Parlaying TV ubiquity into a stable career is hard enough. The fact that Jeopardy legend Ken Jennings has done this merely by being the smartest guy in your living room seems like nothing less than a
minor miracle.
posted by Chrysostom
on Feb 15, 2013 -
26 comments
Alex, I'll take "Kickass Text Analysis Algorithms" for a thousand, please. "Over the rest of the day [at IBM labs] Watson went on a tear, winning four of six games. It displayed remarkable facility with cultural trivia (“This action flick starring Roy Scheider in a high-tech police helicopter was also briefly a TV series” — “What is ‘Blue Thunder’?”), science (“The greyhound originated more than 5,000 years ago in this African country, where it was used to hunt gazelles” — “What is Egypt?”) and sophisticated wordplay (“Classic candy bar that’s a female Supreme Court justice” — “What is Baby Ruth Ginsburg?”)." Next up, a live match up against human winners of
Jeopardy. But of course the real question is how good are
you?
Can you beat Watson?
posted by storybored
on Jun 23, 2010 -
89 comments
The
J! Archive is an impressive collection of answers and questions from Jeopardy! It includes not only every answer (of those revealed on the show), but also the correct and incorrect questions supplied by the contestants, how much was wagered on each Daily Double and Final Jeopardy, and the contestant's scores after Single and Double Jeopardy.
[more inside]
posted by jlub
on Oct 4, 2007 -
34 comments
"So, like many of you, I’m sure, I have this huge styrofoam version of my head sitting in the garage." -- Ken Jennings, former unstoppable
Jeopardy! killing machine,
blogs.
[Who?]
posted by Gator
on Jun 27, 2006 -
32 comments
Ken Jennings, why have you forsaken me? Mr. Kottke, best known for breaking the Teacup Dome scandal, is now reporting that Ken Jennings has lost his 75th game. For the record today he will play his 42nd game, so he still has a long way to go. Perhaps most interesting is that the AP, etc. are all picking up on this but not giving direct credit to Kottke -- as seen in this
Slashdot thread.
posted by geoff.
on Sep 9, 2004 -
48 comments
How long can he go? Jeopardy streak hits $697760 for 21 consecutive days.
This guys is simply amazing to
watch. He's had more airtime than some tv stars. Any bets to how long he can go?
posted by blahblah
on Jul 1, 2004 -
56 comments
I'll take great jobs for $100, Alex. My favorite quote: "I used to joke that I mentioned how I collected caps, so I wind up getting a lot of caps. I should have mentioned that I collect Rolex watches and see what happened." Fluffy, but fun.
posted by baylink
on Oct 30, 2000 -
0 comments
