What Is… Dammit, I Got Nothing.
I know there’s no real way to prepare for the Jeopardy! test, aside from watching a few episodes and maybe cramming on Shakespeare plays or the periodic table or the Vice Presidents or something, but tonight’s the local version of the big contestant test, and like the Cash Cab episode, I feel the pressure of making sure I don’t suck.
Is anyone else taking the test tonight? Are you preparing at all, even if preparation means simply a bath, some Ornette Coleman to clear the head, and a tumbler of your best brandy to steady the nerves?
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January 29th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I’ve been reviewing Presidents and VPs; state and world capitals; and praying.
January 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
you can’t study for a trivia test! you either know it or you don’t! they don’t give you the categories beforehand, do they?
January 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Oh yeah, prayer. I forgot about that. (And Leah, I haven’t seen anything, nor do I expect anything.)
No time for that. Work is killing me today. I’ll listen to the Tom Lehrer song about the elements and that’s going to be about it before shit goes down.
January 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Corny, I know, but I’d just try to relax and enjoy myself.
When I took the test, there were tons of people around me, cramming with the World Almanac and basically reminding me of Rosie Perez’s character in White Men Can’t Jump. I took the position that I knew what I knew, last-minute study wasn’t likely to change that, and that at the very least I’d walk out of there with a decent story and another interesting life experience under my belt. (Turns out I got a J! pen, too.)
January 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
It’s the home test, even. I plan on rebooting my computer before logging on and doing it shirtless like Spartacus would.
If Spartacus was a suuuupergenius.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Okay. The test is about 12 minutes away and I’m really excited. I also anticipate 50 questions about completely foreign material - like higher mathematics and obscure mythological facts. Ack.