# Jeopardy! Champs vs. Computer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340 "2011-02-14T18:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/201 "2011-02-18T05:02:20Z")
There was one point a few years ago when I had the TV on in the living room while I was making dinner in the kitchen. I wasn’t paying overly much attention, but when Alex started asking questions, I started answering them, because I can’t resist. I was really, super, amazingly impressing myself, because I was nailing every. single. question! Through both rounds! It was awesome! And then when Final Jeopardy came around, I went into the living room to watch and realized I had been awesomely nailing the kiddie tournament questions. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/202 "2011-02-18T05:08:51Z")
They really ought to have made the IBM challenge a 3-game, week long thing. Would have balanced out the advantage Watson had from the first game while Ken and Brad worked out how he ticked, and had room for a lot more talking about how he worked. (Probably not enough for them to win, but it would at least have let them give him a real challenge on the third game, at least.) Also, would’ve meant they didn’t need to round out the week with an abbreviated kid’s tourney. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/203 "2011-02-18T05:30:41Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Here’s an [article](http://www.slate.com/id/2284721/) by Ken Jennings at [slate.com](http://slate.com). > > Quote: > Watson has lots in common with a top-ranked human Jeopardy! player: It’s very smart, very fast, speaks in an uneven monotone, and has never known the touch of a woman. Genius. Genius, I tell you! And yes, his book is a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/204 "2011-02-18T14:41:02Z")
And [here’s](http://www.someecards.com/2011/02/16/culturally-biased-comic-about-watson-on-jeopardy) the relevant cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/205 "2011-02-21T16:32:14Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > Between his original Jeopardy run, his hilarious blog, his awesome Tuesday Trivia, and the fact he looks like Hermie from the claymation Rudolph Christmas special, I highly doubt there is anything in the world that could make me like the dude more. I don’t mind admitting that I have the hugest intellectual crush on Ken and have since his original Jeopardy run. Love him! ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/206 "2011-02-21T20:43:47Z")
If you can’t get enough of Ken Jennings, check out his appearance on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.” He rocked it, choosing not to attempt the final all-or-nothing question and settle for a half million(which let him recapture his highest total winnings record from Brad after losing the ultimate tournament of champions) and his wife and kid were in the audience. But the backstory he tells on his blog is where the real comedy is. Watch the show then read his blog entry about it. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340/207 "2011-03-02T03:41:35Z")
WATSON (sort of ) just went to Capitol Hill: [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/01/watson-takes-on-congress/](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/01/watson-takes-on-congress/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champs-vs-computer/571340.md?page=10)