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when is your next td and alpaca quiz?morbeedo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:55 amSorry, boson! Would you say we got the harder of the two tests they’ve been using at auditions this summer?
I’ve missed you, too!
Nah, I just had an off day and I'm not as good at trivia as I need to be (like 4 questions behind Jeff last night - congrats! ). I missed stuff I knew, didn't know things I should, and ended up in the neighborhood of 40 right, when I should have 45+ to win a Jeopardy game.morbeedo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:55 amSorry, boson! Would you say we got the harder of the two tests they’ve been using at auditions this summer?
Yeah, we were speculating the same about the numerical cutoff. I didn’t want to rub salt in your wounds by asking about your score but what you say makes sense.boson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:40 pmNah, I just had an off day and I'm not as good at trivia as I need to be (like 4 questions behind Jeff last night - congrats! ). I missed stuff I knew, didn't know things I should, and ended up in the neighborhood of 40 right, when I should have 45+ to win a Jeopardy game.morbeedo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:55 amSorry, boson! Would you say we got the harder of the two tests they’ve been using at auditions this summer?
I think the passing score was well above 35 at TN to keep numbers down. But no complaints here- they came to TN to get better players. To get on the show, be good at trivia and be good tv.
That would certainly explain why people I would have expected to pass the test didn't do so.
They might have had only a certain amount of time/certain number of spots to accommodate, and so it was the top X scorers.Woof wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:51 pmYeah, we were speculating the same about the numerical cutoff. I didn’t want to rub salt in your wounds by asking about your score but what you say makes sense.boson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:40 pmNah, I just had an off day and I'm not as good at trivia as I need to be (like 4 questions behind Jeff last night - congrats! ). I missed stuff I knew, didn't know things I should, and ended up in the neighborhood of 40 right, when I should have 45+ to win a Jeopardy game.morbeedo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:55 amSorry, boson! Would you say we got the harder of the two tests they’ve been using at auditions this summer?
I think the passing score was well above 35 at TN to keep numbers down. But no complaints here- they came to TN to get better players. To get on the show, be good at trivia and be good tv.
on social media I saw a pic that supports this,MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:55 pmThey might have had only a certain amount of time/certain number of spots to accommodate, and so it was the top X scorers.Woof wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:51 pmYeah, we were speculating the same about the numerical cutoff. I didn’t want to rub salt in your wounds by asking about your score but what you say makes sense.boson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:40 pm
Nah, I just had an off day and I'm not as good at trivia as I need to be (like 4 questions behind Jeff last night - congrats! ). I missed stuff I knew, didn't know things I should, and ended up in the neighborhood of 40 right, when I should have 45+ to win a Jeopardy game.
I think the passing score was well above 35 at TN to keep numbers down. But no complaints here- they came to TN to get better players. To get on the show, be good at trivia and be good tv.
The split was originally 20-19 but because of scheduling conflicts 3:30 ended up with 22 plus a TV crew.RobW wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:08 pmon social media I saw a pic that supports this,MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:55 pmThey might have had only a certain amount of time/certain number of spots to accommodate, and so it was the top X scorers.Woof wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:51 pmYeah, we were speculating the same about the numerical cutoff. I didn’t want to rub salt in your wounds by asking about your score but what you say makes sense.boson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:40 pm
Nah, I just had an off day and I'm not as good at trivia as I need to be (like 4 questions behind Jeff last night - congrats! ). I missed stuff I knew, didn't know things I should, and ended up in the neighborhood of 40 right, when I should have 45+ to win a Jeopardy game.
I think the passing score was well above 35 at TN to keep numbers down. But no complaints here- they came to TN to get better players. To get on the show, be good at trivia and be good tv.
i.e. the 3:30 group had 20 people who passed the test.
This was only my second audition test, but I've taken the online tests for the last 12 years. Anecdotally, both in-person tests seemed a tad easier.triviawayne wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:39 am
First, does anyone think the test was harder than other tests? When I was in Columbus, while I felt the test was a little easier, I also feel it was simply a little easier for me personally as I actually knew some of my worst subject questions; so I don't believe it was actually an easier test.
I really don't think that was the case. There was no extra space in the room for the test and, with over 200 people in attendance at TN, it would have been a dick move in the extreme for an ineligible person to deny another space in the room by taking the test "for fun."Second, of the 31 that didn't make the cut, anyone care to speculate or take a reasonable guess how many of those weren't eligible but were only taking the test for fun?
There were certainly a few of us that'd been on WWTBAM in its last season. Given that almost a year has passed, no one seemed to be bothered by that.While I wasn't there, I would think there'd be several people who have been on WWTBAM in the past year, have been on J before, etc.
True, but all the scores I heard from people who made the cut were in the low-to-high 40s. And most of the people who I would have expected to ace the test (e.g. PerryS, MeyerT, RautY) all made the cut.Finally, the overall passing score could have remained the same 35/50, but they randomly drew from all the passers.
What is your basis for saying that?
I would agree as the show would want to avoid putting two people on at the same time who know each other.
I think they've done it before after they changed the rules to eliminate ties; didn't Scott Blish and Alex Jacob know each other before facing each other on the show?triviawayne wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:29 pmI would agree as the show would want to avoid putting two people on at the same time who know each other.
I look at it this way, all the super smart kids are now in the pool. This time next year, they’ll either still be in or, hopefully, have been on. That means the bar is low enough for dummies like me to finally audition!
That presumes that all the super-smart kids get on as a result of this audition. As amply demonstrated by Vijay Balse, that’s not a given. OTOH, some of them may feel as I do: that I put my best foot forward in what were nearly ideal circumstances, and that if I don’t get a call as a result of this audition, I’ll have to think Long and hard about whether I should continue trying.dhkendall wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:30 pmI look at it this way, all the super smart kids are now in the pool. This time next year, they’ll either still be in or, hopefully, have been on. That means the bar is low enough for dummies like me to finally audition!