I scored a personal record 20,000 today. That's the second best thing about my game because I finally got a Final Jeopardy right. They asked for a poet that went by the name of "Lord". That makes it a 50/50 shot between Byron and Tennyson (sp?). I guessed Byron and got it right. It seems a little pathetic to celebrate getting Final Jeopardy right, but I think under the circumstances I deserve a little pat on the back.
Studying supreme court decisions and more mythology today. Specifically the myths of the ancient Celts. It' makes me feel a little culturally short changed to study the Celts. I'm descended from these tribes. While the Romans, Egypians, and Greeks were building civilization my ancestors were running aroung naked in the woods and burning each other alive. So many things to be proud of today.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Movie Title Objects !?!
Today in double jeopardy there was a catagory called "movie title objects" . I didn't get it. Any of it. I watched it back after hearing all the answers the first time and I still didn't get it. I have no idea what I was suppost to be thinking about in this catagory, let alone answering. I'm never going to be on Jeopardy.
Actually, the score today wasn't that bad - 14,600. I nailed the first round and got destroyed in the second round because of the aforementioned catagory and an art catagory. I know nothing about art.
It's also worth mentioning that my study has revolved around American Authors, Mythology, and ancient civilations. Not one Jeopardy question in those catagories over the last three days. Figures.
Actually, the score today wasn't that bad - 14,600. I nailed the first round and got destroyed in the second round because of the aforementioned catagory and an art catagory. I know nothing about art.
It's also worth mentioning that my study has revolved around American Authors, Mythology, and ancient civilations. Not one Jeopardy question in those catagories over the last three days. Figures.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Now that's more like it
Today I scored an 8200. After yesterday's triumph I am back down to competing with single cell organisms for a spot on Jeopardy for Dummies. My lack of knowledge on composers, author's birthplaces, and zombie movies is glaring to say the least.
I'm taking two positives away from today. First, as bad as I did at home there was a dude on the show who did worse. He was getting a bunch of answers wrong, not many right, and since he was negative at the end of double Jeopardy they didn't even let him answer the final Jeopardy question. Imagine that, you pass every test and are picked for the show. You tell all your family and friends that you're going to be on Jeopardy. Everyone tells you how smart you are and how you'll do great. Then you show up and lay such a massive sink bomb that you aren't even allowed to play Final Jeopardy. As bad as that contestant is feeling I hope he takes comfort in the fact that he made my day a little better by proving that even really smart people get smoked by this show every once in a while.
Second positive of the day, my studying rocks. I'm listening to " Don't know much about Mythology" as a book on tape. It's great because my job requires me to drive to several destinations throughout the day. I feel like I'm downloading information directly into my brain Also, I'm gaining a huge appreciation for the ancient Egyptian culture. Also, still reading the book I bought yesterday. I'm in the American Studies section and am reading biographies of famous authors, poets, and thinkers. I find the poets to be the most unbalanced and the thinkers to be the most hypocritical. I thought to be a celebrated intellectual you need to produce original thought. This is wrong, you just need to expand and previous liberal theories. Other smart folks will refuse to recognize you as a fellow smart person unless you are crazy liberal. Just a quick observation.
Anyway, That was the bad and the good. Let's hope it doesn't get ugly tomorrow.
I'm taking two positives away from today. First, as bad as I did at home there was a dude on the show who did worse. He was getting a bunch of answers wrong, not many right, and since he was negative at the end of double Jeopardy they didn't even let him answer the final Jeopardy question. Imagine that, you pass every test and are picked for the show. You tell all your family and friends that you're going to be on Jeopardy. Everyone tells you how smart you are and how you'll do great. Then you show up and lay such a massive sink bomb that you aren't even allowed to play Final Jeopardy. As bad as that contestant is feeling I hope he takes comfort in the fact that he made my day a little better by proving that even really smart people get smoked by this show every once in a while.
Second positive of the day, my studying rocks. I'm listening to " Don't know much about Mythology" as a book on tape. It's great because my job requires me to drive to several destinations throughout the day. I feel like I'm downloading information directly into my brain Also, I'm gaining a huge appreciation for the ancient Egyptian culture. Also, still reading the book I bought yesterday. I'm in the American Studies section and am reading biographies of famous authors, poets, and thinkers. I find the poets to be the most unbalanced and the thinkers to be the most hypocritical. I thought to be a celebrated intellectual you need to produce original thought. This is wrong, you just need to expand and previous liberal theories. Other smart folks will refuse to recognize you as a fellow smart person unless you are crazy liberal. Just a quick observation.
Anyway, That was the bad and the good. Let's hope it doesn't get ugly tomorrow.
Monday, April 26, 2010
A Great night !
Absolutely stoked today. Scored a 19,400 which is still about 4,600 less than I need to be, but who cares! The first round I got 22 out of 30 questions right and I didn't blow myself apart in double Jeopardy. This is a huge improvement in my score and I haven't even cracked a book to study.
Incidently I found that book to crack. I was out with my family tonight and bought "An Imcomplete Education" on sale at Barnes and Noble for about two dollars, just want I needed. I forgot to mention I have a family. And a job that I like. I know when you think of a blogger doing a crazy long term blog you think "single and unemployed" or "hates the way life is going". That's not my deal. I've got a 2 year old girl a newborn boy, a sweet wife and steady employment. This should be you first indication that there is no way I can pull this off for the long haul. I think to do something like this you have to be a little hungry, or at least fueled by discontent of some sort. That's not me, I had a great night strolling around the mall with the family, eating soft pretzels and reveling in great book deals.
Great deals, Great food, A Great new study book, and a Great score ( for me, I realize it still sucks but a PR is a PR!)! Just a great night to be the Wanna Be.
Incidently I found that book to crack. I was out with my family tonight and bought "An Imcomplete Education" on sale at Barnes and Noble for about two dollars, just want I needed. I forgot to mention I have a family. And a job that I like. I know when you think of a blogger doing a crazy long term blog you think "single and unemployed" or "hates the way life is going". That's not my deal. I've got a 2 year old girl a newborn boy, a sweet wife and steady employment. This should be you first indication that there is no way I can pull this off for the long haul. I think to do something like this you have to be a little hungry, or at least fueled by discontent of some sort. That's not me, I had a great night strolling around the mall with the family, eating soft pretzels and reveling in great book deals.
Great deals, Great food, A Great new study book, and a Great score ( for me, I realize it still sucks but a PR is a PR!)! Just a great night to be the Wanna Be.
The Journey Begins
I want to be on the TV show Jeopardy. The problem is that I'm not very smart. Okay, I'm fairly smart. Above average smart if I had to guess, but nothing that would blow your socks off. Regardless of how smart I am or am not the problem is I'm not smart enough. I'm not Jeopardy smart. That's a real problem when you want to be on Jeopardy.
See, I've always wanted to be on a TV game show. The problem is which on to be one. I've watched "The Price is Right" Since I was a little kid. It seems fairly easy to be on. Show up, wear a custom T shirt with about 8 other folks and act like a moron for a few hours and they are bound to bring you on stage. Most game shows are like that, even the quiz shows. They just want personality. It doesn't matter if you have memorized the price of tuna or are really good at spinning the wheel. If some producer doesn't like your look you're out. I'm not a really big fan of that. That's why I want to be on Jeopardy.
Amazingly, Jeopardy is the most arbitrary of all the game shows. My understanding is to be on the show you need to pass the online test to be invited to a live tryout. The test is 50 questions and according to Karl Coryat at How to Win on Jeopardy (www.pisspoor.com/jep.html) you need to get about 35 or more right to be invited( I did the pre-test and got 24 right, or a little less than half....So I have a long road ahead of me). Then you get invited to the live audition where you test again to make sure you didn't fake it. Then you play a fake game of Jeopardy to confirm you can play the game when the lights are on and they ask you a few questions to see if they like you. There is still some producer influence in there, but compared to the vast majority it's not much. The point is you can be on the show based entirely on merit rather than luck, and I decided I want to be on the show.
So this is my blog of me trying to get on the show. I'm not sure if it's possible for an average smart person to study enough to do this, but I'm going to give it a shot. I'll be study from random books that are recommended to me to help me improve my weak areas, and I'll be play at home every week using the Coryat scoring method to prepare.
My secret I'm keeping from you is I've already started. Last week I played three times can got Koryat scores ( heretofore to be known as 'scores') of 7000, 13,600, and 15,000. To be even smart enough to try out my boy Karl suggest you score above 24,000 on a regular basis , or almost four times what my first score was. Right now I have the skill of a drunk moose navigating a frozen pond. This might take a while.
Right now according to my score book my best catagories are pop culture, sports, and greasy food. Also my worst catagories are literature, history, Shakepeare, and anything else remotely academic. This not only confirms that I'm not intelligent but that I'm also kind of a horrible person.
If you think you are smarter than me or have a better chance of getting on the show, you're right. That's the point. I want to see if this can be done. Can an average joe get on Jeopardy through sheer force of will. Probably not, but I'm willing to find out.
See, I've always wanted to be on a TV game show. The problem is which on to be one. I've watched "The Price is Right" Since I was a little kid. It seems fairly easy to be on. Show up, wear a custom T shirt with about 8 other folks and act like a moron for a few hours and they are bound to bring you on stage. Most game shows are like that, even the quiz shows. They just want personality. It doesn't matter if you have memorized the price of tuna or are really good at spinning the wheel. If some producer doesn't like your look you're out. I'm not a really big fan of that. That's why I want to be on Jeopardy.
Amazingly, Jeopardy is the most arbitrary of all the game shows. My understanding is to be on the show you need to pass the online test to be invited to a live tryout. The test is 50 questions and according to Karl Coryat at How to Win on Jeopardy (www.pisspoor.com/jep.html) you need to get about 35 or more right to be invited( I did the pre-test and got 24 right, or a little less than half....So I have a long road ahead of me). Then you get invited to the live audition where you test again to make sure you didn't fake it. Then you play a fake game of Jeopardy to confirm you can play the game when the lights are on and they ask you a few questions to see if they like you. There is still some producer influence in there, but compared to the vast majority it's not much. The point is you can be on the show based entirely on merit rather than luck, and I decided I want to be on the show.
So this is my blog of me trying to get on the show. I'm not sure if it's possible for an average smart person to study enough to do this, but I'm going to give it a shot. I'll be study from random books that are recommended to me to help me improve my weak areas, and I'll be play at home every week using the Coryat scoring method to prepare.
My secret I'm keeping from you is I've already started. Last week I played three times can got Koryat scores ( heretofore to be known as 'scores') of 7000, 13,600, and 15,000. To be even smart enough to try out my boy Karl suggest you score above 24,000 on a regular basis , or almost four times what my first score was. Right now I have the skill of a drunk moose navigating a frozen pond. This might take a while.
Right now according to my score book my best catagories are pop culture, sports, and greasy food. Also my worst catagories are literature, history, Shakepeare, and anything else remotely academic. This not only confirms that I'm not intelligent but that I'm also kind of a horrible person.
If you think you are smarter than me or have a better chance of getting on the show, you're right. That's the point. I want to see if this can be done. Can an average joe get on Jeopardy through sheer force of will. Probably not, but I'm willing to find out.
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