made me so mad
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
We're all losers here.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
and on such an easy question.
― kate78, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
doing the test in three minutes!
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 January 2016 01:59 (eight years ago) link
good luck!
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 28 January 2016 02:01 (eight years ago) link
just finished my test up too
― Clay, Thursday, 28 January 2016 02:32 (eight years ago) link
just finished taking it. inevitably, i ended up blanking out on a bunch of questions and then going "oh right!" a couple seconds too late.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 29 January 2016 05:01 (eight years ago) link
I took it Monday, then looked at the clues on their FB page the next day and scored myself a 43/50. A co-worker and I were discussing the questions and one that I missed literally came to me as were were talking about it. If I had remembered that, and gone with instinct on two others, I'd have had a 46/50.
I've made it to in-person auditions twice but never been cast. Third time's a charm!
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Friday, 29 January 2016 13:34 (eight years ago) link
I never even got to the auditions til my third stab at the online test. Keep those fingers crossed!
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 January 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
I made it to the in-person the first time I took it but not in the ~4 times since so perhaps I'm doomed. Think I only got 45/50 last night.
― joygoat, Friday, 29 January 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
how did you guys prepare for the test/audition? i found a bunch of study suggestions that basically all said "study everything, also study the hundreds of games on the jeopardy! archive website."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 29 January 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
I feel if you watch jeopardy enough, you find out what your weak areas are. I am always surprised by the number of categories involving local lakes and rivers, and how I keep meaning to brush up on that area.
I know a lot of people whose weak areas seem to be sports and religion.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 29 January 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
this is my third test. never had an audition. I think i got about 42 or so on this; i think 35 is the cutoff? weak spots are always geography and british history.
― ulysses, Friday, 29 January 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
The things that come up somewhat frequently that I feel weak about are the bible, British royalty, Shakespeare, African and central Asian national capitols, and damned if I will ever remember the years when US presidents were elected.
When I went to the in person audition i didn't have a smart phone yet and was riding the bus a lot more so I spent time reading a sort of old book called SECRETS OF THE JEOPARDY CHAMPIONS that someone had bought for me.
― joygoat, Friday, 29 January 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah, I forget about British History/Monarchs/etc. Those catergories always silence me. Shakespeare comes up a lot, and it's rarely an easy question too.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 29 January 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
I threw myself into flash-card studying in the month or so between getting "the call" and the taping date. This was sort of just a fight-or-flight reaction and not really a great way to prepare IMHO - much smarter, playing the long odds, would have been to start some kind of regular rotation of study from the moment of the in-person audition. Obviously that kind of thing could drive you crazy in the long run, particularly if you still end up getting thrown by the buzzer, tough competition, or an ugly Final Jeopardy clue. No controlling for any of that. But obviously, trying to cram at the last minute offered me limited options (though maybe it helped me feel more confident/relaxed?). I basically picked a few areas that I thought I could learn - things I had a vague familiarity with, or used to know, that I could turn more to rock-solid areas. State capitals and nicknames, Shakespeare plays, major US and European rivers... kind of a motley list but it made more sense to me than trying to like, suddenly learn Sports Facts after a lifetime of not caring - no context, no anchors for the information.
I also did a ton of cruising through past games on J-archive. Not sure how helpful this was, but it was hard to stop once I started. Maybe reinforced a few miscellaneous things, or made areas of knowledge I haven't thought about in a while fresher to my mind. Maybe good reinforcement of How Jeopardy Thinks, I dunno. I did watch a bunch of The Final Wager's videos, went through the tutorials step by step, and tested myself on J-Archived past games to see if I bet "correctly." I don't think I ever got super great at this - always seemed to miss some step in the process triggered by secondary outcomes along the way - but it did take one "WTF will I do about THAT?" aspect of the game off my mind, so that was something.
Ultimately, though, I stand by the advice that the most important thing is to relax and HAVE FUN with it - I'm certain that that helped me win my one game - so whatever it is that helps you do THAT is probably the best thing for you to do!
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 31 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
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love this guy
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
i'm convinced his whole kinda bumbling harmless guy shtick is a front. he's shooting all the angles.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 17 March 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
otm, his big daily double move blew me out of the water and i was watching him very differently after that
― Clay, Thursday, 17 March 2016 02:30 (eight years ago) link
in the last show it felt like he was intentionally stalling towards the end.
― remove butt (abanana), Thursday, 17 March 2016 07:05 (eight years ago) link
http://jeopardyhotties.tumblr.com
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 April 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link
Louis Virtel, natch
― i like to CH4 CH4 and i am crazy (jaymc), Friday, 1 April 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
The april fools episode was fun, lots of sight gagshttp://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/features/april-fools-10-tricks
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 3 April 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
louis ck is on tonight
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:14 (seven years ago) link
i have mixed feelings about los angeles "music executive" (he's a commercial music supervisor, but alex seems obsessed with the phrase "music executive") buzzy cohen's eight-day-and-counting run. but the one thing that has struck me while watching him this week is that he kinda sucks in the music categories. struck out on taylor swift, donna summer and joan jett questions on monday, rebounded on robert palmer and bon jovi questions. so maybe he's the in-house classic-rock expert at his agency, i thought to myself. but then on wednesday, he got lady gaga and pitbull questions while missing on bruno mars, gene simmons and alice cooper. i want to know how he got his music executive license.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 26 May 2016 08:51 (seven years ago) link
for some reason the gene simmons one totally cracked me up. imagining his thought process - pretty sure this is one of the guys from kiss, gonna say ace. idk it is not funny at all now but imagine it being very hilarious and that's how it was at the time to me.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
Haven't watched yesterday's yet but I kind of can't believe he missed the Joan Jett answer the other day.
Also I kind of hate the SNL Trebek-baiting but love that Alex seems so obviously pissed about it.
― joygoat, Thursday, 26 May 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
The guy Buzzy beat last night (Dan R.) is my supervisor at work. He couldn't say anything about the episode before it aired, but this morning he's started to talk. According to Dan, Buzzy was as cocky off-camera as he was on.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Friday, 27 May 2016 12:24 (seven years ago) link
I've been missing a lot of episodes lately but Buzzy's talk-to-Alex-after-the-first-commercial-break anecdote about Brian Wilson from his (I think) second episode was all time.
― there will be plenty of bros screaming "WHERES JIM" (cwkiii), Friday, 27 May 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Guy on Jeopardy lost
― jmm, Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
Maybe Alex had an English lit FJ category intentionally planted when he saw that he was gonna have a English lit prof on...
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
My former coworker was on today but she is not an English prof so I guess she didn't win.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, May 18, 2016 7:14 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
only just watched this, lmao @ "i was starting to write fistula" :)
― johnny crunch, Friday, 10 June 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=mP2TcYP6HuA
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2TcYP6HuA
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
i hate myself for sounding like such a soft touch but that really wasn't "hilarious" at all. trebek is a cock.
― evol j, Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
found it very hilarious tbh
― k3vin k., Thursday, 13 October 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
uggh not a great rejoinder there from Alex
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
lmbo trebek!
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
Video removed, what was in it?
― nickn, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
the contestant says she likes "nerdcore" hiphop which she states is hiphop for geeks and people who can't get dates. trebek says "so, losers basically". she says "sure".
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
I like how this thread got revived for that and not for Seth winning a shitload of money. Then again he was super low-key and every episode I'd sort of realize late in the game that he was cleaning up.
My wife kept referring to him as Gavin:http://www.hippoquotes.com/img/bruce-mcculloch-gavin-quotes/41d3f6fcbf5bb20743c9c2608d88a1e5.jpg
― joygoat, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
i was a fan of seth. he's one of those dudes - definitely witnessed on the show before - who mispronounces a lot of things, like his whole experience of life to this point has been out of books
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 14 October 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Seth was a powerhouse but his personality was so limited it was difficult to get excited about him. He just didn't get answers wrong! Worth noting that he ended his run on a right answer and a conservative bet in final jeopardy. He coulda gone on indefinitely if he had been more cutthroat!
I did my audition today as the only oddball looking guy amongst 18 mostly physically unexceptional and business suited white dudes. I asked Maggie (who is a singular ball of positive energy and excitement and absolutely the #1 person you'd want to go to karaoke with), "Is that all there is?" and she said "Kid, we're working on it but thanks for noticing!"
Interesting collection of folks nonetheless (one guy came from Maine, one guy was a "graveyard monitor for a state agency," one guy taught athletics to autistic children, one guy was a lobster chef from Boston who claimed to have an irrational fear of them... nephropidaphobia?) with complex and long lives on display (one guy with a wife of fifty years, one with a husband for forty, one guy who auditioned for the show back in the 1990's in Atlantic City) and a few with minor social maladjustments who were clearly just thrilled to be there... I probably fit into the latter category.
I honestly think I bombed the written test; I hit a block on an answer halfway through and it fucked me up for more or less the next eight questions... it wasn't like I was doing so well up to then either! I guess I did fine on the live portion. But my clear stage voice and conscious camera presence is supported by way too many years of theater training, the jewfro definitely was appreciated (one of the testers commented that I "looked like Alex in the 70's") and my decision to offer to make a Trebek ceramic piece (supported by a stack of pottery that I brought in as samples) was extremely well received. So now I wait for 18 months and see what happens.
It was fun! I recommend doing it if you can!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
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― LUMBAGO MUJO, Friday, 14 October 2016 08:33 (seven years ago) link
It's fun! I recommend doing it if you can.
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 October 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
I did my audition in Philly in September 2014. They just called me this week to be on the show - tapes next month! So even if they say 18 months, don't lose hope.
― von kelson, Friday, 14 October 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link
Congrats on making the cut! How did you feel like you did on the test?
Petty concern: even if I were to make the cut I'm a little woobly on the idea of booking a round trip ticket to California from NY and a hotel on my own dime... even with the guaranteed 1k for third place, after taxes it's likely to be a fairly expensive adventure! Doc Casino: what did that run you?
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 14 October 2016 13:26 (seven years ago) link
woah, congrats to von kelson!! and ulysses, it sounds like you made a really good impression, don't despair!
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 October 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
I definitely blew some questions on the test, but at that point I think they're more looking for someone relatable they can put on camera, so I'm sure you did well. I'm not expecting to make a profit on the experience given the costs of getting out there, but I figure you can't put a price on the story.
― von kelson, Friday, 14 October 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link