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I grew up with both Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Watched it with my parents as a baby-- my dad is convinced that Wheel had something to do with me learning to read early. He actually got on an episode of Wheel of Fortune when I was nine, won about $8000 and a car, which we sold to fix our house's terrible roof. I tried out for Kid Jeopardy in a different city every summer from ages 10-12, made it past the initial test to a mock game every time but never got chosen. I got to see the actual Jeopardy studio one year because the audition was held in Los Angeles/Culver City. Basically what I'm saying is Merv Griffin dominated my childhood.  Occasionally I think about trying out for Jeopardy again, but I think if I couldn't make it as a dorky kid, I sure as hell couldn't do it now.
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escape artist posted:And yeah, Ree-See's Pee-Sees thing has driven me crazy my whole life. Is that how they say it in E.T. or something? I know nobody that says "Ree-Sees Peanut Butter Cups." I heard tons of people say Reesie's Cups growing up. I thought it was a general Southwest-accent thing. And it does drive me insane. The guy's name was Reese, these are his Cups/Pieces, it's not that hard.
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Hey, test-taking buddies!  I have no idea what categories I'd like to see come up. That's probably a bad sign.
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Jan 9, 2013 00:27
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Well, I managed to complete it at least. I thought I did pretty well on most, but then I blanked like a wuss on a state capital question. I sure do know who hosts Project Runway, though! 
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Jan 9, 2013 02:16
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Now I'm looking up all the questions I didn't know and realizing that, if I had ever had the occasion or desire to find out who wrote Brokeback Mountain before this point, I would have remembered her name, because E. Annie Proulx is a really memorable name. Also the capital of Wisconsin is Madison. Stupid Wisconsin!
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Jan 9, 2013 02:23
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34. Rats. What's passing, 36? (Unless I actually put King for #23-- I actually can't remember, that's one of the ones where I just grabbed the first name that come to mind.)
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Jan 9, 2013 03:43
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Wow, I'm really glad I took last night's test too. I would've had a 17 on this one.
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Jan 10, 2013 05:53
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Welp. That didn't go great. And of course I remember half the ones I got wrong, immediately after closing the test.
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So, if I've taken the adult test (and got 35 at most), can I also sign up for the college test? I'm a student, but I went back to school and don't know if I still count as 'college age' (I'm ~26). Do they care about that? They have a question in the FAQ that says you can the college test and then the adult test, but nothing about the other way around.
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