'I'll take authoritative reference sources for $1000, Alex.' - Oxford University Press helps JEOPARDY! get it right

'I'll take authoritative reference sources for $1000, Alex.' - Oxford University Press helps JEOPARDY! get it right

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The next time Alex Trebek reads an answer to contestants on JEOPARDY! viewers can be assured that he's got his facts straight. That's because those questions and answers have been double-checked using the most comprehensive and accurate online references available today.

The producers of JEOPARDY! have signed an agreement with Oxford University Press -- publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary -- to give JEOPARDY! researchers access to Oxford's cutting-edge electronic resources to verify the show's questions and answers.

Oxford is an industry leader in web-based references. Thousands of libraries, universities, and research facilities use e-versions of Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias every day.

JEOPARDY! asked Oxford University Press for access to these electronic resources to help its researchers fact check more than 14,000 questions and answers they must write every season. Here is a short list of some of the resources they now have at their fingertips:

* Oxford English Dictionary Online -- the fully updated electronic edition
of the reference the New York Times called "the greatest work of
dictionary making ever undertaken" (http://www.oed.com/)

* Grove Music Online -- contains the full text of the 29-volume New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of
Opera, and the 3-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
(http://www.grovemusic.com/)

* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography -- 50,000 biographies of people
who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond
(http://www.oxforddnb.com/)

* American National Biography Online -- biographies of more than 17,400
men and women whose lives have shaped the nation (http://www.anb.org/)

* Oxford Reference Online-over 140 essential dictionaries and
encyclopedias in one integrated, fully searchable database
(http://www.oxfordreference.com/)

* Oxford Scholarship Online-a cross-searchable library containing the full
text of over 980 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance,
Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion
(http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/)

"Oxford University Press has an outstanding reputation for quality and diversity within the publishing world," said JEOPARDY! Executive Producer Harry Friedman. "We are proud to utilize their wide variety of extensive resources to assist our researchers and authenticate our game material."

"JEOPARDY! has always been a thinking person's game show," notes Oxford's VP and Reference Publisher Casper Grathwohl, "and we're delighted to help them ensure the accuracy of their questions and answers."

For more information please visit http://www.oxfordonline.com/

Source: Oxford University Press

CONTACT: Media, Don Myers of Oxford University Press, +1-718-207-4850

Web site: http://www.oxfordonline.com/
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