MetaFilter posts tagged with jeopardy

Kareem, do you like movies about gladiators?

Cool Papa Bell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:57:05 -0800

Epic fail for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but a fun one. The Hall-of-Fame NBA center bricks a Celebrity Jeopardy question seemingly gift-wrapped for him. Kareem wouldn't be a Jeopardy pushover -- he's the author of several history books, but the night's win went to Michael McKean. You know, Lenny.

"So you go home at night, like me, smarter than you were when you woke up in the morning."

Rhaomi — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:20:51 -0800

Andy Richter destroys Wolf Blitzer in Celebrity Jeopardy (twice, if you count the rehearsal show). Of course, Richter is no stranger to the game.

More than just Google on Steroids

filthy light thief — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:45:40 -0800

IBM Research is planning on working on taking artificial intelligence beyond master-level Chess (previously), and on to question answering with a computing system that has been in development for the past two years. Named "Watson," after the I.B.M. founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., the system will challenge human contestants at Jeopardy (previously). Watson's success depends as much on its ability to understand and respond to the subtleties of human language as it does on the extent of its knowledge database. Don't worry, Alex Trebek knows what's in store. (via)

I HATE ANTHONY AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!

the littlest brussels sprout — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:30:50 -0800

The New Yorker interviews Josh Fruhlinger, a.k.a. The Comics Curmudgeon. [Previously.] Josh also writes a weekly political cartoon post for Wonkette, and recently appeared on Jeopardy!

This was Jeopardy!

kyleg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:39:55 -0800

Inside Jeopardy: An interview with former writer/researcher Carlo Panno [Part 2] [Part 3]

Trebek: the glue that holds television together.

pwally — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:31:38 -0800

Having hosted over 5,000 episodes of Jeopardy, it would be impossible for Alex Trebek not to spaz out once in a while. Here are some of those magical times (this ones got swearing...). Trust me, nobody else in the world swears with as much raw talent.

What is a website containing a rediculous amount of Jeopardy! information?

jlub — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:09:41 -0800

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. Thousands of games over the past 24 seasons are archived. Also, a helpful glossary. Here's Ken Jennings last game. Also, a wagering calculator. Oh, you roll over the clue's dollar value (or the Final Jeopardy category name) to reveal the question.

Jeopardy history

Silky Slim — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:28:51 -0800

Jeopardy history. This early hint came to pass last night; For the first time after 23 years, all 3 contestants in an episode of Jeopardy came to an exact tie.

Ken Jennings dissed!

Sean Meade — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:39:58 -0800

I've really been enjoying Ken Jennings' weblog, especially his hilarious, satirical Dear Jeopardy letter (with later faux-correction (bottom)]. But some people don't get it. Michael Starr of the New York Post wrote at length this morning that Jennings is biting the hand that fed him. It gets worse: AP has picked up the story, which is where I first saw it: as a headline - 'Jeopardy' Champ Ken Jennings Blasts Show - on U.S. News & World Report. Ken has a response. Mine is disbelief...

Ken Jennings: Confessions of a Trivial Mind

Gator — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:20:41 -0800

"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?]

You know you've always wanted this

dances_with_sneetches — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:37:19 -0800

Jeopardy search goes on-line. I imagine half of MeFiers imagine have Jeopardy wet-dreams. Now the hunt for new contestants is being screened on-line (under Jeopardy news). Not the same as Jeopardy online. Are we all obsessed with Alex Trebek?

Sony vs. Kottke

waldo — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 08:02:26 -0800

Jeopardy Going After Kottke. Jason Kottke has served as the web's source of news about Ken Jennings and Jeopardy, with his most-linked blog entries being his September report of Jennings' impending loss and his Sunday provision of the actual audio of Kennings' loss. Now Sony is taking legal action against him for his spoilers, and this makes him very sad.

Ken Jennings We Salute You!

geoff. — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:52:57 -0800

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.

Nerd.

Stan Chin — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:36:10 -0800

The Day is Mine, Trebek. Who wants to punch Ken Jennings in the face?

22 day run on Jeopardy!

blahblah — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:17:14 -0800

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?

baylink — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:41:12 -0800

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.