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This year’s Jeopardy! online test starts February 8th, 2011

Prisoner of Trebekistan - a Decade of Jeopardy!
Prisoner of Trebekistan – A Decade of Jeopardy!

Many years ago, Web Watch had an opportunity to take the JEOPARDY! contestant test.

It wasn’t easy – 50 rapid-fire questions that were asked so quickly so as to not give you the opportunity to go back and correct answers that you thought you’d be able to answer later lest you lose track of the current questions being asked.

Needless to say, we’re sometimes not the best test takers under pressure.  We missed the cut to move to the next round by 2 wrong answers.

It happens. Maybe next time.

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Gadgets Websites

Use the Snow Day Calculator to determine the chances of getting a Snow Day

Snow Day
Snow Day

Is your school one that shuts down when there is a threat of snow?

Do you live in a location where snow days are a less-than common happening?

If so, then you may want to check out the SNOW DAY CALCULATOR to help you determine if your school is going to close based on the upcoming weather forecasts.

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News shopping

Shopper beware! Your last name will dictate your buying habits

Mister Mxyzptlk
Mister Mxyzptlk

Researchers have found that as you grow up, YOUR LAST NAME WILL DICTATE YOUR FUTURE BUYING HABITS.

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sports Websites

No surprise: the 2010 Carolina Panthers are the least exciting team in the NFL

Carolina Panthers Sir Purr Bobblehead
Carolina Panthers Sir Purr Bobblehead

The WALL STREET JOURNAL has reported that the CAROLINA PANTHERS WERE THE LEAST EXCITING TEAM IN THE NFL this season.

Can’t say that we disagree, considering that would be one explanation of how the Panthers “earned” their number one draft pick in the next NFL draft.

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Disney Websites

A Disney Dilemma: What will autistic children like Ben Miles do without the Snow White attraction?

Snow White's Scary Adventures
Snow White’s Scary Adventures

SNOW WHITE’S SCARY ADVENTURES is a classic Disney dark ride in Fantasyland, one of the original rides at both Disneyland in California and at Walt Disney World.

Go out and ride the Walt Disney World version of the ride while you can, because it is going the way of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride.  That is, Disney is ripping the ride out to make way for a Disney Princess meet-and-greet.

What?

Web Watch will break this down for you, summing up what other websites have already said:  Walt Disney World is currently in the middle of a long-awaited (and much needed) multi-million dollar expansion of Fantasyland, originally with the following changes:

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shopping Video

How often do you wash your jeans? “Never” seems to be acceptable

Dirty Jeans
Dirty Jeans

How often do you wash your jeans?

Well, if you’re college student Josh Le, the answer is that you TRY TO WEAR YOUR JEANS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT WASHING THEM.  In his case, he wore his $165 pair of “Nudie Jeans” 330 different times over a 15 month period without washing them…. just to see if you could and what would happen.

A funky science project, if you will.

That’s over 60 weeks.

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Travel Websites

Today’s Fun Fact: Utah has the highest percentage of porn usage in the country

Small Vices
Small Vices

Jeff Wysaski has compiled an interesting chart, highlighting what each state in the country is worst at, in terms of vices, bad habits, and other shameful acts.

He calls this chart THE UNITED STATES OF SHAME.

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News

Sleeping with your pets can lead to disease

Sleepy Dog
Sleepy Dog

Web Watch knows a number of people who have no problem encouraging their pets to sleep with them in their beds every night.  We’ve even seen our friends cuddle up with their dogs on the family room doggy bed to take a nap.  (We’ve seen the same people take a nap on doggy bed without their dog too, so maybe this isn’t such an unusual situation for them.)

But professors at the University of California-Davis school of veterinary medicine say that SLEEPING WITH YOUR PET MAY NOT BE AS GOOD FOR YOU AS YOU MAY THINK.