Jeopardy Preparation

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I don't know if this is the best forum to post this, but oh well...</p>

<p>So I took the Jeopardy Teen Tournament online test back in February, and to my surprise, I happened to qualify. I have an audition scheduled for this Saturday, the 20th of June, in Los Angeles. I've watched the show for several years, and I understand the rules and workings of the game. My question is about study methods.</p>

<p>Can anyone recommend any ways to review for the audition (such as studying certain books, websites, etc.)? I understand that I could practice watching the show over and over again, which I have done nearly every day for the past two months or so. I have the World Almanac 2009 and some other reference books, but I would like more helpful resources.</p>

<p>I know the audition day is rather close, but I want to do some review the days before in order to build on my knowledge. If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.</p>

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<p>wikipedia?</p>

<p>if its for teens it would probably be stuff related to like history, math, etc. (stuff you would learn in school maybe?)</p>

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<p>[J</a>! Archive - Season list](<a href=“http://www.j-archive.com/listseasons.php]J”>J! Archive - Season list)</p>

<p>Like yeah.</p>

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<p>A gir at my school won Teen Jeopardy two years ago. We’re on quiz team together and sometimes we talk about how she studies for that. She’s never memorized any lists or anything like that (a lot of our team mates memorize lists). She just sort of does general trivia stuff at home with her parents and sister, who are very nice and supportive, and is really, really smart.</p>

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<p>There are books out there which are essentially Cliffs Notes for trivia. Back when I used to do College Bowl I remember one guy talking about one which had just about every famous piece of literature summarized into a page or two with story summaries, character bios, and brief biographies on the author (since there’s generally lead-ins with that sort of stuff).</p>

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<p>[National</a> Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC](<a href=“http://www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow/]National”>NAQT | You Gotta Know)
[Culture</a> Page Index](<a href=“http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/]Culture”>Culture Page Index)</p>

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<p>Good luck! I took the test and didn’t get notified, haha.</p>

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<p>I could never try to memorize trivia. I just learn them from life experiences, talking with people, and going to class.</p>

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<p>My husband was on College Bowl at Tulane, and son did Quiz Bowl in middle school. The almanacs were a big study help for him.</p>

<p>Husband’s friend and college bowl teammate from both HS and college actually went on the real Jeopardy. Won second place, a cruise! Why did he not get first? He didn’t listen to the question.</p>

<p>Don’t forget to check for those quotation marks and the other tricky phrases in the questions!</p>

<p>Grandma and grandpa tape Jeopardy every day, and we play together when we visit. </p>

<p>That might be a good thing to do, so you can get used to the little nuances in the way the questions are worded.</p>

<p>Have fun and good luck!</p>