if my congress answer was right (I guessed ways and means). Better than I thought.
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Jan 11, 2013 13:10
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HookShot posted:18. CONGRESS Ways and Means
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Jan 11, 2013 15:09
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HookShot posted:Someone correct me if I screwed these up. Well, guess it was a good thing I didn't bother taking the test, I would've failed that miserably. While watching the show I feel like I can answer enough of them to at least be competitive if not win, though.
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Jan 11, 2013 15:15
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The test questions deliberately consist of the hardest material to weed out those who hasn't cut it!
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Jan 11, 2013 16:23
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Pretty sure I did 5-10 pts better on the one I took than I would have on the other ones. EST is best.
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Jan 11, 2013 16:36
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Officer Sandvich posted:If that list is right I got 33, and 34 if my congress answer was right (I guessed ways and means). Better than I thought. I did better than I thought too if that list is correct. I got 33 as well. Does anybody know what the threshold is to call you for an audition? an adult beverage fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Jan 11, 2013 |
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Jan 11, 2013 17:48
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an adult beverage posted:Does anybody know what the threshold is to call you for an audition? There isn't one. Obviously the more the better but it's not like they say "ok everyone who got at least X right gets a callback". Also I'm sure it's all relative but seeing those other two tests makes me less proud of kicking rear end at the Tuesday one. I can just the producers saying "ok, that's the easy one, let's go through the pile of people who got them all right and see who we want." 
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Jan 11, 2013 18:07
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Just so you know, you get an email about an audition, not a call. You only get a call if you're going to be on the show. Good luck to everyone.
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Jan 11, 2013 18:22
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Riptor posted:Ways and Means But yeah, good luck everyone!
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Jan 11, 2013 18:32
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an adult beverage posted:I did better than I thought too if that list is correct. I got 33 as well. If there is a threshold, I assume it'd be percentile based on top of probably geographic, demographic, and other criteria.
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Jan 11, 2013 20:10
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Hooray I got Ways and Means right.
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Jan 11, 2013 23:35
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iS! posted:Honestly I think they'll have to accept some other responses besides morning sickness, because hyperemesis gravidarum is more than just "extreme morning sickness." And "hyperemesis" pretty much just means "extreme vomiting" anyway. I put down 'pregnancy,' but I think that was because I had Jeopardy confused with Match Game for a moment.
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Jan 12, 2013 05:33
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Where do we bitch about Wheel of Fortune? The contestants they have are loving AWFUL. I'd rather watch two episodes of Jeopardy back to back, and axe Wheel at this rate.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:25
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I routinely solve Wheel of Fortune like 5 minutes before the contestants. Like, I was watching last month when someone landed on the jackpot or whatever with a full board of letters and only like 5 or so revealed. Pat asked if (s)he wanted to solve, and I said, "heh, not this early!" Then I thought about it for a few seconds and got it. It was a holiday theme with a bunch of short words, so I don't know if their puzzles are too easy or contestants are too dumb or some combination of the two. But it's not me.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:52
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I hate Wheel of Fortune. Also, that was smart of the girl to wager $0 and just take the $21,600, even though it turns out she got the answer right anyway. She would be quite attractive if she didn't dress like my 90 year old grandmother.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:20
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escape artist posted:Also, that was smart of the girl to wager $0 and just take the $21,600, even though it turns out she got the answer right anyway. Deep down, the producers are seething at having to pay off another tie for her. Double prize money has to add up.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:36
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I don't think it's a big deal. It kind of averages out when you consider she averaged $6,000 in each win for her first 3 wins, so all three contestants were paid off with under $10,000 for 3 days. I was glad they took back some of her money for leaving out a syllable in Mendeleev though. Though in retrospect, it would have saved them $20k not to correct that mistake.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:42
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jscolon2.0 posted:Deep down, the producers are seething at having to pay off another tie for her. Double prize money has to add up. Meh, the first three days she was on she got like $17k, plus if you add the extra 7 the other dude got that still averages under $10k/day. The last week or so of contestants (except Ashok) have been really, really dumb.
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Jan 15, 2013 03:42
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HookShot posted:The last week or so of contestants (except Ashok) have been really, really dumb. Ashok's weakness seemed to be pop culture. Dude couldn't figure out the Seven Dwarves.
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Jan 15, 2013 14:40
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DrBouvenstein posted:Ashok's weakness seemed to be pop culture. That's not a weakness in pop culture, that's a weakness in, like... general cultural immersion.
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Jan 15, 2013 14:47
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uublog posted:I routinely solve Wheel of Fortune like 5 minutes before the contestants. Like, I was watching last month when someone landed on the jackpot or whatever with a full board of letters and only like 5 or so revealed. Pat asked if (s)he wanted to solve, and I said, "heh, not this early!" Then I thought about it for a few seconds and got it. It was a holiday theme with a bunch of short words, so I don't know if their puzzles are too easy or contestants are too dumb or some combination of the two. But it's not me. Usually they keep spinning the wheel to call out letters because that's how you build up money to bank when you do solve the puzzle. On the other hand I see people buying vowels when it seems like they (should) know the answer already.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:18
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Discount Viscount posted:Usually they keep spinning the wheel to call out letters because that's how you build up money to bank when you do solve the puzzle. Yeah, when someone's asking for vowels when most of the puzzle is filled in, that's when they're just being obtuse. Spinning for more letters after you know the solution is an obvious and legit strategy, but of course there's always the danger of hitting bankrupt/lose a turn before you can cash in your fat bankroll on the answer. A few weeks ago I saw someone finish a puzzle of "Albuquerque, New Mexico" when only the 'A' was filled in. I don't remember their specific circumstances around it, but that could be both a really smart and really stupid thing to do.
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Jan 15, 2013 15:58
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I've given up on the show, after this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLROkzavFZ8 And where they hosed up 4 times with 4 letters left on the board. I'll also second the claim that last week's Jeopardy contestants were bad.
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Jan 15, 2013 16:38
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WHEN DO I GET MY EMAIL???
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Boomer The Cannon posted:I've given up on the show, after this: Stupid people have always been on Wheel of Fortune. The thri-- of -i-tory and the agony of defeat. A few years ago Jeopardy came on at about 2:30 for me, and I really wish it still did because that's a whole lot more convenient than at 4:30 like it does now.
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gobbles posted:WHEN DO I GET MY EMAIL??? It can take up to several weeks from what I remember.
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Jan 16, 2013 01:40
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You kind of have to be willing to make a fool of yourself to go on Wheel of Fortune. They want really enthusiastic contestants. I could win every puzzle, but they would never put me on TV because I would have such a low key personality. Whereas, with Jeopardy, all you need is an interesting anecdote and you can have low key, dry sense of humor and it's all good.
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Jan 16, 2013 01:47
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Either they're dumbing down Final Jeopardy or I'm getting a lot smarter
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Jan 16, 2013 01:54
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Soothing Vapors posted:Either they're dumbing down Final Jeopardy or I'm getting a lot smarter
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Soothing Vapors posted:Either they're dumbing down Final Jeopardy or I'm getting a lot smarter I got all three landlocked countries so maybe you're onto something.
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I liked Alex's double take when he realized they gave a NASA analyst an entire catagory about NASA acronyms. Though to be fair they were just kind of general astronomy questions.
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Jan 16, 2013 02:45
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Andorra posted:Stupid people have always been on Wheel of Fortune.
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McSpanky posted:Yeah, when someone's asking for vowels when most of the puzzle is filled in, that's when they're just being obtuse. Spinning for more letters after you know the solution is an obvious and legit strategy, but of course there's always the danger of hitting bankrupt/lose a turn before you can cash in your fat bankroll on the answer. There are two buzzer rounds where the contestants ring in to answer, on either side of the contestants introducing themselves. That is probably what that was, since you can only buy a vowel with money you've earned in that round, so there's no other way for only a vowel to be on the board.
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HookShot posted:I liked Alex's double take when he realized they gave a NASA analyst an entire catagory about NASA acronyms. IIRC, the categories and clues are chosen well in advance of the taping, so things like that happens occasionally. Sucks for the other players, but they still have to be quick on the buzzer. I mean, odds are there is going to some some category out of the ten that you know really well. Whether it's related to your job, your schooling, a hobby, or whatever.
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Yeah I remember once seeing one where a sportswriter got an all sports category. It's just a coincidence that occasionally happens, like that Cheers episode.
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