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KICK BAMA KICK
Mar 2, 2009

41, but I should be disqualified for saying there were 128 pints in a gallon.

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HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
41, 42 if they count the one where I wrote "pallette" instead of "palette" :negative:

Mike Danger
Feb 17, 2012
35 exactly....I think

KIM JONG TRILL
Nov 29, 2006

GIN AND JUCHE

I got 41 as well. First time I've managed more than 36. I completely brainfarted on Deadpool, too.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004




does any place have both the questions and answers?

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

banned from Starbucks posted:

does any place have both the questions and answers?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jeopardy/comments/6ebd05/tuesday_online_test_questions_and_answers/

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I did the online test and it was harder than the regular show so I gave up and never tried again

irregardless even if I passed the test and got to auditions I wouldn't make it on the show because I don't have a good TV personality

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

Ein cooler Typ posted:

I don't have a good [. . .] personality
so close to an epiphany

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light
What the gently caress, Lisette?

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Now That's What I Call Final Jeopardy Wagering

PT6A
Jan 5, 2006

Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane
That test hosed me hard, again. Why can't there be more of the poo poo I know, and less of the poo poo I don't know anything about, like dancing, opera, and baseball?!!! :v:

direspoon
Jul 8, 2006

Is that a spoon around your neck, or are you just happy to see me?

Some years I think I get close to 35 but this year I completely bombed. I blanked on a bunch that I'm kicking myself over now.

skaboomizzy
Nov 12, 2003

There is nothing I want to be. There is nothing I want to do.
I don't even have an image of what I want to be. I have nothing. All that exists is zero.
I've got five that I know I missed and like another twenty I'm not sure about. I guess I'll wait for the answers to pop up on the message boards.

Edit: looks like I got around 40. Probably not enough, right?

skaboomizzy fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Jun 1, 2017

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Answers via Jboard. 35+ is likely to get you in the pool.

1 Autobiographies ------- the Dalai Lama
2 Rhyme Time ------- Gore's chores
3 Chemistry ------- Bonds
4 Monarchs ------- King John
5 Business ------- YUM! brands
6 Small Countries ------- Monaco
7 Bible Heroes ------- Samson
8 Government ------- Nikki Haley
9 Steven King ------- Carrie
10 Orange Stuff ------- South Africa
11 2016 Movies ------- Manchester by the Sea
12 US Presidents ------- Harry Truman
13 Acronyms ------- SCOTUS
14 Poetry ------- Robert Frost
15 Island Nations ------- Bahrain
16 Anatomy ------- Mitral valve
17 Classical Music ------- Frederic Chopin
18 Political Parties ------- Israel
19 Music ------- Drake
20 21st Century Fiction ------- The Goldfinch
21 State Capitals ------- Harrisburg
22 Magazines ------- National Geographic
23 Children's Literature ------- Rikki Tikki Tavi
24 Food ------- Bacon
25 Landmarks ------- The Apollo
26 Homophones ------- morning or mourning
27 Characters in Musicals ------- Henry Higgins
28 The Constellations ------- Orion
29 Games ------- Operation
30 Canada ------- Jacques Cartier
31 The Orchestra ------- Percussion
32 TV Comedies ------- Superstore
33 Government ------- 435
34 Explorers ------- Ferdinand Magellan
35 British Literature ------- H.G. Wells
36 Potent Potables ------- Brandy
37 Begins and Ends With the same Letter ------- Everywhere
38 Hobbies ------- Stamps
39 Animals ------- Polar Bear
40 Dance ------- Alvin Ailey
41 Streaming Options ------- Netflix
42 French History ------- Versailles
43 Tech Talk ------- Plug and Play
44 Lakes and Rivers ------- Lake Baikal
45 Who's Talking in Shakespeare ------- Marc Antony
46 Opera ------- Giacomo Puccini
47 DNA ------- Sequencing
48 Words from Books ------- Hobbit
49 Women Authors ------- Anne Bronte
50 Baseball ------- Mike Trout

Shneak
Mar 6, 2015

A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.
That was a mess. I did way better on yesterday's but did today's officially.

Blanked on so many, like Samuel over Samson, Christine over Carrie, and The Goldfinch despite picturing the cover exactly.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

Your mother!

Well that was loving brutal.

Dr Zaius
Jan 2, 2001

Smells Like Team Spirit
Jeopardy! is woke AF.

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I'm actually happy with my performance on that.

Whether that's good enough, who the gently caress knows. But even if I don't get called, I'm proud of myself.

Really shoulda got Ethiopia, though. Zig-zagged out of it and said Uganda. :sigh:

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I put Ganges for the river in India, but I'm almost certain it's the Kyber.

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
and for those of you scoring at home, good job -- hope y'all are having fun.

for the rest of us, here's tonight's test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJevi2S3E8o

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


ken jennings made a funny barron trump tweet and pearl clutching right wing morons went nuts in the replies lmao. id never seen a good tweet with a bad ratio until then.

Dr Zaius
Jan 2, 2001

Smells Like Team Spirit
Yeah I went to the Jeopardy facebook page for the first time earlier today to look up answers to the test and saw all the awesome posts raging at Jeopardy. Ken rules.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
:unsmith: i like nice words
I just hope he's not loving up his chances of replacing Alex.

Timby
Dec 23, 2006

Your mother!

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

and for those of you scoring at home, good job -- hope y'all are having fun.

for the rest of us, here's tonight's test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJevi2S3E8o

Is there an answer key for the June 1 test yet?

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
I don't understand why baldy didn't get credit for end around

zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

Soothing Vapors posted:

I don't understand why baldy didn't get credit for end around

Me either that was bullshit

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

Soothing Vapors posted:

I don't understand why baldy didn't get credit for end around

I think it's because it specifically mentions the football play.

Number Ten Cocks
Feb 25, 2016

by zen death robot

Colonial Air Force posted:

I think it's because it specifically mentions the football play.

Which is called an end around by every TV football commentator I ever watched.

3 Action Economist
May 22, 2002

Educate. Agitate. Liberate.
Well, then, I don't know

wa27
Jan 15, 2007

Here's the text from j-archive:

quote:

To bypass the rules and get your way is to do this maneuver, also the type of play seen here

I don't remember the diagram, but reportedly it showed a halfback carrying the ball.

An end-run is a real thing, but I watch a ton of football and nobody EVER uses that term. I had to look it up. Apparently it is just a term meaning any run to the outside; not a specific play. Any player can make an end-run, while an End Around is specifically a handoff to the End or WR (who then makes an end-run). Even the wikipedia page was only created in 2010 and is still a stub.

I've also never personally heard of an end-run as a synonym for circumventing the rules, but according to the dictionary the question is correct. Maybe end-around could have been counted if the image didn't specifically show a halfback with the ball. It's a dumb question that was misleading for anyone who watches football.

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

wa27 posted:

The diagram . . . showed a halfback carrying the ball. Any player can make an end-run, while an End Around is specifically a handoff to the End or WR (who then makes an end-run).
Man, that is extremely finicky for Jeopardy, but that's gotta be it. Thanks, that was bugging me.

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

CNC! Easy as 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣!
The graphic was intended to be a distraction from the beginning of the question (that would have been far too easy on it's own).

GhostStalker
Mar 26, 2010

Guys, find a woman who looks at you the way GhostStalker looks at every bald, obese, single 58 year old accountant from Tulsa who managed to win $4,000 by not wagering on a Final Jeopardy triple stumper.

Welp, that's three Finals in a row I've been absolutely stumped on. Had no idea who Wallenberg even was, never heard of him before, and Medieval English kings are pretty inscrutable to me as well. The Chaplin one got me as well. Not a good week for me at all, save for the Monday clue. Still, it's a change of pace from cake Final Jeopardy clues that abounded last week.

jojoinnit
Dec 13, 2010

Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.

GhostStalker posted:

Welp, that's three Finals in a row I've been absolutely stumped on. Had no idea who Wallenberg even was, never heard of him before, and Medieval English kings are pretty inscrutable to me as well. The Chaplin one got me as well. Not a good week for me at all, save for the Monday clue. Still, it's a change of pace from cake Final Jeopardy clues that abounded last week.

Haven't seen jeopardy recently but I'm guessing it was Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who saved countless lives during WW2?

Vulture Culture
Jul 14, 2003

I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.

jojoinnit posted:

Haven't seen jeopardy recently but I'm guessing it was Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who saved countless lives during WW2?
That's the one. One person responded Oskar Schindler, which was a solid guess, but not connected to Sweden.

GhostStalker
Mar 26, 2010

Guys, find a woman who looks at you the way GhostStalker looks at every bald, obese, single 58 year old accountant from Tulsa who managed to win $4,000 by not wagering on a Final Jeopardy triple stumper.

Vulture Culture posted:

That's the one. One person responded Oskar Schindler, which was a solid guess, but not connected to Sweden.

Yeah, that was my guess as well, even though I knew it couldn't be right, seeing as how Schindler's List ended with all those Jews paying respects at his grave and all, IIRC. Better guess than Alan Turing was though.

GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Jun 9, 2017

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

CNC! Easy as 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣!

GhostStalker posted:

Better guess than Alan Turing was though.

Yeah, what the gently caress was that contestant thinking?

I knew it wasn't Schindler, but couldn't think of who it was other than "That other guy that saved a bunch of lives during WWII".

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


GhostStalker posted:

Had no idea who Wallenberg even was

shameful.

Vulture Culture
Jul 14, 2003

I was never enjoying it. I only eat it for the nutrients.
Dude had such a Geek Squad rear end outfit tonight

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Number Ten Cocks
Feb 25, 2016

by zen death robot
Bala the charisma void needed to go. Lots of people lately who I'm amazed made it through auditions.

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