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Boris 144 - Lost on Jeopardy

katharine wrote 1 week ago: Boris imagines he could go up against Ken Jennings and Watson in all the 1960s pop culture and leisu … more →

Tags: Boris 366, Robot, robot of leisure, 2012, robot a day, Boris, Illustration, jeopardy, alex trebek

Stephen Baker's Final Jeopardy

Gwendy wrote 2 weeks ago: ***What is another May 2011 backlog post for $500 Alex?” *** Blacklight and I are both readers … more →

Tags: Book Review, Stephen Baker, jeopardy, final jeopardy, Watson (not Sherlock Holmes), IBM Challenge

Why you need to work with the machine, not against it

Devindra Hardawar wrote 3 weeks ago: Whether or not you were aware of it at the time, the world changed in 2011 when Ken Jennings lost to … more →

Tags: entrepreneur, Mobile, offbeat, venturebeat, Computer Science, Featured, race against the machine

Quips about Mormon Heaven

Robin K wrote 1 month ago: Oh, Ken Jennings. It’s like I died and went to Mormon Heaven. But probably only the lowest lev … more →

Tags: Trivialities, twitter

Ken Jennings is über-stoked about 'Battleship'

sdesprat wrote 1 month ago: We’ll take “sarcasm” for $1000, Alex. … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Movies, battleship, jeopardy

Ken Jennings Is Kind of a Wiener

gabedejong wrote 1 month ago: Ken Jennings is a smart cookie. He’s best known for winning a record 74 consecutive games of J … more →

Tags: jeopardy, twitter, vegan, wiener

Can You Answer The Talking Pineapple Question That Has Been Stumping Everyone?

IvanGrozni wrote 1 month ago: This standardized test exam question has been causing a stir and is probably the hardest question ev … more →

Tags: Politics/Law, WTF, Viral, Society/People, Controversies, Standardized Testing, Brain Teasers, Testing, Pineapple

What is...bulghur? Ken Jennings picks the musical menu

Jimmie wrote 1 month ago: We love Twitter so, so much! Where else can you see the all-time money winner from Jeopardy! lay dow … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Food, musicals

#140 Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie by Neil Patrick Stewart

A.A.W. wrote 1 month ago:   Summary: This is one of those random fact books and I love those. I had to read this one. When I f … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, Comical true life, Random Fact, Stewart-Neil Patrick, kindle, Fact fact bullsh*t by neil patrick stewart, neil patrick stewart, fact fact bullsh*t learn the truth and spot the lie, Dougie Houser

Ken Jennings could be onto something ...

sdesprat wrote 1 month ago: This would be kind of really awesome. Heh. … more →

Tags: General, Entertainment, Pinterest, Instagram

Now Reading: Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days

missed wrote 2 months ago: Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac After reading Ken Jennings’s most recent book Maphead: Charting … more →

Tags: Currently reading, Trivia, almanac

Now Reading: Maphead

missed wrote 2 months ago: Ken Jennings is best known for being the winner of the most money on a game show and has the longest … more →

Tags: Currently reading, Geography, Maps, earth science, cartography

"History Is Expanding" For One Thousand, Alex: Part I

MonsterStuff wrote 2 months ago: Alan Turing The Turing Test was first concocted in the early 1950s by computer theorist and visionar … more →

Tags: Futurism and the Tomorrow Mill, Pop Culture: Movies, Art, and Comics, technology, technology, jeopardy, robot revolution, Artificial Intelligence, turing test, Watson

Obvious News for the Weekend – Google is Going to Ruin Our Lives Again

Lauren Young at Freshly Baked Communications wrote 2 months ago: Quick! Who was the 32nd president of the United States? How fast can a panther run? What was the nam … more →

Tags: writing for success, obvious news, Apple, SIRI, Google, Wall Street Journal, Giri, Google V.S. Apple

A Future of Will Smith vs. Watson

kgiannattasio wrote 2 months ago: latimesblogs.latimes.com Remember IBM’s computer genius named Watson? Well after his success o … more →

Tags: Business 2, technology, Bloomberg, Will Smith, Citigroup, WellPoint, Watson, jeopardy

Monday Medley

NPI wrote 3 months ago: What we read while accidentally scoring a game-winning touchdown… Ken Jennings broke down the  … more →

Tags: Monday Medley, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, attractiveness, facebook, bryan caplan, Rolling Stone, Newt Gingrich, Mark Zuckerberg

be yourself

nerdygirl wrote 3 months ago: One of my earliest memories is of the Redskins in the Super Bowl in 1991. I was in first grade and m … more →

Tags: Random, TV, Nostalgia, Sports, Redskins, American Dad, Washington Post, 1990s, Broncos

Best Super Bowl Trivia

readingbyeugene wrote 3 months ago: This Sunday, the Giants will face the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Everyone will watch or care about … more →

Tags: Links of the Day, Super Bowl, Trivia, Sports, Super Bowl Trivia, Super Bowl XLVI

Recently Read: Maphead

Eric wrote 4 months ago: Maphead, written by Ken Jennings, is a great book exploring the world of geography and maps.  Writte … more →

Tags: recently read, Maps, cartography, geograpy, Maphead


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