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gooby on rails posted:But the element was named during the period when Pluto was considered a planet... Plutonium's atomic number isn't 92
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Yeah, and that's the reason it's not the right answer, the planet bit is ambiguous.
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drat it, I can't believe you eastern people got the African Geography question, that's basically my favourite category.
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HookShot posted:drat it, I can't believe you eastern people got the African Geography question, that's basically my favourite category. I misread it and got it wrong, so today as punishment I've filled out 10 maps of Africa with all the country names.
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Jan 9, 2013 22:23
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Alex's doppelganger is a contestant tonight, complete with mustache!
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I guessed Oslo and Helsinki, but it was Oslo and Stockholm. That was a tough question. Sad to see Ashok go. He was cool. Anybody taking the test tonight?
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escape artist posted:I guessed Oslo and Helsinki, but it was Oslo and Stockholm. That was a tough question. Sad to see Ashok go. He was cool. Yeah, I thought Helsinki and Tallinn. Also, I'm taking it tonight. Good luck.
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Jan 10, 2013 01:58
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Even though I thought I registered to take yesterday's test, I just logged in and am now looking at a countdown timer. I guess that means I'm good to go. Good luck to everybody else taking the test in the CST!
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Jan 10, 2013 02:31
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26 minutes to glory. I hope to see all of you in paradise.
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I'm taking it tomorrow night at 11pm. I have a 5 hour energy on hand in case I kept sleepy. My logic for picking Thursday was simply "there's nothing good on TV that night." Good luck guys! Even though we're kind of competing for the same slot, I wish you all well.
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Forgot about last night's test until I checked my email this morning. Here's to year two of trying to hit it big, in 20 minutes!
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Taking the test in 20 minutes.  Hoping for lots of science, geography, food, and gay culture icons.Probably will end up with a lot of sports, opera, and European history. And like 10 multiplication questions. 
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Jan 10, 2013 02:48
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For all those taking it tomorrow: The most common Jeopardy categories
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I logged in to the test site and now it has a countdown of 6 minutes saying that I'm going to take the test. poo poo, I know I signed up for Thursday. I don't know what to do! edit: Guess I'll just see what happens at the end of the countdown, and take it if it wants me to take it. I was going to do a little last minute geography studying, but what the hell? Just hope there's no ballet questions. escape artist fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Cranking some Eye of the Tiger to get pumped for this. Like I need any help.
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escape artist posted:I logged in to the test site and now it has a countdown of 6 minutes saying that I'm going to take the test. poo poo, I know I signed up for Thursday. I don't know what to do! The day you register for is meaningless. Logging in any night there's a test makes you take it that night.
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DrBouvenstein posted:The day you register for is meaningless. Logging in any night there's a test makes you take it that night. gently caress me! Oh well, I'm alert and attentive and ready to go. May as well do it now. This is the longest countdown ever... one minute until test time.
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Boy that went bad. I mixed up Wilson and Hoover at the start and it went downhill from there. I'm not getting in this time around. Really wish I went last night. Alas.
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Jan 10, 2013 03:12
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Oh, crap. I clicked on pass instead of submit in some 4 or 5 questions by mistake.
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I think I did all right. Probably in the 40ish range. I think I at least put down reasonable guesses for the ones I didn't know. I do tend to fall into a groove of ignoring category names though.
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Teddybear posted:Boy that went bad. I mixed up Wilson and Hoover at the start and it went downhill from there. I'm not getting in this time around. At least you were the right century, all I could think of for some reason was Grover Cleveland.
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Dammit, I hosed that one up. Should not have logged in. I knew Baby Ruth Bader Ginsberg but couldn't type it in time!! I was a wise-rear end about one or two questions that I didn't know... "This children's book..." I wrote "Everybody Poops" and The Hunger Games star I wrote "Pretty Blonde 23423824"
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e: ^^^^^ Jennifer Lawrence is a brunette dawg There was a question on what tree is on the South Carolina flag. I knew it was palmetto because last year I got a question asking which state was the Palmetto State.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:There was a question on what tree is on the South Carolina flag. I knew it was palmetto because last year I got a question asking which state was the Palmetto State. That's one of the few I'm certain I got right. That one about the HBO shows was Game of Thrones, right? I don't watch it so I don't know. And the "All In" book was Petraeus?
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e: ^^^^^yeah, Game of thrones is right. Was Ethiopia the largest country on the horn of Africa, or do only coastal countries count as part of the Horn? I couldn't decide between that or Somalia.
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escape artist posted:That's one of the few I'm certain I got right. Yes and yes. QuickbreathFinisher posted:e: ^^^^^yeah, Game of thrones is right. I thought it was asking for any of the three largest, which would be Ethiopia, Eritrea, or Somalia, but NOT Djibouti
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Oh poo poo, I got the Hoover question right! I hope someone takes the Thursday tests and posts so I can lament about how much better I would have done if I had just waited until tomorrow.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:e: ^^^^^yeah, Game of thrones is right. I was debating that too and went with Somalia as well. For the chemistry one, it was worded in a way that made me think they wanted "inert gasses" but I am worried they won't accept that and "noble gasses" was the correct answer.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Yes and yes. Oh cool, I read it wrong but I got it right anyway if I said Ethiopia. What was the kids' book one? I put Velveteen Rabbit. I could not for the life of me think of Virginia Woolf or Petraeus, but I got loving Baby Ruth Bader Ginsburg instantly.
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On the site's FAQ it says that they don't send you your score, you're only contacted if you pass... What constitutes passing? How come so many people knew their scores a few hours afterward last night? Ahhh, I'm so antsy.
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I, uh, did terribly. Blanked on the Hunger Games broad and had no clue on the candy bar justice one.
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escape artist posted:On the site's FAQ it says that they don't send you your score, you're only contacted if you pass... What constitutes passing? I think a lot of people were going by memory and using that list someone awesome posted. Hopefully another one gets posted again. I once heard that above 40 is passing but that might be bullshit.
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Old James posted:
That one screwed me too, but I ended up putting noble gasses. If I had to guess, I'm in the 35-38 range. I passed on about 4 or 5 and there were 3 I wrote wrong answers in. (I put Ayn Rand for Virginia Woolf)
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This was my first time taking the test and it seems like it's a hell of a lot harder than what we see on TV on a daily basis. I probably got somewhere between 25 and 30 
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Old James posted:I was debating that too and went with Somalia as well. I put inert too. I think the word noble on its own doesn't imply that it won't react.
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Ugh, I almost hope they don't call me after that test. What was the answer to the "Earth Around Us" question? I read it a couple of times, but I couldn't figure out what they were looking for.
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