Wolfram Alpha - a twisted Jeopardy?

The buzz on the street today is Wolfram Alpha, the new "computational knowledge engine."

Basically, ask a question and Wolfram Alpha can answer it faster than you can find it on Wikipedia or Google. The idea is that all it takes is one click of your mouse to find an answer versus two or three clicks and maybe some scrolling. Typical questions for Wolfram Alpha usually deal with calculations, factoids, locations, dates, stocks and formulas.

I tried my birthday:




And as with any new program, there are lots of fun little Q&A easter eggs embedded in the system.

For example, enter "To be or not to be?" and get "...that is the question."

Or, my personal favorite:



For more geeky laughs, try Mashable's Top 10 Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs and 10 Even Better Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs.