<P> During the main events of the Brain Bus searches, known as "Pre-Test" events, attendees are given a 10 - question version of the qualifying test; the number of attendees at this event may not exceed 1,000 . Attendees who pass the test are invited back to attempt the full 50 - question qualifier the next day . People who have passed the 50 - question test move on to a final interview, during which show producers determine whether the contestant is someone by whom the TV audiences would be impressed . In addition to the "Pre-Test" events conducted there, Brain Bus searches also feature an event where individuals not wishing to compete for a chance to appear on Jeopardy! can play a "mock version" of the quiz show's game hosted by one or more members of the "Clue Crew", the program's team of roving correspondents; instead of cash, the attendees of this event play for various prizes, such as T - shirts, hats, mugs, water bottles, pens, and other merchandise related to the show . During the "mock Jeopardy!" events, the hosting Clue Crew members will occasionally interact with fans in attendance . </P> <P> Tryouts for Kids Week, Holiday Kids Week, and Back to School Week are slightly different in that the mock Jeopardy! game is played before the thirty - question test is given . During the mock game, coordinators sometimes open up triple stumper questions to the other potential contestants . Potential contestants are called or notified by the station on which Jeopardy! airs in that particular market . Fifteen children who are between ten and twelve years old are chosen for each filming, along with one alternate . </P> <P> The mandatory waiting period after taking the online contestant exam is one year, although this may be adjusted by the show's production team based on the test schedule . Prospective contestants who have completed an in - person test and interview remain in the contestant pool for 18 months, only after the expiration of which may they take the online test again and attend another in - person audition . </P> <P> Tryouts for the original version were conducted somewhat differently . In a classroom - type arrangement, potential contestants wrote their questions to the answers held up by the contestant coordinator, who used cards which had previously actually been used on the show . While the exams were being scored, the staff explained that on any given day, the contestants who actually appear all scored the same number, (or very nearly the same number) on this tryout . For the next day, the staff would select two new contestants who had scored a point or two higher than the winner that day, and so on day after day . This typically resulted in a pattern in which almost no contestant was able to win 5 days in a row (because she or he was subsequently competing with contestants who were probably better)--until the scores escalated to the point at which all three contestants had scored at or near the maximum possible score . When these high scorers, competing against each other day after day, eventually produced an undefeated champion, the contestant pool was "reset" back to scorers who barely passed with the minimum score . </P>

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