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Brainiacs, geniuses, and trivia geeks, listen up. Want to show off your smarts for a national audience by spouting off some knowledge in the form of a question?
Jeopardy! is holding one of its annual online tests this week, which is the first step for potential contestants to get on the popular and long-running game show, which is now in its 34th season.
A few million eggheads and bookworms across North America will be taking the 15-minute, 50-question quiz over a three-night period as they shoot their shot at geeky fame, fortune, and potentially a lot of dough.
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The test, which covers the same sort of knowledge and categories that are seen on the show, will be conducted on the Jeopardy! website nightly from Tuesday, March 6, to Thursday, March 8.
It’s the first step in the contestant recruitment process for Jeopardy!, which also includes an in-person audition for producers for those who score highly on the online test.
If you think you’ve got the smarts to get on the show and maybe be the next Ken Jennings or Austin Rogers (that NYC bartender who made headlines last fall for his winning streak and quirky behavior), we’ve got all the info you’ll need to know about this week’s test.
EXPANDAce the online Jeopardy! test and you might find yourself here.
Sign up and get registered: After all, they need to know how to get a hold of you to get you on the show, right?
Visit the Jeopardy! website and spend a few minutes creating a profile account. You’ll be asked for your e-mail, first and last name, birth date, zip code, and gender. (You can also upload a photo if you desire.)
Then register to take the upcoming test and pick one of the audition cities closest to you (should you pass and qualify), including Los Angeles, New York City, Cleveland, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, St. Louis, New Orleans, Portland, Oregon, or Memphis.
Decide when you’re taking the test: According to the Jeopardy! Website, the online test will be offered at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6; at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7; and at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 7. (Note: All times are Pacific Time.)
Keep in mind, you can only take one of ‘em, so be prepared. Speaking of which …
Try the practice test: There’s a 30-question version of the online test on the Jeopardy! site that mimics the experience, albeit with less questions. It’s a good way to familiarize yourself with the actual format and gauge your smarts.
There’s also the daily J!6 game, where you pick six Jeopardy!-style categories that cover pop culture and general knowledge and answer a single question from each.
Bone up a little: Look, we know it’s unlikely you’ll absorb the sum total of human knowledge in the next 72 hours. But you can sharpen your wits or refresh your memory about the works of Shakespeare or world geography.
Consider attending a trivia night at a local bar or playing a few rounds on quiz sites like Triviaplaza, Sporcle, or JetPunk to help get your brain into shape.
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You could also surf through the J! Archive, an exhaustive online compendium of every single episode of the modern version of Jeopardy! that’s aired since 1984, as well as every single answer that Alex has asked about over the last 34 years. (Every. Single. Question.) Since Jeopardy! producers are known to repeat categories and answers on occasion, it wouldn’t be a bad idea.
Log on and get ready: Go to the Jeopardy! site about 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start of the test you’re taking (you don’t want to miss your window). Click the “Take Me to the Test” button and then get logged in.
A “Launch the Test” button will then appear, which launch a new window where the test will occur. If it’s within an hour of test time, a countdown clock will then be visible and let you know how long until the test begins. Fittingly, the Jeopardy! theme will start playing during the last 30 seconds.
Don’t panic!: As you can see in the video above from one of last year's tests, you’ll have 15 seconds per question to answer once things get going. Be calm, since (realistically) you don’t have time to freak out. Just type your answer as quickly as possible and move on.
Just answer: Drawing a blank on a particular answer? Just take your best guess, because anything is better than nothing. You won’t be penalized for a wrong answer and might just get lucky. Or you could always put down “Turd Ferguson” just for laughs.
Don’t worry about spelling: According to producers, proper spelling isn’t a requirement for scoring a right answer on the test. So it’s cool if you can’t remember the correct spelling of Tchaikovsky, Dashiell Hammett, or antidisestablishmentarianism.
In other words, don’t sweat the typos.
So, then what? Well, if you get enough answers right (more than 85 percent, according to prior Jeopardy! contestants), you might be tapped to audition in one of the aforementioned cities sometime in the next 18 months.
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There, you’ll take another 50-question test (this time, a written one) with those who prove their smarts once again getting to play a mock version of the game so Jeopardy! producers can see how lively and entertaining you are when showing off your brain power.
And if you survive all that with flying colors, you’ll be entered into the Jeopardy! contestant pool and may get tapped to be on the show sometime in the next 18 months.
First things first, however. Ace the online test.
Good luck.
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All questions from final (West Coast) Jeopardy online test (with answers at bottom)
These are the questions from tonight's (16 April, West Coast) Jeopardy Online test. They're also posted on Jeopardy's Facebook page here (sans answers).
If you see any errors, please point them out; I'll fix as soon as I can.
Answers are contained in the first comment to eliminate the possibility of spoilers as you're working through.
- Bestsellers - A recent bestseller, 'Z' is a fictionalized account of this author's wife Zelda.
- 2015 Grammys - In 2015 he won a Grammy for best rap album for 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2'
- Animals in Latin - In Latin, vacca is this animal.
- Mountains - This peak is the only one in North America that exceeds 20000 feet.
- Whats in a Biblical Name? - God gave him a name meaning 'father of many nations'
- Space Stuff - This 23-inch beeping metal sphere galvanized America in the 1950s.
- Fiction - Readers had to hold their breath and bide their time for 'Getting to Happy', Terry McMillan's sequel to this novel.
- They Came from Hawaii - In 2004, at age 14, she became the youngest female to play in a PGA tournament.
- Painters - Many of his portraits of the 1630s depict his wife, Saskia
- Stock Symbols - This nickname for a Harley Davidson is also the 3-letter stock symbol for the company.
- 'For' Words - This type of science is used to establish facts for a court of law.
- Rivers - Rome lies on both banks of this roughly 250-mile long river.
- Broadway Musicals - 'Beautiful', which opened in 2014, tells of this singer/ composer's rise to fame.
- 19th Century Literature - In an Oscar Wilde novel, Basil Hallward is the artist who paints 'The Picture of' him.
- Historic Names - This Austrian ruling family was known for its hereditary peculiarity, a protruding lower lip.
- It's a Gas! - Fritz Haber won a Nobel prize for producing this gas from hydrogen and nitrogen.
- Ballet - The Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes Clara to the kingdom of the sweets in Act II of this Ballet
- Food - Bonito and Yellowfin are types of this fish
- Word Origins - The name of this study comes from words meaning 'love of' and 'wisdom'
- Pen Names - It was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, author of 'Middlemarch'
- The Civil War - A preclude to the civil war was the bombardment & surrender of this South Carolina fort in April 1861.
- Annual Events - This observance was first celebrated in 1919 when it was called Armistice Day
- Ancient Writers - This poet spent most of her life on the island of Lesbos, her birthplace.
- National Parks - National Parks in this state include Arches and Bryce Canyon
- Waterfalls - The Highest Waterfall in the world is named for an American pilot but is located in Venezuela
- Ballparks - This oldest Major League park is at 4 Yawkey Way in the Back Bay
- Numerical Writers - Captain John Yossarian is the protagonist of this 1961 bestseller.
- Science Letters - It's the one-letter symbol used for the acceleration Earth imparts to objects near its surface.
- US Colleges and Universities - Founded in 1693, this college is named for a pair who came to power in 1689.
- American History - One-word name of the 1865-1877 era of American history.
- Composers - He was born March 1, 1810 in the Duchy of Warsaw.
- Crossword Clues 'P' - Peaceful or serene, like a calm lake
- Cocktails - A cosmopolitan gets its pinky color from this type of juice
- Astronomy - It's the fifth planet from the sun
- American Poets - At the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton, she read her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning'
- International Borders - Denmark has a land border with Germany and a bridge border with this country
- Long-Running TV Shows - It debuted on NBC at 1130 PM on Sept. 27, 1954
- Weights and Measures - This ancient unit was based on the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
- 'M' in Science - 8-letter term for a permanent, transmittable change to a cell's genome
- State Capitals - It's the capital of Vermont
- Parts of Speech - 'And' & 'or' are 'coordinating' these.
- Islands in the Sea - You'll find Sardinia in this sea
- Automobiles - The Focus and Fusion are 2015 models from this maker.
- Historic Battles - On October 21, 1805, Lord Nelson beat a French and Spanish fleet near this cape that gave its name to the battle.
- Shakespeare's Characters - This rotund character appears in 2 of Shakespeare's histories and one of his comedies
- Religious Figures - Guatama was the clan name of this man who lived sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BC.
- Fruit - Named for a Moroccan port, it's also known as a Mandarin orange
- Blockbuster Films - This 2009 blockbuster holds the worldwide box-office record of nearly $2.8 billion.
- Literary Awards - First given in 1918, this award's Novel Prize was renamed the Fiction Prize in 1947.
- 4-Letter Words - Pronounced one way, it's a stringed instrument; pronounced another, it's a fish.
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