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Good luck to everyone taking it this evening!

I wonder how many are. Good luck to all of them.

Actually, I had to double think things since it starts at 9 EST. For a few minutes, I couldn't figure out why there were not a flurry of posts at 8 like last night.

Coke count is off the map.

That is all.

I'm logged in. 13:25 to game time. Good luck to all.

4 minutes to go.

Off to the challenge at hand. Good luck Ed and everybody else!

Feeling better this year than last.

Not a lock by any means...but the vibe is good this time around.

More after I see the transcript on the J board...

I was going to do it tonight but got back too late from dinner. Blame the redhead sitting next to me at the bar. There's always tomorrow.

Totally spaced on "Lindsay Lohan".

My guess is I got 45 mebbe 46 correct. No matter: I'm not eligible.

That goes by FAST! Guesstimating I got 35-40.

Hi folks. Was snooping thru here before the test. Thought I'd drop in afterwards. I'm not sure I did very well. It actually wasn't that hard, but quite a few times when I did know the answer, I got behind on time or made some really stoopid typing errors... well, we'll see when the J! board transcript comes out I guess. Hope all of you who took it, and those who will tomorrow, had a lee-tle bit o' luck to go along with all the knowledge.

Rosemary intended to take test -- but her computer is acting up and she couldn't install the needed Adobe Flash!

She may try tomorrow if she can borrow a computer from a friend -- probably not a good idea to try from work as she probably couldn't install it there either

Plus, she's kind of ice-stormed in as well.

The questions are already posted at:
http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/s ... hp?t=39885
I thought it was slightly harder than last night. I totally blanked on Lindsay Lohan's name and Radiohead. I should have got those.

Advice to those who take it tomorrow -- remember to look at the category, not just the question. That's very important. Also, I see no advantage in clicking "enter" instead of just waiting the full 15 seconds to let the answer be automatically submitted. That keeps you in a fixed rhythm, and helps keep you calmer and less stressed.

The answers are now on the J! board. I think I barely passed with 35-36 right. Now I will play the waiting game.

Or as Homer Simpson once said, "The waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos."

Answers from J! board

ANSWERS

1) February

2) Mumbai (Bombay)

3) Queen Victoria

4) Letters (possibly documents, too)

5) The chorus

6) Shell

7) swan

snakes

9) direct current

10) eagle (maybe 'two-under-par', but I doubt it)

11) California

12) U.S.S. Arizona

13) The Brandeburg Concertos

14) "America the Beautiful"

15) Lindsay Lohan

16) vanity

17) Copernicus

18) Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła)

19) "The Jungle"

20) van Gogh

21) Lake Baikal

22) Firefox

23) "Love"

24) Spain

25) basalt

26) buttress

27) summa c-u-m laude (darn censorbot)

28) "Trees"

29) "Cheers"

30) centimeters

31) John Coltrane

32) Henry Fielding

33) James Monroe

34) Bill Richardson

35) Boston

36) Ernest Hemmingway

37) nitrogen

38) oriole

39) Sinai

40) teapot

41) Hugo Chavez

42) Archbishop Thomas Becket

43) Santa Anna

44) Bear Stearns

45) fist bump

46) horsepower

47) Alabama

48) William Blake

49) purl

50) Radiohead

I would have gotten 44. Here's hoping the west coast test is the same difficulty.

I would have gotten 42, maybe 43 or 44. But, not eligible.

I blanked on Hemingway (though I knew it) and couldn't think of Chavez's name!

Barely above the commonly suspected magic number, blanked on a couple I should have had. Time to hope the random draw works in my favor, then I'll cram.
-Dr Joe

Took it tonight for real. Last night, my practice run yielded a nice comfortable 45. Tonight, I went the wrong way on a few clues but still feel safe with my 41. Now to wait for the email invite for an in-person audition.

Well, I'm also ineligible but managed a respectable 40.

I think my helmet strap may have been a bit too tight.

Tuesday night I took it for real and got between a 40 and 43 (depending on how certain mis-spellings, etc. are scored). So I am on the email vigil for an audition invite.

Wednesday's test I took just for fun and got a 42. For one of the questions, it helped that several hours earlier I had been reading some blog about celebrities (don't ask), and there was a photo of an emaciated-looking Lindsay Lohan and the article mentioned something about her gal-pal Ronson. I might have gotten that one anyway, but having that article fresh in my mind certainly helped.

I saw the questions on the Jeopardy board, and I would have gotten 38-39 if I'd been taking it. Seemed a good bit tougher than last night's.

Unless you can add the few extra seconds to your time on the next question, there's no reason to submit the question before the time limit and every reason not to. If you've made a blunder and spot it right away you can correct it, but once you've hit submit it's gone for good. Plus the few extra seconds can help calm you down a bit and help you avoid feeling totally rushed.

39 here. No complaints...

TheConfessor wrote:The questions are already posted at:
http://boards.sonypictures.com/boards/s ... hp?t=39885
I thought it was slightly harder than last night. I totally blanked on Lindsay Lohan's name and Radiohead. I should have got those.

Advice to those who take it tomorrow -- remember to look at the category, not just the question. That's very important. Also, I see no advantage in clicking "enter" instead of just waiting the full 15 seconds to let the answer be automatically submitted. That keeps you in a fixed rhythm, and helps keep you calmer and less stressed.

Hard to say without the pressure of the timer but just going through the Wednesday questions I would have scored 41, one less than I scored on Tuesday.

These are just too hard for me. This time I got 33.

I made some lucky guesses, but not enough to counteract the stupid ones I should have known, but couldn't pull out within the time limit.

But I did like question #2!