I took the online test last year but didn't do very well. I'd like to try
again but I don't think the test is very blind friendly. Had to have my x
wife help me.
Life, don't talk to me about life.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Rivard
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 12:39 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?
I tried to make it onto Jeopardy, and almost made it. You have to take a
quiz on random questions, and must answer them, verbally, getting 35 out of
50 correct within a 15 minute time limit. I had 30 correct and ran out of
time with 10 questions left to give. It was a fun challenge.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?
Hi Dark,
Maybe not. However, that's just the way the game is played. I suppose the
reason behind supplying the contestant with the answer and having them
reply with the correct question is it adds more challenge to the game by
forcing the contestant to remember to add what is, who is, or who was to
the beginning of their reply. How the question is phrased is as important
as the actual answer. Its a lot more difficult to remember to do than it
sounds.
For example, I can remember in high school I had a teacher who would
prepare the class for a test by having an oral quiz the day before the
test. She loved Jeopardy so natural the oral quiz took on the format of
Jeopardy. She would divide the class up into teams say, boys vs the girls,
and the rules of the quiz were the same as Jeopardy. She would write the
categories for the round on the board, and then quiz the students
questions from the test like this.
"This is an unfertilized human egg."
"What is an ova?"
The problem with the quiz taking on the rules of Jeopardy was that in a
lot of the cases the students would forget to phrase the answer as a
question or phrase it wrong, and therefore the question was passed to the
other team who would rephrase the question getting it right. Our natural
response was just to give a direct answer, and it was easy to forget to
phrase the answer as a question. That's why I think Jeopardy does it the
way they do. It is a kind of reverse logic that slips people up, and I
think that is why you don't understand the purpose of why they do it. It
doesn't make any sense if you aren't use to it.
Of course, it could be a cultural thing. I grew up watching Jeopardy,
because my grandma use to watch it almost every single knight. So
naturally it makes perfect sense to me, I'm use to it, and I find myself
not understanding your own position. If Alex asked the question and the
contestant were to give the answer that wouldn't be Jeopardy to me. It
would lose that reverse logic which sets it apart from other game shows.
You talked about game shows that are pathetically easy. I've seen a lot of
those myself, but Jeopardy definitely isn't one. A lot of the subject
matter is fairly difficult for the average person to answer and/or the
subject matter tends to be obscure making the game show quite educational
as well as entertaining. A person can learn quite a lot about history,
mythology, religion, biology, and plenty of other subjects just by
watching the show. the fact that many of the questions aren't easy to
answer has a certain appeal for guys like me who love to learn new things
or who likes a serious challenge.
Other game shows are too simple for me. There is a show called Are You
Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. Naturally, all the quiz questions are taken
from fifth grade textbooks and I can usually get a perfect score on that
show. However, many adults on that show screw up, and if they don't win
the show they have to say they are not smarter than a fifth grader. I hate
to say it, but that is an abysmal example of how our educational system
has failed the American people. I wasn't aware of how many people who were
absolute dunces when it came to basic history, geography, math, you name
it until that show came on. Its like where were those people when they
were in school? Were they sleeping or what?
Cheers!
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