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.