King just reminded me:

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I am now officially out of the Jeopardy! contestant pool.

Seriously.

I took the test online (50 Questions) in February or March of '06. Then I heard nothing for months. Until I got the attached e-mail in the middle of September, telling me to report to the Waldorf Astoria for another set of tests.

The first test was another set of 50 questions, just straight up answers, no "Who is Cleetus Van Damme." Then they split the group of 24 into threes and had a mock game, complete with buzzers and the monitors etc. Finally there was the "personality test," basically a rather offbeat interview by the show's producers.

Anyway, since we all passed the first test we were all in the contestant pool. Unfortunately, there were about 4,000 people in the pool and only 450 slots available in any given year. At the end of a year, they start with a whole new pool.

I've actually heard of people who went through five or six pools before getting on the show.

So, it's been a year and I'm now officially out of the pool. If I see an online test come up again I'll definitely take it. I've always wanted to be on that show.

Meantime, there's always


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