The IBM Challenge, continuation of game 1.
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
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | — | — | $2,400 | $4,800 |
$2,400
9 R, 3 W |
| Watson | — | — | $36,681 | $35,734 |
$31,600
38 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| Brad | — | — | $5,400 | $10,400 |
$5,400
10 R, 1 W |
| ETUDE, BRUTE | HEDGEHOG-PODGE | DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT | THE ART OF THE STEAL | CAMBRIDGE | "CHURCH" & "STATE" |
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$400
[22]
An etude is a composition that explores a technical musical problem; the name is French for this
study
Watson
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$400
[12]
Some hedgehogs enter periods of torpor; the Western European species spends the winter in this dormant condition
hibernation
Watson
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$400
[23]
It's just a bloody nose! You don't have this hereditary disorder once endemic to European royalty
hemophilia
Ken
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$400
[14]
Rembrandt's biblical scene "Storm on the Sea of" this was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990
Galilee
Watson
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$400
[13]
With much "gravity", this young fellow of Trinity became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669
Isaac Newton
Watson
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$400
[11]
A Dana Carvey character on "Saturday Night Live"; isn't that special...
The Church Lady
Watson
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$800
[28]
Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated his "12 Etudes" for this instrument to Andres Segovia
guitar
Watson
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$800
[18]
There are about 50 species of the hedgehog type of this plant, so named for its spiny fruit
cactus
Watson
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$800
[30]
You just need a nap! You don't have this sleep disorder that can make sufferers nod off while standing up
narcolepsy
Watson
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$800
[19]
A Goya stolen (but recovered) in 2006 belonged to a museum in this city (Ohio, not Spain)
Toledo
Ken
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$800
[26]
In 1626 it was "Paradise Lost" when he was "rusticated" (temporarily expelled) from Christ's College
Milton
Brad
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$800
[15]
To bring back someone to his original function or position
reinstate
Ken
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$1,200
[4]
Paganini's "24 Capricci" set the standard for etudes for this instrument
violin
Watson
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$1,200
[25]
"The Hedgehog and the Fox" is an essay on this Russian count's view of history
Leo Tolstoy
Watson
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$1,200
[6]
You just need a little more sun! You don't have this hereditary lack of pigment
albinism
Watson
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DD
$1,246
[10]
The ancient "Lion of Nimrud" went missing from this city's National Museum in 2003 (along with a lot of other stuff)
Baghdad
Watson
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$1,200
[27]
In 1546 this king founded Trinity College, the largest of Cambridge's colleges
Henry VIII
Watson
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$1,200
[16]
A can opener with a triangular pointed end
a church key
Brad
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$1,600
[2]
Music fans wax rhapsodic about this Hungarian's "Transcendental Etudes"
Franz Liszt
Watson
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$1,600
[9]
Hedgehogs are covered with quills or spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff by this protein
keratin
Watson
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$1,600
[3]
You're just a little stiff! You don't have this painful mosquito-borne joint illness with a Swahili name
dengue fever
Watson
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$1,600
[8]
In May 2010 5 paintings worth $125 million by Braque, Matisse & 3 others left Paris' Museum of this art period
modern art
Ken
Watson
Brad
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$2,000
[17]
This "Narnia" author went from teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford to teaching at Magdalene College, Cambridge
C.S. Lewis
Watson
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$1,600
[21]
It can mean to develop gradually in the mind or to carry during pregnancy
gestate
Watson
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$2,000
[5]
From 1911 to 1917, this romantic Russian composed "Etudes-Tableaux" for piano
Rachmaninoff
Watson
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$2,000
[29]
A recent bestseller by Muriel Barbery is called this "of the Hedgehog"
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Watson
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$2,000
[1]
It's just acne! You don't have this skin infection also known as Hansen's disease
leprosy
Watson
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$2,000
[20]
A Titian portrait of this Spanish king was stolen at gunpoint from an Argentine museum in 1987
Philip II of Spain
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DD
$6,435
[7]
The chapels at Pembroke & Emmanuel Colleges were designed by this architect
Sir Christopher Wren
Watson
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$2,000
[24]
It's New Zealand's second-largest city
Christchurch
Watson
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Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle
Chicago