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Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) did Monday night what two of the most renowned champions of "Jeopardy!" couldn't -- he conquered "Watson," an IBM supercomputer designed to answer complex questions, on the trivia game show.
In a congressional showdown of man vs. machine, Holt, a five-time "Jeopardy!" winner and nuclear physicist himself, defeated the computer with a score of $8,600. Watson finished with $6,200, while Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a third finalist, rounded out the trio with $1,000, The Hill reports.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/rush-holt-jeopardy-watson-_n_829672.html Bio: Rep. Rush Holt has represented Central New Jersey in Congress since 1999.
Rush Holt, 62, is a resident of Hopewell Township, N.J. Born in West Virginia, he inherited his interest in politics from his parents. His father was the youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Senate, at age 29. His mother served as Secretary of State of West Virginia and was the first woman to hold that position.
Rep. Holt earned his B.A. in Physics from Carleton College in Minnesota and completed his Master’s and Ph.D. at NYU. He has held positions as a teacher, Congressional Science Fellow, and arms control expert at the U.S. State Department where he monitored the nuclear programs of countries such as Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and the former Soviet Union. From 1989 until he launched his 1998 congressional campaign, Holt was Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the largest research facility of Princeton University and the largest center for research in alternative energy in New Jersey. He has conducted extensive research on alternative energy and has his own patent for a solar energy device. Holt was also a five-time winner of the game show “Jeopardy.”
http://holt.house.gov/
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