a + equestion on Jeopardy!
January 1, 2020
episode |
television show: Jeopardy!
type: non-fiction
genre: game show
date: May 2016
season: 32
episode: 183
presented by
card :: Jeopardy!
card :: Sony Pictures + Entertainment
about |
In this episode.
Ray Kurzweil —- inventor, best-selling author, and futurist —- was featured on the television game show Jeopardy! in a question about college alumni. Three contestants were competing, but nobody got the answer. The episode broadcast on television May 25, 2016.
AI computer software named Watson takes-on Jeopardy!
The company IBM competed in year 2011 on Jeopardy! with its artificial intelligence computer named Watson, winning the game. It was an amazing display of the power of computer software — its programming can rival human reasoning. Watson competed against renowned Jeopardy! champions Brad Rutter + Ken Jennings.
question + answer |
trivia category: the College’s Alumni
host: Alex Trebek
host |
These famous people all went to this school.
question on-screen |
Kkan Academy’s Salman Khan, sports stat master Jeff Sagarin, and optical character recognition maven Ray Kurzweil.
answer |
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
featurette |
Jeopardy! documentary Behind the Answers
about |
A game show with fans world-wide.
Jeopardy! is a US television game show created by famous entertainer + show producer Merv Griffin. The game show features a trivia quiz competition. With an uncommon format: the Contestants get general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question format.
The historic show aired from 1964 — 1975. An updated edition of the game show aired from 1978 — 1979. The newest version premiered 1984. And continues today.
Current host is also a prior champion.
The game show was first hosted by Art Fleming. Don Pardo served as announcer until 1975, and John Harlan announced the 1978 — 1979 show. The latest version featured Alex Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as announcer. The current main host is Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings.
With over 40 seasons, it’s one of the longest running game shows of all time. Jeopardy! won a 31 Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. TV Guide magazine ranked it no. 1 on its year 2013 list of the 60 all-time greatest game shows. The show has a world-wide following.
featurette |
Behind the scenes at TV game show Jeopardy!
about |
Behind the scenes, TV game show Jeopardy! set-up — from Los Angeles, CA to Washington, DC.
webpages
Sony | Jeopardy!
Sony | YouTube channel: Jeopardy!
Wikipedia | Jeopardy!
Wikipedia | IBM Watson