She has spent years boning up on foreign and defence policy, most recently as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Mr Jennings did, however, confess to boning up considerably for the famous match which pitted him and the quiz's overall top cash earner Brad Rutter ($3.5m including end-of-season tournaments) against IBM's Watson computer.
Don't waste time watching debates, boning up on the issues, discussing politics with neighbours or friends, thinking critically about the future of your nation, dragging yourself to the polling site, pulling levers or punching chads.
In the wake of the bombing attempt on Christmas day, everyone's boning up on Yemen, and some are getting eager to act.
Corset designs became more flexible, with less boning.
Wiig plays fashion mogul Alexanya Atoz, a cross between the socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein and Lady Gaga, who wears ball gowns and cages of boning on her head.
She's also spent this year boning up on quantum physics for her new play Constellations, a 70-minute two-hander with Rafe Spall, which has just transferred to the West End.
The humour here is often very bawdy indeed – you get the sense that Scorsese prepared for the film by boning up on Porky's, Animal House and Roy "Chubby" Brown videos.
