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christie1111 · #26 Post by **christie1111** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:18 pm

Sounds like I will be in very good company.

Sheesh!

Jeemie · #27 Post by **Jeemie** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:19 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:Ack!

Too many I left blank, including some I should have known and name blanked on. I doubt there's an invitation coming for me this year.

My brain's getting too old for Jeopardy; give me WWTBAM with multiple choices and no time limit, please!

Spoiler

I couldn't even remember the capital of New Zealand, so I got you all beat!

Peter5858 · #28 Post by **Peter5858** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:20 pm

I think this is the fifth or sixth J! test I have taken, and this was the hardest. I passed all 4 of my previous in-person tests, but I am not at all confident I got 35 or better on this one.

gsabc · #29 Post by **gsabc** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:21 pm

Let's all hope they lower the curve.

christie1111 · #30 Post by **christie1111** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:23 pm

Jeemie wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Ack!

Too many I left blank, including some I should have known and name blanked on. I doubt there's an invitation coming for me this year.

My brain's getting too old for Jeopardy; give me WWTBAM with multiple choices and no time limit, please!

Spoiler
I couldn't even remember the capital of New Zealand, so I got you all beat!

Me neither!

And how fast do you have to type! I would think for 5 sec. and then look and say crap! 8 sec to type!

danielh41 · #31 Post by **danielh41** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:23 pm

I knew I was in trouble as soon as the first question came up and I couldn't pull the answer from my internal encyclopedia. It just wasn't working for me tonight, dang it.

earendel · #32 Post by **earendel** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:23 pm

<Sigh> I'll never know...the storm came through right in the middle of the test and knocked everything out for five minutes, just enough so by the time I got logged in again the test was over.

ghostjmf · #33 Post by **ghostjmf** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:24 pm

I actually did not find the questions so hard; it was the time that was too short! I had far too many "tip of my brain" moments, causing me to miss ones I actually knew.

And, of course, there were a few more I would have recognized, given choices, BAM style.

Such is life.

Jeemie · #34 Post by **Jeemie** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:26 pm

Yes- the time seemed to go by much faster.

ghostjmf · #35 Post by **ghostjmf** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:27 pm

christie1111 says:

And how fast do you have to type! I would think for 5 sec. and then look and say crap! 8 sec to type!

Yeah, that too! It reminded me in a big way of typing stuff into Google for the BAM ATA Qs contest. I didn't always cut & paste that, because it wasn't working for me quickly; I forget why, something about my setup here. At any rate, I was often barely done typing before the time ran out!

goongas · #36 Post by **goongas** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:36 pm

I found the time went by very fast. My old age of 27 is catching up with me apparently. Even my pop culture knowledge is dwindling since I don't get Entertainment Weekly anymore. MAWGdom here I come. I couldn't even remember the capital of ND.

Kazoo65 · #37 Post by **Kazoo65** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:40 pm

I knew the capital of ND-and the capital of New Zealand. I guessed on the algebra question-probably wrong. At least there wasn't any Shakespeare this time.

earendel · #38 Post by **earendel** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:44 pm

Kazoo65 wrote:I knew the capital of ND-and the capital of New Zealand. I guessed on the algebra question-probably wrong. At least there wasn't any Shakespeare this time.

Yes, there was one Shakespeare question - it asked which play started with a couple on a boat owned by Antonio(?).

christie1111 · #39 Post by **christie1111** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:50 pm

My old age of 27 is catching up with me apparently.

[Pea] Bite Me [/Pea]

trevor_macfee · #40 Post by **trevor_macfee** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:07 pm

I've taken the in-person test twice and the online test once, and never worried about passing. This time . . .. I just finished listening to the tape I made as I took the test and checking the answers and I have either a 33 or a 34 depending on the correct answer to the food clue.

Ack!

Eighteen months, huh?

If it doesn't violate some confidentiality code, I can post the list of correct answers I compiled if anyone is interested.

Peter5858 · #41 Post by **Peter5858** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:28 am

Fingers crossed: based on the unofficial transcript on the J! board,I'm a 35, which would be a pass by the hair on my chinnychinchin.

Never even heard of Charles Eames or Grey Gardens. I guess I just ain't got cultch.

Note to self: Remember to read the freakin question. Wrote down Conan Doyle instead of Sherlock Holmes.

On the other hand, had a couple of lucky guesses: Sense and Sensibility, roan, and Nice.

Good luck to all.

earendel · #42 Post by **earendel** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:36 am

Peter5858 wrote:Fingers crossed: based on the unofficial transcript on the J! board,I'm a 35, which would be a pass by the hair on my chinnychinchin.

Never even heard of Charles Eames or Grey Gardens. I guess I just ain't got cultch.

Note to self: Remember to read the freakin question. Wrote down Conan Doyle instead of Sherlock Holmes.

On the other hand, had a couple of lucky guesses: Sense and Sensibility, roan, and Nice.

Good luck to all.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda - based on the transcript I was 21 of 29 at the time the power went out and would have ended up with 37 out of 50.

And let me take this opportunity to thank fannie and the others who have been discussing Project Runway on the Bored. I know nothing about the show, never seen an episode, but its mention here got me the right answer for the very first question, getting me off to a good start.

peacock2121 · #43 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:47 am

danielh41 wrote:Well, I took it. I got my ass kicked...

LOL - I saw a nekkid ass geting kicked.

Sorry to giggle at your expense.

peacock2121 · #44 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:50 am

goongas wrote:I found the time went by very fast. My old age of 27 is catching up with me apparently. .

cracked me up!

again - sorry to giggle at your expense.

peacock2121 · #45 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:51 am

christie1111 wrote:
My old age of 27 is catching up with me apparently.
[Pea] Bite Me [/Pea]

LOL - This cracked me up even more!

peacock2121 · #46 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:52 am

Peter5858 wrote:Fingers crossed: based on the unofficial transcript on the J! board,I'm a 35, which would be a pass by the hair on my chinnychinchin.

Never even heard of Charles Eames or Grey Gardens. I guess I just ain't got cultch.

Note to self: Remember to read the freakin question. Wrote down Conan Doyle instead of Sherlock Holmes.

On the other hand, had a couple of lucky guesses: Sense and Sensibility, roan, and Nice.

Good luck to all.

Yay Peter!

I would love to see that big ear on TV again!

I have missed seeing you here as well.

gsabc · #47 Post by **gsabc** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:24 am

Finally figured out that the reason the time went by so fast was that they didn't allow any time for the reading of the question. You actually had much less time to answer on the test than you do on the show, or on the test they give you in person.

For anyone who hasn't taken the in-person test, they have a tape with Johnny Gilbert reading the same type of blue screen answer that you see on TV. You then have something like ten seconds to answer. The total time for answering is probably more like 20 seconds than the 15 they gave us on the online test.

christie1111 · #48 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:15 am

trevor_macfee wrote:I've taken the in-person test twice and the online test once, and never worried about passing. This time . . .. I just finished listening to the tape I made as I took the test and checking the answers and I have either a 33 or a 34 depending on the correct answer to the food clue.

Ack!

Eighteen months, huh?

If it doesn't violate some confidentiality code, I can post the list of correct answers I compiled if anyone is interested.

Would you do this?

Or is the list elsewhere? I would like an idea of just how badly I did.

gsabc · #49 Post by **gsabc** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:17 am

christie1111 wrote:
trevor_macfee wrote:I've taken the in-person test twice and the online test once, and never worried about passing. This time . . .. I just finished listening to the tape I made as I took the test and checking the answers and I have either a 33 or a 34 depending on the correct answer to the food clue.

Ack!

Eighteen months, huh?

If it doesn't violate some confidentiality code, I can post the list of correct answers I compiled if anyone is interested.
Would you do this?

Or is the list elsewhere? I would like an idea of just how badly I did.

Ear already brought it over from the J! board. It's in the "Crap!" thread.

Peter5858 · #50 Post by **Peter5858** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:05 am

gsabc wrote:Finally figured out that the reason the time went by so fast was that they didn't allow any time for the reading of the question. You actually had much less time to answer on the test than you do on the show, or on the test they give you in person.

For anyone who hasn't taken the in-person test, they have a tape with Johnny Gilbert reading the same type of blue screen answer that you see on TV. You then have something like ten seconds to answer. The total time for answering is probably more like 20 seconds than the 15 they gave us on the online test.

This is exactly right. Plus, if I can recall correctly from the post-test fog, a couple of the questions were written a bit elliptically. So, between the actual reading and the actual typing, very little time for the actual thinking. That is why taking the test is so much harder than just reviewing the questions here, post-mortem.