[Mudcat]

Well guys, I'm off to California on Thursday to take the qualifying test for Jeopardy.

Why did I arrange it for the first day of NFL? I dunno. I guess I'm just a big palooka. Sometimes you just have to take what you can get.

I am setting the odds at

Qualifies: -300
Fails to qualify: +250

I'm pretty confident because I took the test once before and qualified. (You have to get 35 or better on a 50 question test.) That means your name goes into a pool of qualifiers and you are eligible to be called to the actual show for a 1 year period - although there are no guarantees. But I also have some concern because I was quite a bit better prepared back then in terms of brushing up on my Shakespeare and explorers and artists and chemistry and on and on.

I've been so busy with baseball the last month that I haven't had much time for random studying. But I'm going to give 'er my best shot!

So that is my excellent adventure.

[Mudcat]

Or I guess I should say:

What is my excellent adventure, Alex?

[jjgold]

Very interesting big cat and I wish you good luck and dont forget to have phone numbers for books so you can call your bets in.

[Senator7]

Best of luck, Mudcat!

Senator 7

[Illusion]

Good luck Mud, I'll take that -300 anyday. Easy money.

[Bill Dozer]

Let me know if you make it on. We will get you an SBR T-shirt to wear.

GL!!

[Mudcat]

I tried out for Jeopardy once, but it was only a 10 question thing and we had to get 9 or 10 to move on. Or was that just the first step?

When I did it around 2000, it was a 50 question test. The questions were shown on a monitor and read by Johnny Gilbert. We wrote our answers on a sheet they gave us.

I think we had 8 seconds per question. If you get 35 or more out of 50 you have qualified. 9 out of 75 qualified in my group. They didn't tell us our scores, just aye or nay. I felt like I qualified pretty comfortably but I'll never know for sure.

They then put you in a mock game with actual buzzers and also have a brief interview (real short - one quick question - like they do on the show). I guess they want to evaluate what kind of a player you are and if you keep the game moving along and if you smile and speak clearly and all that.

That all probably goes into their decision on who gets the call.

[Senator7]

Let me know if you make it on. We will get you an SBR T-shirt to wear.

Don't worry Bill, Mudcat is going to get that shirt from beating The Prick!

Senator 7

[Mudcat]

Maybe instead of my real name, I'll just sign in at my podium as Mudcat.

:cool:

[BuddyBear]

Isn't your real name Mudcat?

Anyway....best of luck Mudcat. To go on Jeopardy would be a great accomplishment although you'll have to figure out what to tell them when Alex asks you what exactly it is you do.

That would really be somthing if they had catgories like Gaming Industry or Arbing for $400 please Alex.

Hopefully you wont have the same type of run as Ken Jennings...we need you here pal!

[pags11]

Gl...

[why]

Very best of luck and skill, and please let us know if you make it so I can watch.

[Mudcat]

you'll have to figure out what to tell them when Alex asks you what exactly it is you do.

I will need an answer for that on Thursday. I'm leaning towards freelance sportswriter.

It's far from a complete answer but I guess it's not an outright lie.

[Todd]

Good luck mudcat. I'm sure you'll do fine.

[Mudcat]

What is . . .

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

[Illusion]

What is . . .

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

Hell yaeh!!! Let's hope you get the call now. :an_cheers

[Senator7]

Congrats Mudcat! You da man! :an_cheers

Senator 7

[Mudcat]

Hell yaeh!!! Let's hope you get the call now. :an_cheers

I have a good feeling about it. Jeopardy likes to have diverse contestants and, last time I qualified, it was at a special Toronto contestant search so that year they had a whole bunch of Torontonians to choose from if they wanted to mix in a foreigner.

Now, they have to call me.

Well it's a theory.

I'll tell you this though; the sameday Toronto-to-L.A.-to-Toronto commute is not something I recommend for anyone.

[BuddyBear]

Good luck Mudcat!