The IBM Challenge game 1, Jeopardy! Round only.
Brad Rutter — a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
Watson — a deep question answering system from IBM
Ken Jennings — a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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| LITERARY CHARACTER APB | BEATLES PEOPLE | OLYMPIC ODDITIES | NAME THE DECADE | FINAL FRONTIERS | ALTERNATE MEANINGS |
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$200
[8]
Wanted for a 12-year crime spree of eating King Hrothgar's warriors; officer Beowulf has been assigned the case
Grendel
Watson
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$200
[4]
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey" this guy "refrain, don't carry the world upon your shoulders"
Jude
Watson
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$200
[5]
Milorad Cavic almost upset this man's perfect 2008 Olympics, losing to him by one hundredth of a second
Michael Phelps
Watson
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$200
[6]
Disneyland opens & the peace symbol is created
the '50s
Ken
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$200
[9]
It's Michelangelo's fresco on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, depicting the saved & the damned
The Last Judgment
Watson
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$200
[1]
4-letter word for a vantage point or a belief
a view
Brad
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$400
[14]
His victims include Charity Burbage, Mad Eye Moody & Severus Snape; he'd be easier to catch if you'd just name him!
Voldemort
Brad
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$400
[10]
This title gal, "children at your feet, wonder how you manage to make ends meet"
Lady Madonna
Watson
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$400
[11]
In 1908 in this city U.S. flag-bearer Ralph Rose caused controversy by not lowering the flag when passing the king
London
Watson
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$400
[12]
The Empire State Building opens & the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast causes a panic
the 1930s
Brad
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$400
[16]
From the Latin for "end", this is where trains can also originate
terminus (terminal)
Ken
Watson
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$400
[2]
4-letter word for the iron fitting on the hoof of a horse or a card-dealing box in a casino
shoe
Watson
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$600
[30]
Wanted for general evil-ness; last seen at the Tower of Barad-Dur; it's a giant eye, folks. Kinda hard to miss
Sauron
Watson
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$600
[13]
"Bang bang" his "silver hammer came down upon her head"
Maxwell's silver hammer
Watson
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$600
[19]
A 1976 entrant in the "modern" this was kicked out for wiring his epee to score points without touching his foe
pentathlon
Watson
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$600
[20]
Klaus Barbie is sentenced to life in prison & DNA is first used to convict a criminal
the 1980s
Ken
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$600
[24]
To push one of these paper products is to stretch established limits
the envelope
Brad
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$600
[15]
A piece of wood from a tree, or to puncture with something pointed
stick
Watson
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DD
$1,000
[3]
Wanted for killing Sir Danvers Carew; appearance--pale & dwarfish; seems to have a split personality
(Mr.) Hyde (or Dr. Jekyll)
Watson
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$800
[29]
She "died in the church and was buried along with her name. Nobody came"
Eleanor Rigby
Watson
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$800
[28]
In the 2004 opening ceremonies a sole member of this team opened the parade of nations; the rest of his team closed it
Greece
Ken
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$800
[27]
The first flight takes place at Kitty Hawk & baseball's first World Series is played
the nineteen-aughts or 1900s
Brad
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$800
[26]
It's a 4-letter term for a summit; the first 3 letters mean a type of simian
apex
Brad
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$800
[25]
Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year
class
Watson
Brad
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$1,000
[18]
Wanted for stealing a loaf of bread in "Les Miserables"; really, really wanted, for other thefts too
Jean Valjean
Watson
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$1,000
[17]
"So I sing a song of love" this woman, also the name of John's mother
Julia
Ken
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$1,000
[21]
It was the anatomical oddity of U.S. gymnast George Eyser, who won a gold medal on the parallel bars in 1904
he's missing a leg
Ken
Watson
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$1,000
[23]
The first modern crossword puzzle is published & Oreo cookies are introduced
nineteen-teens (the 1910s)
Ken
Watson
Brad
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$1,000
[7]
Tickets aren't needed for this "event", a black hole's boundary from which matter can't escape
event horizon
Watson
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$1,000
[22]
A thief, or the bent part of an arm
a crook
Ken
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