Sure, he wasn’t too familiar with his Harry Potter, but he stretched out a lead nonetheless, leaving Rutter and Jennings trailing thousands of dollars behind.īut questions on decades tripped him up, and Rutter fought back, piling up enough cash to unsettle anyone who’d bet on the outcome of the match. The contender started out with a run of winning answers – he knew his Beatles songs, Olympic history, literary criminals. You wouldn’t know by looking at him what he was thinking – maybe you’d spot just a tinge of colour when he was puzzling over a particularly hard question. He was kept in a back room, his answers piped into the studio. He had to work too hard at keeping his cool and was so noisy, it was thought he was too disruptive to take the podium in person. That opponent didn’t smile, offered all his answers in the same emotionless tone, and wouldn’t sit in the same room as his fellow contestants. And in early 2011, they agreed to an exhibition match against an opponent who’d never even stood behind a Jeopardy podium before.īut this Jeopardy unknown had spent years preparing to take on the two giants in the $1m match, playing 100 games against past winners in an effort to improve his chances of winning. Rutter and Jennings were Jeopardy-winning machines. They were the best players the show had produced over its decades-long lifetime: Ken Jennings had the longest unbeaten run at 74 winning appearances, while Brad Rutter had earned the biggest prize pot with a total of $3.25 million. Here's how IBM pulled it off and a look at what Watson's real career is going to be.īetween them, they’d racked up over $5 million in winnings on the television quiz show Jeopardy. pop culture with its 2011 win against two of Jeopardy's greatest champions.

IBM Watson wowed the tech industry and a corner of U.S. This should be a great game.IBM Watson: The inside story of how the Jeopardy-winning supercomputer was born, and what it wants to do next This game should go down to the wire, as it features a lot of star power in Philly Triple Threat standouts Hannah Hildago, Cire Worley, Alexis Hess, and Kelsey Bess. Norfolk Xpress will counter with the likes of Wisdom Banks, Rakyla Jones, Zakiyah Stephenson and Makayla Williams. With the gym rocking in their favor, these girls put the pressure on the Belles, winning 39-29. To get to the Championship they had to beat a much bigger MD Belles squad and that’s exactly what they did. Philly Triple Threat won’t be any walk in the park, as they are undefeated for a reason. Now they will be lookin to upset the hometown PTT in the finale. This time around it is for the Championship, and Norfolk Xpress are way more than proven after they defeated the previously unbeaten NJ Sparks 57-50 to advance to the Championship game.

We saw Philly Triple Threat defeat the gritty Xpress team by just three points.

These two teams played each other last session in Brooklyn, in a game that turned out very exciting. It will be Norfolk Xpress vs Philly Triple Threat, which will be a treat to watch.

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