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Thursday J! Test

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:15 pm

Well that seemed to be the easiest of the three. I think I got 46.

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#2 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:25 pm

I thought it was harder than the one I took year before last, which everyone else seemed to think was hard. I guess it's all in what you know.

I wrote down my answers (or questions if I had no clue) so I can add some approximate questions if somebody can't remember them all and you're recreating it.
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#3 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:35 pm

There were two questions that I don't even know how to look up because they were so foreign to me. Can anyone figure out what I'm talking about?

Something about a number domain being the sum of x and what is the sum of y.

A 3 country treaty that was a point of contention during the presidential campaign.

A Turkish strait that goes into the Black Sea.

Math, politics and geography. Whee.
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#4 Post by Appa23 » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:02 pm

Sisyphean Fan wrote:There were two questions that I don't even know how to look up because they were so foreign to me. Can anyone figure out what I'm talking about?

Something about a number domain being the sum of x and what is the sum of y.

A 3 country treaty that was a point of contention during the presidential campaign.

A Turkish strait that goes into the Black Sea.

Math, politics and geography. Whee.
Range; NAFTA; Bosphorus

I seemed to manage a passing score despite the fact that I was interrupted by my son saying that he needed for me to come upstairs and "help him".

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#5 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:09 pm

Appa23 wrote:
Sisyphean Fan wrote:There were two questions that I don't even know how to look up because they were so foreign to me. Can anyone figure out what I'm talking about?

Something about a number domain being the sum of x and what is the sum of y.

A 3 country treaty that was a point of contention during the presidential campaign.

A Turkish strait that goes into the Black Sea.

Math, politics and geography. Whee.
Range; NAFTA; Bosphorus

I seemed to manage a passing score despite the fact that I was interrupted by my son saying that he needed for me to come upstairs and "help him".
I hate it when I sort of know stuff, it's worse than not having a clue. I thought the strait started with a B, so I put down Bering even though I know where that is and I put down NATO for the treaty even though I knew it was wrong because I had the NA in my head. I wonder if that will be accepted as bad spelling? Ha!

Looks like I got 44. There are a couple that I'm pretty sure about. Not positive, but sure enough that I dont feel like looking them up.
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#6 Post by Appa23 » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:13 pm

Sisyphean Fan wrote:
Appa23 wrote:
Sisyphean Fan wrote:There were two questions that I don't even know how to look up because they were so foreign to me. Can anyone figure out what I'm talking about?

Something about a number domain being the sum of x and what is the sum of y.

A 3 country treaty that was a point of contention during the presidential campaign.

A Turkish strait that goes into the Black Sea.

Math, politics and geography. Whee.
Range; NAFTA; Bosphorus

I seemed to manage a passing score despite the fact that I was interrupted by my son saying that he needed for me to come upstairs and "help him".
I hate it when I sort of know stuff, it's worse than not having a clue. I thought the strait started with a B, so I put down Bering even though I know where that is and I put down NATO for the treaty even though I knew it was wrong because I had the NA in my head. I wonder if that will be accepted as bad spelling? Ha!

Looks like I got 44. There are a couple that I'm pretty sure about. Not positive, but sure enough that I dont feel like looking them up.
I almost put NATO myself. :)

I had a couple where the answer hit me as the time ran out. On a written test, I would have been able to correct when I got a later question done early.

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#7 Post by hbomb1947 » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:38 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Well that seemed to be the easiest of the three. I think I got 46.
Ditto for me, on both counts (although Tuesday's was the one that counted for me -- but I still passed that one, and I guess that's all that matters).

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#8 Post by sunflower » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:37 am

This was the easiest of the 3 for me, and the only one I would've passed (using 35 as the cutoff).

The Rutgers question was one of my BAM questions! :)

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#9 Post by Thousandaire » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:06 am

Appa23 wrote: Bosphorus
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#10 Post by silverscreenselect » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:25 am

Saw the questions on the Jeopardy Board; it was the easiest of the three. I would have had 44-45.
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#11 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:43 am

I love when there is this kind of excitement and sharing of scores and questions.

Reminds me of the old days.

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#12 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:24 am

Played along with the transcript on the J! Board. I believe I would have gotten a 40 on this one. I will refrain from saying it was the easiest of the three tests this week. Instead, I will say that this test hit fewer of my trivia blank spots.
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#13 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:44 am

just to see that I/we dont get forgotten up here, even for a day.

NAFTA aint just US and Mexico.

US, Mexico and CANADA.

Canada-US free trade antedated NAFTA

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#14 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:14 am

etaoin22 wrote:just to see that I/we dont get forgotten up here, even for a day.

NAFTA aint just US and Mexico.

US, Mexico and CANADA.

Canada-US free trade antedated NAFTA
I said 3 country treaty.
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#15 Post by slam » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:42 am

Like Calvinator, I won't say that this was the easiest, but it certainly fit me best and my few guesses worked out. My scores this week were: 45, 41, 48.

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#16 Post by goongas » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:08 pm

Taking this test in a non stressful environment I got 40 compared with 33 on Tuesday.

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#17 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:46 pm

I couldn't take the test because of night meetings, but I'm pretty sure I woulda not done so well. The in person tests are more conducive, because,although you only have 8 seconds during it there's something about not being on the computer that helps. Oh, yes, I did pass the test a couple of years ago in Houston. Thought I did swimmingly in the mock game! Made them laugh!
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#18 Post by secondchance » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:51 am

Crap! I got the reminder email. I had it written in my datebook. And I still forgot.


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