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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI have a tryout for Jeopardy!
Wish me luck, if you please! This has been my dream since I was about 8 years old.
I'm positively over the moon.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)If you get that far.
Good luck, in any case.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)greendog
(3,127 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)It must be terrible to achieve one's dreams in life with so much life left to live.
I imagine everything else must be a let-down after this.
Good Luck!!
redwitch
(14,947 posts)Rooting for you!
PennyK
(2,302 posts)I once tried and failed the test. Make us proud!
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)babylonsister
(171,090 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Rooting for you!!!
Raster
(20,998 posts)Best of luck!
Mister Ed
(5,943 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Mister Ed
(5,943 posts)And, surprisingly, that's the feeling that remains with me after all these years, even though I had the good fortune to win in my first episode before being defeated in my second.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)But CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING! Remember THAT feeling!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)That's the correct response (question) to the answer, "What would-be contestants need to remember."
I tried out and qualified twice, but in neither season did I get on the show. They qualify many more people than they need, so that they have flexibility in making up the composition of each show. (They try to balance various demographic factors so that viewers can find someone to root for, or against.)
I think different tryouts may have different formats. When I did it there was a trivia quiz (and you don't have to put your responses in the form of a question). Then there was a "personality" component -- they interview you and/or play a short mock game, without keeping score, just to get an idea of how you'll be on camera. If you get something like that, try to relax and come across as a fun person without going too far and trying too hard. I know, "relax" when your lifelong dream is at hand is easier advice to give than to take, but I think it improves your chances. There are lots of people out there who know which king signed the Magna Carta so it's not enough to clobber the trivia test.
Good luck!
Aristus
(66,462 posts)Good luck!
I know you'll do well...
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)patricia92243
(12,601 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Knowledge is only part of winning. So many people blow it because they don't know how to bet in the final.
Good luck!
whistler162
(11,155 posts)A friend of mine was on Jeopardy, she lost. But to a future five time champion.
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)You'll knock 'em dead, I'm sure....
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Very exciting!
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)catbyte
(34,447 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)on Jeopardy. He loved it!
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)I did it a few years ago. I was on the list for about a year before they called me. But you stay on it for 18 months, then you can try out again.
I even won one game. My only regret is that I won't be able to do it again.
Good luck.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)LisaM
(27,830 posts)I hope you make it.
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)Apparently you are not Canadian. Jeopardy does not allow smart folks for up North to participate.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)mentalsolstice
(4,461 posts)Tell us about your experience!
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)I was on two quiz shows around 1980. Lots of fun, but I didn't win big.
Good luck!
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)My sister got on Wheel of Fortune and won about $4000.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)so we'll see how it goes.