JAYMC on Jeopardy! TODAY! (SPOILERS Y'ALL)

that is totally awesome, dude, glad to see your incredible memory got you somewhere like that. my wife watches Jeopardy religiously and has taken the online test once or twice, i hope maybe she can get on there someday.

jaymc, what did you decide to tell the world for your random/stupid 'about me' tidbit for after the first commercial break?

or do you want that to remain a great secret until JULY 26?

I miss Jeopardy a lot. UK's quiz shows just aren't the same.

i have a real question: is the buzzer thing tricky? it seems like that's the hard part sometimes

yeah, and did alex act like you were really weird based on your tidbit. seems to be his go-to reaction.

Yeah, Al, from what I hear, your chances of making it on are slightly better if you're a woman.

oh ohh, and IRL, do the questions actually make those random musical noises when they populate the screens at the start of each round, or is that added in afterwards in editing? do they even still do that anymore? I haven't seen an episode in ages.

and by 'questions' I mean 'answers', when they are displayed as money $$$ values ($200, $400, etc) (sorry for spamming thread, I am done now)

oh, i see. do not reveal, then!

was it stressful always remembering to hit the buzzer? did you practice buzzering at home?

any music trivia?

jaymc, what did you decide to tell the world for your random/stupid 'about me' tidbit for after the first commercial break?

You'll have to wait and see. :)

i have a real question: is the buzzer thing tricky? it seems like that's the hard part sometimes

Yeah, it's tricky. You have to wait until these lights around the game board light up before you can buzz in, and if you buzz in beforehand, you're locked out for a split second. Truth be told, I mostly ignored the lights and just buzzed in a beat after Alex finished the clue.

oh ohh, and IRL, do the questions actually make those random musical noises when they populate the screens at the start of each round, or is that added in afterwards in editing?

Yes. I was actually surprised by how much of that stuff was actually live. The Daily Double noises, too. And all the graphics are in place on the monitors. After each round, though, they would have Alex re-record a clue if he mispronounced something or otherwise stumbled -- I assume that's then dubbed in during post.

any music trivia?

There weren't any categories that were explicitly music-related, no.

If there was an Oscars category, we know it'll inspire Quiz Show II!

way to go, jaymc!

back in like '02 i awaited the call from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after making it all that way. the call never came. so i'll live vicariously through you on this one.

A former co-worker said it was all about mastering the buzzer (or whatever you call it).

so did anderson cooper

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/jeopardy/

were there any categories on where ilxors live and work?

Yes, several.

jmc you asshole! i tried out for jeopardy like ten years ago, at the mall of america -- whole crazy story there -- and got in, but never got "the call"

congratulations, this is awesome!

wagered 12 grand in Final Jeopardy on Steve Shasta's Soc Sec number

xp

hahah

Next time I see you, if you have a new fur coat and a pimp hat, I'll know what happened.

THIS... IS.... AMAZING!

very cool

question: what did you wear? how did you choose your outfit(s)?

question: did you bring any magic feathers with you or mementos so you know that when everyone's watching you on jeopardy, you have that special stolen spoon from ihop on your pocket or whatever?

congrats dude! i hope to join those ranks someday

oh this is so awesome! Yay jaymc! I'm sure you made ilx lolproud.

question: what did you wear? how did you choose your outfit(s)?

I was somewhat lacking in the nice-clothes-to-wear-on-national-television department, so I went to Banana Republic and bought a few things. I showed up in a slate gray shirt and black tie (no jacket).

question: did you bring any magic feathers with you or mementos so you know that when everyone's watching you on jeopardy, you have that special stolen spoon from ihop on your pocket or whatever?

Nah. I did wear nice underwear, though.

rootin' for you, jaymc (tho i haven't watched jeopardy in years).

Hey, neither had I! It's on at 3:30 in the afternoon here.

wagered 12 grand in Final Jeopardy on Steve Shasta's Soc Sec number

xp

― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, March 19, 2010 1:41 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

lmbo

awesome dude! can't wait til this shows up on my dvr. where's that "most famous alumni of your high school" thread so I can brag about being in the same classes as a quiz show supastah?

hey, this is sort of awesome. i will add this to my calendar.

were you able to get in any surreptitious shout outs?

"What is masturbating in front of a baby?"

"What is an AOL beef?"

So cool! Congrats on making the show, I hope you won lots of $$.

Daily Double was gabbneb's shoe size

this is the coolest thing ever

lol morbs

I got a thrill when he wrapped his arm around my side.

Art Fleming, ya died too soon.

did Ken Jennings (?) have the same leadtime before air?

I dunno, it does seem awfully long, doesn't it?

is it weird that i know three people who have been on jeopardy now (two college jep)

well like you said, your taping was at the end of the season, so that's prolly why the lag is longer than usual

(xpost)

DUDE.!

i wonder if trebek goes on 4-month peyote-fueled vision quests between tapings or something

"What is... the question, man?"

I thought he had been laying low for a while.

i heard he is a right winger

yeah, I just read on Gawker that he has GOP fundraisers at his house

Yeah the Final Jeopardy category choice was RIDICULOUS. In the best sense. And of course being me I was thinking "4AD? Merge?" And it turns out to be something I thought was easy, but clearly wasn't based on the other two.

haha i saw that one in the newspaper yesterday (you know how they run printed final jeopardies as an ad for the show) and got hung up on the pounds sterling aspect, thinking it had to be a clue. "Solid Gold Records???"

Holy shit Donna killed it

Great wagers on her part. She must have won about 3/4 of her total on wagers.

That was awesome! Lol at the final topic

Yeah the Final Jeopardy category choice was RIDICULOUS. In the best sense. And of course being me I was thinking "4AD? Merge?" And it turns out to be something I thought was easy, but clearly wasn't based on the other two.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, December 23, 2017 9:06 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there is no way you were actually thinking the right answer was 4AD or Merge!

Did donna post under any other names? I’m an excited an ilxor triumphed but I’m not sure I ever interacted with her.

there is no way you were actually thinking the right answer was 4AD or Merge!

Probably before the reveal of the answer (question).

I remember seeing her name around these parts, but tbh the only times I've ever interacted with her are in our little ilxor Neko Atsume fb group.

Maybe she’ll come back now

She was posting as Morley Timmons - but it's been a while.

NB that DB is on again today / this evening!

also NB that we won't have watched it with her until 8pm Pacific time, when it airs.

YASSSSSSS, crushin smug Scott Baio!

really strange betting in final jeopardy on donna's xmas day appearance!

nah, i get it. if the other gal had beet just enough to surpass donna's total, then donna hedges by outbetting her slightly.

it's a betting strategy that works only if everyone gets that question right though.

that first day from donna was massive; great game!

this was so totally excellent! never been more proud to not be able to stop reading a message board

"Donna, are you having a good time?"

wanted to hit trebek in the mouth so hard that his mustache grew back for that

seriously. I bet his son's Mexican restaurant sucks, too

i took the test online tonight kind of on a whim, i know i got at least half of them right, but i think 35 out of 50 is the cutoff so idk abt that. im gonna forgot about this for a few months then watch a grip of episodes on netflix again and say "hey maybe i should take the jeopardy test."

how long does the test take?

sorry, i'm not sure why i asked that. what is about 50 questions x about 5-10 seconds each?

correct. you have control of the board.

(it may have been 15 seconds per question, i just went into a fugue state and tried pretyping "what is" before i read each clue)

i'm about 4 beers in, have been high since the obama administration. it's time for me to take the test

i'm gonna take the teen practice test

https://www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/practice-tests

ANSWER:

B
J

What is B on J?

i got 13 of 30 on the practice test. so basically, if i try harder and focus more, i got this.

wait, i have to make a MYJEOPARDY! account in order to do this for real? uuuuuugh...i can't do this

i got 13 of 30 on the practice test.

ended up taking the adult one. i think i will go ahead and do the teen and college ones too though! wild sunday

16/30 on the practice test without cheating (20/30 with quick googling)

patrick's record-setting low score tonight was a very rough watch

oops meant to put this on the general jeopardy thread but oh well!