As a linguist, I'm particularly interested in investigating those questions that Watson failed to understand properly, and to what degree. Right now I'm just going to list them (in a series of posts). In a future post, I'll discuss some of the more interesting errors.
Part one of several posts follows.
Watson's confidence level is given as a percentage after each potential answer.
| Questions that Watson blew completely complete confidence in the wrong answer, and the right answer was nowhere in its top three choices: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Clue | Correct Answer | Watson's Answers |
| Final Frontiers ($400) | From the Latin for "end", this is where trains can also originate | terminal | !*finis 97% ?*Constantinople 13% ?*Pig Latin 10% |
| Alternate Meanings ($800) | Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year | class | !*chic 82% ?*panache 11% ?*Vera Wang 7% |
| Questions that Watson screwed up complete confidence in the wrong answer, but the right answer was one of its top three choices: | |||
| The Art of the Steal ($1600) | In May 2010 5 paintings worth $125 million by Braque, Matisse & 3 others left Paris' Museum of this art period | modern art | !*Picasso 97% ?modern art 11% |
| Final Frontiers ($800) Watson was beaten to the buzzer by Brad | It's a 4-letter term for a summit; the first 3 letters mean a type of simian | apex | !*peak 65% ?*acme 15% ?apex 12% |
| Name the Decade ($1000) | The first modern crossword puzzle is published & Oreo cookies are introduced | The 1910's | !*1920's 57% ?1910's 30% ?*1912 4% |
| Olympic Oddities ($1000) | It was the anatomical oddity of U.S. gymnast George Eyser, who won a gold medal on the parallel bars in 1904 | missing leg | !*leg 61% note that Watson's answer is incomplete rather than fully wrong |
| Questions where Watson had no clue no confidence in any choice, and no sense of the right answer | |||
| Name the Decade ($600) | Klaus Barbie is sentenced to life in prison & DNA is first used to convict a criminal | The 1980's | ?*2002 11% ?*1987 7% ?*Lyon 3% |
| Olympic Oddities ($800) | In the 2004 opening ceremonies a sole member of this team opened the parade of nations; the rest of his team closed it | Greece | ?*Olympic Games 20% ?*Athens 15% ?*2004 Summer Olympics 13% |
| Questions where Watson didn't know it had a clue right answer not the top choice, no confidence in any choice | |||
| Literary Character APB ($400) | His victims include Charity Burbage, Mad Eye Moody & Severus Snape; he'd be easier to catch if you'd just name him! | Voldemort | ?*Harry Potter 37% ?Voldemort 20% |
| The Art of the Steal ($800) | A Goya stolen (but recovered) in 2006 belonged to a museum in the city (Ohio, not Spain) | Toledo | ?*Madrid 40% ?Toledo 26% |
| Alternate Meanings ($1000) | A thief, or the bent part of an arm | Crook | ?*knee 40% ?*waist 10% ?crook 5% |
| U.S. Cities (FINAL) | Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle | Chicago | ?*Toronto 14% ?Chicago 11% |
| Note that had this not been a Final Jeopardy question, Watson would not have answered it | |||
| Questions where Watson almost had a clue right answer was the top choice, but not enough confidence: | |||
| Name the Decade ($400) | The Empire State Building opens & the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast causes a panic | The 1930's | ?1930's 50% |
| Name the Decade ($800) | The first flight takes place at Kitty Hawk & baseball's first World Series is played | The 1900's | ?1900's 17% |
| "Church" and "State" ($800) | To bring back someone to his original function or position | reinstate | ?reinstate 2 32% |
| The Art of the Steal ($2000) | A Titian portrait of this Spanish king was stolen at gunpoint from an Argentine museum in 1987 | Philip II of Spain | ?Philip 31% |
| The Art of the Steal ($1200) (DD) | The ancient "Lion of Nimrud" went missing from this city's National Museum in 2003 (along with a lot of other stuff) | Baghdad | ?Baghdad 32% |
| Note that had this not been a Daily Double question, Watson would not have answered it | |||
(edited for completeness)
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