Behind-the-Scenes with Jeopardy Professors Tournament Champion, NPS' own Dr. Sam Buttrey

The Naval Postgraduate School Foundation recently had the opportunity to sit down with NPS' Dr. Sam Buttrey, recent champion of Jeopardy's first-ever Professors Tournament. Watch this video for some highlights of the interview but stay tuned on our social media and UA-cam channels for more clips of Sam's Jeopardy! tips, behind-the-scenes insight, Buttrey's own research at NPS and the future of Operations Research as it relates to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

[@karendiplock9317]

Sam is/was one of my all time favourite Jeopardy champs. I wish he was on longer as I always looked forward to his witt, his smile, his kindness. A real team player. I too thought he looked a lot like Steve Martin which is a compliment as well. I wish Sam all the best life has to offer this amazing man!!

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Was a pleasure watching him in the first ever Masters Tournament!

[@glscott3535]

A great professor, I'm happy for him.

[@judybrennan9978]

As a fellow statistician and university teacher, I concur that statistics is a career that provides insight into many disciplines ... always learning something new. A great career for someone good at Math. Good luck Sam in the TOC finals.

[@darrenruben2981]

Would stats and analytics be similar majors

[@NStewF]

We’ve been rooting hard for Sam throughout the entire TOC! his charming demeanor along with intelligence and humor have really captured the imaginations of many Jeopardy fans! - As one university statistics professor to another.

[@WilliamParmley]

Sam is so cool! And he looks a lot like the world's most handsome man, Steve Martin! (OK, I stole that joke from Sam at the latest TOC.)

[@ogalxYT]

Steve Martin wannabe