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Took the jeopardy test, and discovered I've turned into captain choke. Here are the questions. Give yourself no more than 15 seconds each, and see how you do!

1. television
this bravo series is hosted by heidi klum

2. state capitals:
north dakota's capital was named for this man

3. artists:
his "nude descending a staircase" caused a scandal at the 1913 armory show

4. american authors:
his "innocents abroad" started as a series of travel letters about his trip to europe

5. historic names:
marie-louise, his second wife, married him by proxy in 1810

6. rivers:
this is the longest river in asia, and the third longest in the world

7. periodic table:
helium, argon, and neon are all classified as types of these

8. politicians:
this former minister played bass guitar on the tonight show in january 2008

9. international food and drink:
this country's traditional dishes include meekrob and nassi goreng

10. world authors:
jhumpa lahiri wrote this 2003 novel about a hindu family's transition to life in massachussetts

11. movie directors:
this actor-turned director directed the 2007 film "into the wild"

12. shakespeare:
this play begins on a ship carrying the wedding party of alonso's daughter claribel

13. baseball:
his record-setting baseball was branded with an asterisk before being sent to the hall of fame

14. starts with R:
4-letter term for a horse with a reddish coat sprinkled with white

15. southern hemisphere:
this new zealand capital is the southernmost capital in the world

16. historic americans:
after losing the presidential race to lincoln, he was chosen to be secretary of state

17. opera:
his only opera was fidelio

18. world poets:
in 1953, the lenin peace prize went to this chilean poet and diplomat

19. common bonds:
mangabee, rhesus, proboscis

20. rhyme time:
donor of a hepatic organ

21. the tonys:
christine ebersole won a 2007 tony for playing two edies in this play based on a documentary film

22. british history:
third of henry VIII's wives, she died giving birth to his son edward

23. the plant world:
this reaction occurs in the choloroplasts, the oval-shaped green organelles in plants

24. business terms:
collective term for the costs involved in transferring real estate from a seller to a buyer

25. names in the news:
19-year-old bilawal was chosen as the successor for this leader's party

26. 19th century:
this african-american born in 1800 believed god had chosen him to lead his fellow blacks to freedom

27. animals:
cygnets are the young of this animal

28. (category unknown):
from the latin "angere," to torment, it's defined as the anticipation of danger or problems

29. colors:
this color of the libyan flag is also a symbol of devotion in islam

30. new testament:
the first book in the new testament

31. grammys:
this rapper received 8 2008 grammy nominations including album of the year for "graduation"

32. us presidents:
he was the only bachelor us president for his entire term

33. european cities:
this riviera city has a museum devoted to the works of henri matisse, who spent his last years there

34. math terms:
usually symbolized by a letter, a changing quantity in algebra is called this.

35. in the news:
raila odinga, who claims to be barack obama's cousin, is the opposition leader in this country

36. 16th century:
johann eck debated this noted protestant in 1519 and helped him get excommunicated in 1521

37. female authors:
mary ann evans wrote silas marner and many other novels using this pen name

38. geography:
this atlantic sea is named for the seaweed that can be seen there.

39. starts with A:
it's the food of the gods

40. "per" words:
two lines at right angles with each other

41. best sellers:
sara gruens's water for these animals explores the circus life in the great depression

42. designers:
famous for his chairs, in 1946 this designer had the first one-man exhibit at the MOMA

43. african-american firsts:
in 2002, she became the first african-american to win the oscar for best actress

44. novelists:
this jane austen novel begins, "the family of dashwood had long been settled in sussex"

45. presidential firsts:
the first presidential trip out of the US was teddy roosevelt's 1906 inspection of this project

46. the continents:
vinson massif is the highest point on this continent

47. ancient authors:
he's credited with writing the iliad and the odyssey

48. self-help:
rhonda byrne wrote this 2007 blockbuster which had everyone helping themselves through positive thinking

49. grammar:
in english, this verb form usually starts with "to," as in "to go" or "to be"

50. last things:
the original author's last story about this detective was "the adventure of shoscombe old place"

I got 30 of 50. I choked on the frickin' capital of north dakota, for crying out loud! (I could only remember Pierre, and... well, that's wrong). Anyway, let me know how you do. :) Enjoy.