"Jeopardy!" contestant Ken Jennings, who won a record 74 consecutive games, cracks his knuckles before starting a practice match against another "Jeopardy!" champion and an IBM computer called "Watson" in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. "What is Watson?" It's a question that will be answered next week on "Jeopardy!" during a three-day, winner-take-all, million-dollar tournament pitting the all-time best quiz show braniacs against a computer.Man vs. Machine sounds like a storyline straight out of "The Big Bang Theory" but it's a reality that will be explored Feb. 14-16 on the popular quiz show.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press
Test yourself against IBM's Watson computer with these Jeopardy! items:
1. Category: You've got baggage
- Clue: Sing a song about one of these, a sailor's bag for small articles.
- Correct response: What is a ditty bag?
- Watson's response: What is "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"?
2. Category: Historic Fashion
- Clue: The high-waisted dresses of the early 19th century were known as this style after the first French one ruled by Napoleon.
- Correct response: What is Empire style?
- Watson's response: What is Empire style?
3. Category: Who's your daddy company
- Clue: HBO and People magazine
- Correction response: What is Time Warner?
- Watson's response: What is Evans?
4: Category: Before and after
- Clue: Snoopy's owner who's one of the most poisonous types of spiders in the United States
- Correct response: Who is Charlie Brown recluse?
- Watson's response: Who is Charlie Brown recluse?
5. Category: What, me worry?
- Clue: So the drain in my shower is always clogged, so what? It doesn't mean I'm developing this, androgenetic alopecia.
- Correct response: What is male pattern baldness?
- What's response: What is male pattern baldness?
6. Category: A musical pastiche
- Clue: Of classical music's "three B's," the one born Hamburg in 1833.
- Correct response: Who was Brahms?
- Watson's response: Who was Brahms?
Source: New York Times