Author Topic: Reminder: J! College Test Tonight at 9 ET (Read 2873 times)

chad1m · « **on:** October 01, 2008, 06:24:22 PM »

For anyone who it may apply to, this is just a simple reminder that the Jeopardy! college tournament exam will begin at their website at 9 PM ET. You've got to register in advance, so hurry!

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #1 on:** October 01, 2008, 06:33:15 PM »

Thanks for the reminder.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2008, 06:39:19 PM »

Oh man, I should be able to clean up on this one!

chad1m · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2008, 06:41:00 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'198611\' date=\'Oct 1 2008, 06:39 PM\']Oh man, I should be able to clean up on this one![/quote]Haha. I'm going to take it using the "for fun" option to see if I'm still as "good" as I once was. =P

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2008, 12:31:22 AM »

That was the first time I took the test, and that blew my mind. I don't know too many college students who would have even gotten half of those right. Maybe it was just me, but that material was along the difficulty of high end Double Jeopardy/ regular Tournament of Champions. Oh, well- time to start studying for the regular season test.

Anybody else think they posted a respectable score?

JasonA1 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2008, 09:11:14 AM »

I concur. The tests are always far more difficult than the show, which is a shame. A lot of that test was lacking the hallmark clues in Jeopardy writing. The bits of extra info that give viewers and contestants the correct question without having actually known the fact beforehand.

Here comes another year of not-so-cute female music majors and bespectacled science students. :)

-Jason

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2008, 06:07:50 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'198688\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 08:11 AM\']
I concur. The tests are always far more difficult than the show, which is a shame. A lot of that test was lacking the hallmark clues in Jeopardy writing.
[/quote]Preferably, I was waiting for the questions about pizza, James Bond movies, and ad slogans. I never would have thought that 70% of those questions would be about lesser known authors and geography.

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'198688\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 08:11 AM\']
Here comes another year of not-so-cute female music majors and bespectacled science students.

[/quote]Not to mention the stuffy Ivy League types who never make it past the first round

TroubadourNando · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2008, 05:59:29 PM »

When should people expect callbacks, potentially? Someone very close to me took the test, and the last thing I want is to see her hanging on to some empty hope past reasonable time.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2008, 06:00:39 PM »

[quote name=\'TroubadourNando\' post=\'198808\' date=\'Oct 3 2008, 04:59 PM\']Someone very close to me took the test, and the last thing I want is to see her hanging on to some empty hope past reasonable time.[/quote]How do you know she passed? Does the test automatically tell you now? I don't recall that being part of the experience when I took the exam a couple years ago.

chad1m · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2008, 06:14:48 PM »

[quote name=\'TroubadourNando\' post=\'198808\' date=\'Oct 3 2008, 05:59 PM\']When should people expect callbacks, potentially?[/quote]My friend Katie took the online Teen Tourney test last year on 9/28. She got an invitation to go to an audition date about three weeks later. However, someone on the Jeopardy! board claims to have already received his.
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'198809\' date=\'Oct 3 2008, 06:00 PM\']How do you know she passed? Does the test automatically tell you now?[/quote]No. I'm assuming she's going by the commonly assumed thought that 35/50 is a passing score.

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2008, 08:44:10 PM »

I think they tell you if you passed or not. Past that, it's just a matter of time waiting on the audition e-mail.

johnnyd1788 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2008, 10:29:11 PM »

I took the test last night after signing up months before. I'm pretty sure I didn't pass. lol

TLEberle · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2008, 10:31:18 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'198688\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 06:11 AM\']I concur. The tests are always far more difficult than the show, which is a shame.[/quote]I was under the impression that the test difficulty was that much harder than the show for a reason: specifically that if you have people who can handle the hard stuff, they can handle the easy stuff plus the lights, the cameras, the millions of people, and so on.

PYLdude · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2008, 11:17:12 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'198843\' date=\'Oct 3 2008, 09:31 PM\']
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'198688\' date=\'Oct 2 2008, 06:11 AM\']I concur. The tests are always far more difficult than the show, which is a shame.[/quote]I was under the impression that the test difficulty was that much harder than the show for a reason: specifically that if you have people who can handle the hard stuff, they can handle the easy stuff plus the lights, the cameras, the millions of people, and so on.
[/quote]

Right.

I still remember the first time I took the test back in '97 and how stunned I was about the difficulty of some of the questions. But I understood why they did that.

And I always tell people who want to try out- it ain't as easy as it looks. Study everything you can think of and then some.