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The Jeopardy contestant search exam

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Matty
Muddy what will you be wearing? Do you need a funky green tie? I can get you a funky green tie.
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I don't know. I have been paying more attention to what people wear. Seems like most men making their first appearance wear a suit and tie. Returning champs are more likely to go more casual.

Jenny will be put in charge of that situation. I'll probably go with a suit but she can figure out what shirt/tie/socks etc.
 
Herman
When you watch the show now do you ever say to yourself "I wish that person were my opponent on the show".

Many people get on there and have no clue how to wager on Final Jeopardy.
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I say that to myself all the frickin' time.

Some of the people make such bad Final Jeopardy wagers, it makes me angry.



My luck, I'll get on the show and there will be some Ken Jennings guy on a 50 game win streak.
 
Muddy I am damn near giddy for you. I am channeling all my Year or Wal mojo and directing at your audition.

Muddy, be animated and energetic, not spaztastic just energetic. Muddy there are those amongst us that have failed to obtain our dreams simply because we didn’t go after them. You have gone for it Muddy and don’t feel like I am out of line by saying GameLive is very proud of you.

I hope you get selected and win enough money to not need to get a real job.
 
wal66
Muddy, be animated and energetic, not spaztastic just energetic. Muddy there are those amongst us that have failed to obtain our dreams simply because we didn’t go after them. You have gone for it Muddy and don’t feel like I am out of line by saying GameLive is very proud of you.
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:up: Good say Wallayballs.

Smile at all times Mudday. :grin:
 
Yap I'll try.

I found a really good resource this morning. It is a Jeopardy archive. I believe it has every question/answer from every game since 1985.

You can sort it by keyword.

So say I identify architecture as an area I am weak in, I can enter architect as a search and it will line up all the questions that have had that word in the category or question. That's good because you never want to do an in-depth study of these things, you just want to know what surface facts are important in a Jeopardy sense. Who are the key players and styles and what country are they from and what timeframe did it happen? Using the search function in this archive, you quickly get a sense of what facts come up repeatedly on the show. Very good for setting a focus.

It doesn't hurt now with the re-exam coming up but if I ever get to be on the show, I will be spending a lot of time in that archive.
 
Jeopardy uses the same answers over and over.

Do you know all those European fucks with the Roman Numerals? That comes up as much as US President it seems. Also geography - the Rhine has to be the most common answer in Jeopardy history from what I've noticed since I started watching. They love rivers, peninsulas, mountains, etc.

I guess you could probably look up the most common categories too.
 
Jeopardy is half-trivia, half-reasoning. A large number of clues are in riddle form, and the "question" is usually a well-known anglo-centric word/fact/historical figure.

Sometimes it feels as though if you memorize 1)the world map 2) every US presidents name and era 3) the titles and characters of every Shakespeare play, you've got the game covered. They rarely go into minute facts or details, especially if it doesn't concern the US of A.

For example, if the clue is about Austrian literature, you can blindly answer Kafka. They'll never ask about someone like Peter Handke.

Same thing with Russian literature - it's either Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. If they go fancy and ask about 20th century Russian literature, it's 100% Soljenitsyne. No other Russian guy has ever written shit.

Just an observation from a recent Jeopardy junkie.
 
Matty
Jeopardy is half-trivia, half-reasoning. A large number of clues are in riddle form, and the "question" is usually a well-known anglo-centric word/fact/historical figure.

Sometimes it feels as though if you memorize 1)the world map 2) every US presidents name and era 3) the titles and characters of every Shakespeare play, you've got the game covered. They rarely go into minute facts or details, especially if it doesn't concern the US of A.

For example, if the clue is about Austrian literature, you can blindly answer Kafka. They'll never ask about someone like Peter Handke.

Same thing with Russian literature - it's either Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. If they go fancy and ask about 20th century Russian literature, it's 100% Soljenitsyne. No other Russian guy has ever written shit.

Just an observation from a recent Jeopardy junkie.
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Exactly right.

Missouri writer - almost always Twain
Mississippi writer - almost always Faulkner

Settlement of freed American slaves in Africa? - Liberia (from the same root as liberty). Capital = Monrovia (after President Monroe). They take that little block of facts and mix it up over and over.

Surface facts about Shakespeare are very important. I haven't seen/read Hamlet but I get most questions about it. Ophelia, Laertes, Elsinore, Polonius, "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio."

Of course there is the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Small block of facts around that that comes up over and over.




In some ways, it's like doing crossword puzzles. There are certain words that come up repeatedly because they just fit nicely in certain spots.

Hawaiian goose = nene

It doesn't matter if you know what one looks like, just know it.
 
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