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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Isn't it time for tryouts soon? No word yet on the test. There's speculation that the big Sony hack might have scrambled their plans.
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HookShot posted:God the three people tonight were idiots. 
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Ivory Coast. That was another clue in a totally different category, asking about a country south of Morocco that was named for the origin of the Moors. Still, Cote d'Ivore was a terrible guess regardless.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Ivory Coast. Also "Trinidad and Tobago" "I suck at this category so let's make it a true Daily Double please Alex"
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Val was one of the more...interesting contestants I've seen in a while.
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The Human Cow posted:Val was one of the more...interesting contestants I've seen in a while. I can't believe how much her hand was shaking during the game. I thought she looked like a poorly rendered video game character, personally.
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Man it's gotta suck to get up there after so many tests and tryouts and be that nervous. I hope I do better whenever the call comes.
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"This Axis leader was captured trying to cross the Swiss Alps in 1945." 4-time Champion: "Hitler!"
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Sucrose posted:"This Axis leader was captured trying to cross the Swiss Alps in 1945." The weird thing is I'm pretty sure the clue said they were trying to cross into Austria, but Mussolini was trying to get into Switzerland. But yeah thank god for that guy finally losing, though watching him get his rear end kicked in the ToC would have been rewarding.
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ughhhhh Oliver Wendell Holmes died 20 years before Brown v. Board of Ed
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The category is "Broadway Musicals." The question is basically "What musical has a song called Iowa Stubborn?" You guess...Oklahoma. It would be difficult to pick a musical that had less chance of being correct.
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zakharov posted:The category is "Broadway Musicals." The question is basically "What musical has a song called Iowa Stubborn?" You guess...Oklahoma. I know nothing at all about musicals but I've heard of the musical Oklahoma and I know both it and Iowa are Midwestern states. I can see why it'd be your wild guess for that question.
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jojoinnit posted:I know nothing at all about musicals but I've heard of the musical Oklahoma and I know both it and Iowa are Midwestern states. I can see why it'd be your wild guess for that question. That was exactly why I chose "Oklahoma". We don't all have your masterful knowledge of musicals, zakharov!
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I would have picked a musical not named after a different place entirely.
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zakharov posted:I would have picked a musical not named after a different place entirely. I said South Pacific
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See, now I thought it was State Fair. But I at least take solace in the fact that I got the T. E. Lawrence question from last night.
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I said Oklahoma first, then Rodeo, but I'm not sure if Rodeo would strictly be considered a musical or not since I'm not really big on theatre to start with.
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zakharov posted:I would have picked a musical not named after a different place entirely. People from one place might have negative opinions re: the stubbornness of people from another place.
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I put 'stop asking about goddamn musicals nobody likes them.'
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jscolon2.0 posted:People from one place might have negative opinions re: the stubbornness of people from another place. Which is exactly what I thought. I've never seen Oklahoma, so I dunno. Iowa's not that far away. mennoknight posted:I put 'stop asking about goddamn musicals nobody likes them.' In reality though, this.
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I will never stop getting angry at people who don't wager to win, either on Daily Doubles or Final Jeopardy!
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Colonial Air Force posted:I will never stop getting angry at people who don't wager to win, either on Daily Doubles or Final Jeopardy! Keith Williams shares your rage. I didn't think the wagers were that bad this time around on Final though. Guess I'll wait for The Final Wager to see what Keith makes of it. Also, can't believe no one came up with the two auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's. I immediately jumped on that once the question was read.
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The final wagers were fine, but had the lady in the middle actually wagered to win on the Daily Double just before Final, she would have forced the champion to wager more, and possibly spoiled his win.
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I literally paused my DVR to scream at my TV over that last Daily Double bet. When you bet small with a huge deficit and one clue to go, you have chosen to lose.
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Colonial Air Force posted:The final wagers were fine, but had the lady in the middle actually wagered to win on the Daily Double just before Final, she would have forced the champion to wager more, and possibly spoiled his win. zakharov posted:I literally paused my DVR to scream at my TV over that last Daily Double bet. When you bet small with a huge deficit and one clue to go, you have chosen to lose. Oh yeah, that. That was pretty bad.
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I can't decide if this Rebecca lady is endearing because she is clearly pretty nervous, or just annoying.
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OctoberBlues posted:I can't decide if this Rebecca lady is endearing because she is clearly pretty nervous, or just annoying. SHE WAS THE WORST.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:29
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An Academy Award winner from 1984 that starts with "A?" TITANIC 
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I liked the "Is that Ogden Nash?" response that counted since it was still a question.
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Was her name actually Rebeca with one C, or did she just not know how to spell her name?
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MisterZimbu posted:Was her name actually Rebeca with one C, or did she just not know how to spell her name? My wife made the same joke 
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The Human Cow posted:An Academy Award winner from 1984 that starts with "A?" TITANIC My wife and I literally screamed at the TV when she said that.
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I skimmed the last few pages, so forgive me if this has been covered, but Colby is going to be smirking all over your TV screen as one of the contestants on the new season of King of the Nerds on TBS. I hate his face so much that I'll just have to watch it.
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Sorry, Colby haters are banned from this thread.
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I got THE CALL today, to an in-person interview up in Chicago sometime in the middle of March. (Technically this'll be my second time trying out: I advanced to the test/interviews/etc. for the College Championships in 2008, but they ended up picking up someone else from Mizzou--who went on to lose to some Notre Dame kid who was also from St Louis). I'm starting the study of Shakespeare, opera and 18/19th century British writers now, the latter of which because the answer can't always be Sir Walter Scott.
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I don't think they did the online test this year, did they? Anyone know about plans for that?
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They haven't announced it yet. I assume it's related to the Sony hack, or maybe they just don't need to replenish the pool. If you go sign up for their newsletter you'll get the announcement. Good luck Troy!
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Thanks! I was in the 2013 contestant pool, so just now able to retest. My hope is to make it on while Alex is still there :p
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