Jeopardy Online Meetup

March 28, 2006 4:57 PM

So ... are any other MeFites doing the online Jeopardy! screening? The test starts in 6 minutes!
posted by Alt F4 to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:57 PM (25 comments total)

Tomorrow night for me, man. Freaken me out.
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:09 PM on March 28, 2006

I did it! Thanks for this thread - I registered & took the test all in about 3 minutes. I thought it was easy - much easier than I expected anyway.
posted by mygothlaundry at 5:11 PM on March 28, 2006

Thanks for reminding me. I did the screening.
posted by rollbiz at 5:15 PM on March 28, 2006

STEVIE WONDER!!! FREAKING STEVIE WONDER!!!!
posted by Alt F4 at 5:15 PM on March 28, 2006

Curses.
posted by Alt F4 at 5:16 PM on March 28, 2006

I took the test tonight. Does anybody know what a passing score is?
posted by BackwardsCity at 5:19 PM on March 28, 2006

I think it'll depend on what scores they get. I don't know that there's a hard-and-fast rule for "passing." And ... it didn't give you a score, did it? I was under the impression that they'd be checking them by hand. That strikes me as absurd, but that seemed to be what the site's copy implied.

Here's the copy from the "thank you" screen:

"Thank you for taking the JEOPARDY! ONLINE CONTESTANT TEST! Your test scores are currently being tabulated by the JEOPARDY! contestant department. Depending on the number of people who achieve a passing score, a random selection process may need to be implemented, and those selected will be invited to a contestant interview in the audition city selected during registration."

posted by Alt F4 at 5:31 PM on March 28, 2006

Alt F4, you bastard. My test is tomorrow too, but you sure scared the crap out of me.
posted by graventy at 6:31 PM on March 28, 2006

Yeah, my impression was that they're checking them by hand. But I have a pretty good idea about how I did.
posted by BackwardsCity at 6:42 PM on March 28, 2006

I just registered for Thurs. Thanks for the heads-up! I missed the FPP.
posted by brundlefly at 6:52 PM on March 28, 2006

Technical Requirements:
* Disable pop-up blockers
* Have Flash 7 or above downloaded. Click here to download the player
* Use a PC and Internet Explorer 5.0 and above

Fuck Alex Trebek right in his windows / IE loving ass.
posted by dersins at 7:01 PM on March 28, 2006

Aw, crap. I didn't notice that, dersins.
posted by brundlefly at 7:01 PM on March 28, 2006

It's not mandatory, just recommended, dersins!
posted by erebora at 7:18 PM on March 28, 2006

Indeed, I took the test with OSX and Safari no problem.
posted by rollbiz at 7:21 PM on March 28, 2006

Crap. I registered for the east coast test but totally forgot about it. And now that Jeopardy! knows I registered for the online test, I'm ineligible for registering for the next audition near me.
posted by emelenjr at 7:54 PM on March 28, 2006

Rats! It's on Thursday at 8:00 pm here, and I have symphony tickets.
posted by trip and a half at 8:33 PM on March 28, 2006

Fuck Alex Trebek right in his windows / IE loving ass.

BUCK FUTTER!!
posted by loquacious at 9:08 PM on March 28, 2006

Pfft. At least YOU get a chance to try it.

Trebek, you'll get yours, you treacherous former Canadian!!!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:45 PM on March 28, 2006

I took the test. I did okay.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:02 AM on March 29, 2006

Anyone get confirmation of passing yet? I want to know when I can officially give up hope.
posted by Otis at 6:03 AM on March 29, 2006

You won't get any confirmation for quite some time, Otis. If you did acceptably well, they'll notify you about the next regional tryouts. We had our moment of fun, now it's back to the rest of our lives.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:22 AM on March 29, 2006

I took it, got most of the questions right, but there were a couple I couldn't get in the 15 seconds allotted. I took it on a Mac running OSX/Firefox without any problems.

I'm sure someone on the internet wrote down the questions and has them on line so we can see how we did.
posted by TedW at 7:10 AM on March 29, 2006

I'm not eligible because I took the in-person test last July, though it was around this time last year that I electronically threw my hat in the ring to be chosen for an in-person test. I hope they have another online test before this time next year.
posted by lampoil at 10:54 AM on March 29, 2006

I took it on a PC running Firefox and had no problems. But it was harder than I expected after reading your comments above. Maybe you're all just smarter than I am. Either way - it was fun! (don't expect to see me on Jeopardy any time soon)
posted by kdern at 6:16 PM on March 29, 2006

I watched over someone's shoulder during last night's game. It was a little tougher than I expected, but it went reasonably well. I also don't remember seeing a penalty for guessing on a question, so you may want to keep that in mind.
posted by horsewithnoname at 3:21 PM on March 30, 2006