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Jeopardy at Home

Last week, I tried out to be a contestant on Jeopardy!. Again. As opposed to last time, where you get dressed up*, went to some fancy conference center, and walked away with a souvenir pen, this time was a measly little online test. It was still fun, but I'm sure 100 times more people took it which doesn't bode well for my odds*. They don't tell you how you did, win or lose, so I can't say for sure, but I'm fairly certain I won't be receiving The Call any time soon.

But that doesn't mean it wasn't a step towards my goal of eventually being a television trivia game show contestant. Not only did taking the test give me a better idea of what to expect for next time around, but in surfing around before hand, I came across this guide on How to Win on Jeopardy!. One thing that he recommends doing is, when watching, keep score of yourself using his handy system. It is a way to judge your relative competitiveness as well as keep track of the progress of your training. And while it is optimistic to think I will ever get to test the whole competitiveness thing and I'm not really training, I thought it would be a fun exercise for a week where I'm available to watch Jeopardy! every night*.

The results: My score of $17,000 isn't up to his recommended threshold of a consistent $24,000 to have a shot. But who knows what the week will bring. I'll try to post my progress/stats in the comments at the end of the week.

Jeopardy! Round
Country Groups	Constellations	Dominos Pizza	Treason	2-letter Words	Arctic
•	O	O	•	O	O
•	O	O	•	O	O
•	O	O	•	•	O
•	O	O	•	O	O
•	•	O	O	X	•
$0	$2000	$3000	$1000	$400	$2000	$8400

Double Jeopardy! Round
Country Groups	Picture the "S"	Moments	Real People In Novels	Weather Talk	Science Fiction TV
O	O	•	•	O	X
O	O	O	•	O	•
•	O	•	•	O	X
•	O	•	•	•	•
•	•	•	•	O	•
$1200	$4000	$800	$0	$4400	-$1600	$8600

•	Didn't answer
O	Correct answer
X	Incorrect Answer

Monday January 23 2012

File under: games

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on Mon 23rd Jan, 2012 09:34 pm PST Mom said:
Interesting...you answered all the Domino Pizza questions correctly.
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on Tue 24th Jan, 2012 12:24 am PST Horge said:
And clearly you need to severely bone up on your knowledge of country music, novels and sci-fi... And don't think you can just watch/read "Cowboys and Aliens" to study all 3 at once...
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on Tue 24th Jan, 2012 08:30 pm PST Wren said:
Tuesday 1/24/12: $20400 (despite having to call it in*.) Strong subjects: Canadian Postal Codes, Homonyms(?), "Old Ball Game". Weak subjects: Insurance, New Age, Names the Same.
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on Thu 26th Jan, 2012 08:31 pm PST Wren said:
Thursday 1/26/12: $23000. Strong subjects: Sports by Movie, Author Rhyme Time, Familiar Firsts, Appliances. Weak Subjects: Biblical Geography, Marvel-ous, Real Rhodes Scholar
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on Tue 31st Jan, 2012 11:31 am PST Wren said:
Friday 1/27/12: $10000. Strong subjects: Answer Lies Therein*. Weak Subjects: Child TV stars, 40s Lit, First War, National League
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on Tue 31st Jan, 2012 11:32 am PST Wren said:
Monday 1/30/12: $27800. Strong subjects: Art "R"eview, Tie One On, Bring Your Own Bottle, "U". Weak Subjects: Albums
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on Tue 07th Feb, 2012 08:02 pm PST mely said:
my NOLA boyfriend won $10,000 and a trip to the Bahamas on Jeopardy! He says he studied by watching a lot of TV.
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