Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
38, from the video. I imagine I would have missed a few more under the pressure of doing it "for real".
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
National Council of La Raza was founded in 1968. It changed its name to Unidos USA last year: https://www.wsj.com/articles/la-raza-fi ... 1500229809
I knew about La Raza because they promoted non-union lettuce boycotts when my wife and I were in college during the 1970s.
Jeopardy boardies are smart people, but even so, I thought this question was obscure.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
After missing 6 of the first 10 (including brain farts on treason reason, Kelly Anne Conway, and misspelling zappos as zappas), I recovered for a 38 missing also: neuron (synapse), arno (elbe, knew it was wrong), the alchemist (no clue), adverb (blank), stage (blank), our/hour (eon, knew it was wrong), Jobs (blank), La Raza (lesbian relations), WOF cookie (brain fart, was confusing category with rhyme time and realized it too late). FIngers crossed that 38 is good enough, I think it was my best score so far.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Playing off the video, got 47/50. Several educated guesses worked.
I said sensory neurons. The clue specified input to the brain and spinal cord, so I suspect cranial nerves doesn’t quite fit.
Missed Chalet, raza, Dunkirk.
There used to be a Suisse Chalet motel that I would drive past regularly, but it didn’t come to me.
I’m probably taking for real tonight. Fingers crossed.
I said sensory neurons. The clue specified input to the brain and spinal cord, so I suspect cranial nerves doesn’t quite fit.
Missed Chalet, raza, Dunkirk.
There used to be a Suisse Chalet motel that I would drive past regularly, but it didn’t come to me.
I’m probably taking for real tonight. Fingers crossed.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
For the "Think Different" clue, I wrote "Einstein" and then changed it to "Da Vinci," since that was Walter Isaacson's most recent biography. Oddly, I knew the clue was a reference to Apple Computers but forgot that Isaacson also wrote the Steve Jobs biography. But the mind can go in strange directions when the pressure is on.
Yes, there were some unusually difficult questions, but all in all I found this to be a pretty standard J! test. And I scored a pretty standard 43.
Yes, there were some unusually difficult questions, but all in all I found this to be a pretty standard J! test. And I scored a pretty standard 43.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Actually did a few points better than I originally thought and ended up with 40 correct, assuming they accept "Jones" for Jessica Jones and "Zelda" for Legend of Zelda.
Misses:
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7 THE BIBLE ------- John the Baptist (Matthew)
8 WEBSITES ------- Zappos (eBay)
10 FAMOUS WOMEN ------- Kellyanne Conway (Hope Hicks)
16 CHEMISTRY LAB ------- distillation (fermentation)
17 MUSIC MAKERS ------- Andrea Bocelli (no response)
24 ARCHITECTURE ------- Chalet (A-Frame)
36 ORGANIZATIONS ------- La Raza (Lesbian Rights, lol)
37 BEFORE & AFTER ------- Wheel of Fortune Cookie (no response)
44 MOUNTAINS ------- Australia (Antarctica)
48 FRENCH CLASS ------- Gauche (no response)
8 WEBSITES ------- Zappos (eBay)
10 FAMOUS WOMEN ------- Kellyanne Conway (Hope Hicks)
16 CHEMISTRY LAB ------- distillation (fermentation)
17 MUSIC MAKERS ------- Andrea Bocelli (no response)
24 ARCHITECTURE ------- Chalet (A-Frame)
36 ORGANIZATIONS ------- La Raza (Lesbian Rights, lol)
37 BEFORE & AFTER ------- Wheel of Fortune Cookie (no response)
44 MOUNTAINS ------- Australia (Antarctica)
48 FRENCH CLASS ------- Gauche (no response)
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
It wasn't fine for the Final Jeopardy of this episode.
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4255
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
That Final Jeopardy is the only reason I got that clue on the test. I do think they might be more lenient on the test, because "Legend" was part of the clue.LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:52 amIt wasn't fine for the Final Jeopardy of this episode.
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4255
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Fighting a cold, I decided to go for tonight's test. Taking this one off the video, I got 42 or 41, depending on whether "neurons" was considered correct. It didn't feel significantly harder to me, but there was less pop culture in it.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I'd accept it. That FJ asked for the first game in the series, Q50 just asked for the series and 'Zelda' is common enough shorthand for the series.LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:52 amIt wasn't fine for the Final Jeopardy of this episode.
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4255
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I did the same thing...cinemaniax7 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:22 am For the "Think Different" clue...."Da Vinci," since that was Walter Isaacson's most recent biography. Oddly, I knew the clue was a reference to Apple Computers but forgot that Isaacson also wrote the Steve Jobs biography. But the mind can go in strange directions when the pressure is on.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I did poorly on this test taking it from the Facebook page (37 correct - I'm normally 40-45 correct). I'm hoping that it was the ~4-5 second time per question, but it was also that I'm not as good as I would like to be at literature and US politics.
That being said, I can confidently state that "nerve cells" = "neurons", and simply saying that should get you the point. Synapse is wrong (a junction between nerve cells), axon is wrong (part of a neuron). Cranial nerves are bundles of many neurons - might be accepted, might not.
That being said, I can confidently state that "nerve cells" = "neurons", and simply saying that should get you the point. Synapse is wrong (a junction between nerve cells), axon is wrong (part of a neuron). Cranial nerves are bundles of many neurons - might be accepted, might not.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Just piping in to say I like this juxtaposition.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
That La Raza question seems obscure to me. Never heard of them.
But thanks for clearing it up for me.
BTW Don't you think they use al dente a lot? It was on a recent show.
But thanks for clearing it up for me.
BTW Don't you think they use al dente a lot? It was on a recent show.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I'm not so confident about just neurons being accepted. Given the wording of the question "nerve cells called these send information to the brain and spinal cord" I would guess that they're looking for something more specific since neurons are found in the CNS too. "Peripheral neurons" I think might be what they're looking for but I'm really not sure.boson wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:31 pm
That being said, I can confidently state that "nerve cells" = "neurons", and simply saying that should get you the point. Synapse is wrong (a junction between nerve cells), axon is wrong (part of a neuron). Cranial nerves are bundles of many neurons - might be accepted, might not.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
Now that I've thought about this, I believe the question is asking for sensory nerves, which relay information "to the brain and spinal cord" (as said in the clue), as opposed to motor nerves, which send information FROM the brain and spinal cord.
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedicti ... sory+nerve
I don't think neuron can be right, because it's just another word for nerve cell, which was in the clue.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/neuron
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
I guessed "ganglia" for the nerve cells. Neuron seemed too general for what they were looking for--it sounded like a specific kind of nerve cell, and a neuron is too general a term, IMO. But I don't know enough bio to know if ganglia is an answer to this question.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
44/50 from the video (counting 'ours/hours' as correct), and I didn't find the test any harder than the one I took last year
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), March 6, 2018
It's almost as if the clue... uses other words to describe the answer that you're supposed to get.stat74 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:46 pm
I don't think neuron can be right, because it's just another word for nerve cell, which was in the clue.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/neuron
I'm fairly certain that "neuron" is the correct response here.
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