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Ken Jennings’ Bumbershoot Trivia!

Published 7:00 am Tuesday, August 28, 2012

IBM and Jeopardy! today announced that an IBM computing system named "Watson" will compete on Jeopardy! against the show's two most successful and celebrated contestants -- Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition will air on February 14, 15 and 16, 2011, with two matches being played over three consecutive days. (Feature Photo Service) (Newscom TagID: fpsphotos004847.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]
IBM and Jeopardy! today announced that an IBM computing system named "Watson" will compete on Jeopardy! against the show's two most successful and celebrated contestants -- Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition will air on February 14, 15 and 16, 2011, with two matches being played over three consecutive days. (Feature Photo Service) (Newscom TagID: fpsphotos004847.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

(The Jeopardy champ penned this exclusive trivia quiz just for you! Seriously!) Can you match these Bumbershoot 2012 performers with little-known items from their resumes?

1. Fred Armisen

2. Tony Bennett

3. Futurama‘s David X. Cohen

4. Perry Farrell

5. Gotye

6. Sharon Jones

7. Brian Posehn

8. John Waters

a. Worked as an armored-car guard for much of the 1990s

b. Moved to California in his 20s to become a surfer

c. Was given his stage name by Bob Hope

d. Hitchhiked across America last summer for a book

e. Records in a barn studio built by his engineer father

f. Officiated Reed and Sue Richards’ wedding in the Fantastic Four movies

g. Coined the word “cromulent,” which now appears in Webster’s

h. Used to drum for the Blue Man Group

Trivia Night With Ken Jennings, 7 p.m. Monday, Words & Ideas Stage

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