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GAH!

Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:43 am

Well, I had an audition for the Jeopardy!: Teen Tournament the other day, and I missed a question about Emily Bronte. It asked who the heroine from her famous novel was. Well, of course, I didn't know the famous novel (Wuthering Heights). I didn't know the famous heroine (Catey).

But I gave it an educated guess. Turns out the heroine of Bronte's novel isn't exactly Nancy Drew. :roflol:

Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:45 am

This is probably going to make Cheese fairly Jealous...good on you, were you picked?

Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:57 pm

Wow! Lucky you! I've always wanted to be on Jeopardy! :o
It's too bad about that question, but at least you got a chance.

Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:12 pm

Wow, I would never have gotten that one. Well, sometimes life isn't fair *pats back.*

Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:32 pm

At least you gave it a cracking good try, and made it a funny guess. XD I would've guessed "Harry Potter".

Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:36 pm

I would have said "who?" likely. x.x;;

I've never heard of the book(s).

Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:41 pm

Thats cool, is there possibility of still getting through, or is it one of those jacked up one try deals.

Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:44 pm

Good luck! Did you see anyone else audition? And where did you audition? Fill me in. ^^ I'm very unlikely to try out for something like this, though. Probably an "Idol" competition in my area, but definitely not a Jeapordy thing. They'd ask me something like "What's the color of the sky?" and I'd just blank out and faint.

Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:00 pm

I hope you make it past the auditions.

Good Luck to you!

Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:47 pm

I wouldn't have gotten it. Tough question.

Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:13 am

Hey thats cool! Hopefully, you'll get picked. Personally, I'm to scared to go on shows like that cause of fear of freezing up forgeting answers.

Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:42 am

Hey, that's cool... I was on the Kids Tournament a couple of years ago; no idea how I passed the test really. :P

Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you missed one question - I think it's more about your presence, and what they're looking for.

Still....Nancy Drew? o_O

Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:43 am

Naw, I didn't pass. Sadly. I missed too many questions to pass. (You had to get 35/50... and those questions were HARD!) Out of 70 kids at the audition, 9 passed the written test. That's a helluva little. XD

And yeah, Starchaser... that was my same expression. I had no idea what to guess. XD

Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:57 am

simsman24000 wrote:Naw, I didn't pass. Sadly. I missed too many questions to pass. (You had to get 35/50... and those questions were HARD!) Out of 70 kids at the audition, 9 passed the written test. That's a helluva little. XD

And yeah, Starchaser... that was my same expression. I had no idea what to guess. XD


My Final Jeopardy! Question was "Who just turned 18, has a brother named Harry, and a dog named Pigwidgeon?"
The answer was Prince William; I ended up not putting anything, but for some reason I kept thinking, "Harry Potter?" :P

Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:58 am

Starchaser wrote:
simsman24000 wrote:Naw, I didn't pass. Sadly. I missed too many questions to pass. (You had to get 35/50... and those questions were HARD!) Out of 70 kids at the audition, 9 passed the written test. That's a helluva little. XD

And yeah, Starchaser... that was my same expression. I had no idea what to guess. XD


My Final Jeopardy! Question was "Who just turned 18, has a brother named Harry, and a dog named Pigwidgeon?"
The answer was Prince William; I ended up not putting anything, but for some reason I kept thinking, "Harry Potter?" :P

Now why on earth would you think that?!?!?!?!?! :P

I've never heard of that book, so I defiantly would've gotten it wrong.
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