-Welcome back to "The Tonight Show."
We're about to play "Hey, Robot"!
-♪ Hey, hey, hey, robot ♪
♪ Hey, robot ♪
-To play against a robot,
I'm going to need some help from someone smart.
He's a very funny comedian and the host
of the multiple Emmy-winning show "Last Week Tonight,"
which airs Sundays at 11:00 pm on HBO.
Please welcome John Oliver.
[ Clapping ] That's what I'm talking about.
-Hello, there. -Here we go.
Look at you. -Hello, Jimmy.
Hello, everybody.
-It's so good to see you.
This is bizarre.
It's like you're
Max Headroom or something.
[ Laughter ] This is like an art piece.
[ Clapping ] I like it. Yeah, it's cool.
Now, John, this is based
on a real board game, called Hey Robot,
that you can play at home, everyone watching.
It's like the classic game Password,
but your partner is a smart speaker.
First, what I will do is I will pick a card with a word on it
and we'll take turns asking a question to get the speaker
to say that word somewhere in its answer.
You ready for this? I will go first.
-Yeah, I'm ready. -Okay, bud.
Okay, so I have to get it to say leprechaun.
-Okay.
-Now, if I don't get it, then you go.
You try to give it a shot. Alright, here we go.
Oh, my God.
Alexa, what fictional cartoon character
is associated with the pot of gold?
[ Laughing ]
-Here's something I found on the Web.
According to grumpycats.com,
cartoon Grumpy Cat frowns next to four shamrocks
with "pot of gold" and "I hope it's empty"
printed around her on a cute green shirt.
[ Buzzer ] -That makes zero sense.
-For a start, there, Alexa has got to spend less time
on grumpycat.com.
If that's where she's getting all her news,
[ Laughter ] we're in real trouble.
-[ Clapping ]
-At best, it's an aggregation site, Alexa.
You cannot trust any of the data that's coming out of that.
-Okay, here we go.
John, you have to try to see if you can get it
to say this word. -Okay.
[ Laughs ] This should be fun because, if she gets it wrong,
I'm anxious to hear what she comes up with.
Alexa, what is an offensive Irish stereotype?
-[ Laughing ]
-Here's something I found on the Web.
-Uh-huh. -According to reference.com,
stereotypes about Irish people include
they all drink a lot,
they all have red hair, and they all have a mean temper.
-There you go. Happy St. Patrick's Day, John. [ Buzzer ]
[ Laughter ] Alexa, that's just ignorance.
[ Laughter ]
Happy St. Patrick's Day, bud.
Ooh, I got it! I got it! -Those are some arcane terms.
-Alexa, what is the mascot for Notre Dame Fighting Irish?
-Here's something I found on the Web.
According to wikipedia.org,
the Notre Dame leprechaun is the mascot
[ Ding ] of the University --
-Alright, I feel good. -Well done.
Well done. -Thank you. Appreciate it.
Alright, Alexa, stop. Thank you very much.
Here we go. It's your turn. You're up.
You have to get it to say Liverpool.
-Oh.
Alexa, what is the greatest football team
in the history of the sport?
-Here's something I found on the Web.
According to windycitygridiron.com,
"There's only one Greatest Team of All Time
in the History of Great Teams, and that Team is
the 1985 Chicago Bears.
-There you go. -Oh, [bleep], Alexa. [ Buzzer ]
-[ Laughing, clapping ] Absolutely.
I totally agree. That is correct.
You got "The Refrigerator" Perry.
Absolutely.
The Chicago Bears,
that's the only greatest team in the history --
I have it. Ready?
Alexa, where are the Beatles from?
-The Beatles is originally from Liverpool.
[ Ding ]
-Oh. Nothing offensive you want to say about that, Alexa?
-She doesn't just say -No stereotypes...
-offensive things.
-...about Scousers that you want to throw in?
[ Laughter ]
-[ Clap ] -Speak from your heart, Alexa,
your rotten heart. -Oh, my God.
[ Laughter ]
This is clearly not a commercial for this.
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, in which case, I've got another one.
Alexa, Alexa, how bad are Amazon working conditions?
[ Laughter ]
-I'm not sure. -Alexa, stop. Alexa, stop.
Here we go. -Oh, no, Alexa. No, Alexa.
Alexa, what is union busting? -No, no, Alexa!
This is me time now.
[ Laughter ]
-Now is Mon-- -Alexa, stop.
Stop, please, Alexa, please? Listen to me.
Alright, I have to get it to say..
[ Laughter ]
-Okay.
-Black hole.
-Alexa, what is Soundgarden's biggest hit?
-"Spoonman."
[ Laughter ]
-Alexa, name me some of Soundgarden's greatest songs.
-Here's something I found on the Web.
According to cnn.com, "The band's greatest songs --
miasmic punishers like "Black Hole Sun"
or "Fell on Black Days" -- -Alexa, stop.
You feel like you did that?
-I felt like that was, at best, teamwork, Jimmy,
and, at worst, was all my idea.
[ Laughter ]
-Man versus machine.
That was us, proving that --
something. Did we prove anything?
What is a black hole?
-Are you asking me or Alexa?
[ Laughter ]
-When I speak to you --
John Oliver, what is a black hole?
[ Laughter ]
-Well, I looked at grumpycat.com
[ Laughter ] and it turns out --
-Forget it, forget it, forget it.
You can't base --
[ Laughs, claps ]
We're down to our final round.
[ Laughter ]
It is worth 1,000 points.
-Oh, wow!
[ Laughter ]
-You have to get Alexa to say
the word...
-Ah!
Alexa,
what do people from Philadelphia
call sandwiches?
-Here's something I found on the Web.
According to ezcater.com,
in Philadelphia, a sandwich layered with meat and cheese
is a hoagie. -Aaaaah! [ Ding ]
[ Dinging ] Oh, my God.
Look at that. Come on. John Oliver,
the king of Alexa.
Alexa, stop. -I don't like you, Alexa.
-I think you're a negative. -Alexa, stop. Don't listen to him.
John Oliver, everybody. -You're a negative --
Stick around. I'm talking more with John after the break.
-I will never let you -Alexa,
-in my home. -mute. Alexa, mute.