Yet Another Chance at Online Jeopardy! Tryouts
If you haven’t tried out for Jeopardy! during the last year then you can do so online. You must pre-register, so go to the site and get signed up.
No, they haven’t called me to be on the show. grrrrrr. My time in the contestant pool ends in May, I think. If you get in you lower my chances of getting on, so I have mixed feelings about this…Previous KB Jeopardy! links:
Bryce I describes the online tryout process through to getting into the pool.
Bryce I gives up the goods on show related materials.
Rusty lists Jeopardy! in its proper place in a top 5 list.
John Hatch on the end of an era.
Also, I hereby publicly challenge SG to take the test and prove he is worth of his nick.
January 08, 2007 in Uncategorized |
Thanks a million for the link!
Comment by cantinflas — January 8, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
I feel your pain, John. I qualified in October of 2005 and never heard a peep. I don’t know whether it’s worth it to try again so soon (since they didn’t like me enough to call the first time).
On the other hand, if I did get on, I would be under a lot of pressure to do at least as good as Maude did when she was on.
Comment by NFlanders — January 8, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
Ned,
I fully plan to try out again when they never call. I’d go for it.
Comment by a random John — January 8, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
The bad news is that if they didn’t call, it wasn’t because of how well or poorly they thought you’d do on the show. It was because they thought that you were too ugly for television. And it’s not like Jeopardy has a particularly high bar for looks. Sorry John and Ned.
Comment by gst — January 8, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
This comment made me laugh for five minutes.
We were roasted by the best, John.
Comment by NFlanders — January 8, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
but… I even showered and combed my hair that day…
sniff…
Comment by a random John — January 9, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
I got all excited about this, registered, and then . . . the system kicked me off because I’ve already tried out once this year (online). Can’t do it twice. Nope, that would be taking advantage.
Comment by Ryan Bell — January 9, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
I should note that not only was I relatively well groomed for the try-out, but I gave all my responses in the form of a question and got the answers right. One of the six people left in our group not only got most of the live questions wrong, but he never answered in the form of a question. I should have looked great in contrast…
Comment by a random John — January 9, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
Next week will mark the 10-year anniversary of my Jeopardy! debut. Let’s just say I opened and closed in one night…
Comment by Chad Too — January 13, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
I did the online test. I think I did well, but I might not ever find out, for sure.
Comment by D. Fletcher — January 24, 2007 @ 11:35 am
D.,
They are very much about pass/fail and not giving feedback. Unless you were counting how many you are sure you got right as you went you aren’t going to know how you did.
Comment by a random John — January 24, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Yeah, I know. But does pass = 100%? Because I didn’t get 100%.
Comment by D. Fletcher — January 24, 2007 @ 11:58 am
I haven’t taken the online version. My preliminary test had 10 questions and you had to get 8 right from what I hear. My secondary test had 50 questions and you had to get 35 right. So missing some is OK.
Comment by a random John — January 24, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
Yes, I think I missed 2, out of 50. (There were two that I couldn’t fill in.)
I’m fairly certain that the others were correct, but you never know…
Comment by D. Fletcher — January 24, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
Missing 2 out of 50 is great! You might soon join our elite fraternity of people waiting in vain in the contestant pool!
Comment by a random John — January 24, 2007 @ 5:19 pm