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The category, Popular Names. The clue:"Leo" means "lion"; this means "lion bold". Keagan said "Leonard." Alex said "No". He managed to guess "Leonardo" before his time ran out.
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 9:56 AM, February 09, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->I wondered at the time if the blame lay with the clue-writers, i.e. if they listed only "Leonardo" as the correct answer, resulting in Alex's initial "No." Presumably a producer cued Alex via ear-piece to try to elicit the other reply in time (which worked).
Of course if Keagan had not given that second response and instead had been penalized for a wrong answer, not only would he have had reasonable grounds to appeal, but the show might well have invited him back for a second appearance -- whereas on last evening's contest he simply lost.
In fairness to Alex, on the whole he's done a remarkably good job of hosting "Jeopardy!" over the decades, what with all the unpredictability involved in wrangling three intelligent human guests per show (assuming Watson doesn't have "attitude"!). Occasionally the ad libs fall flat, but that's equally true for even the most brilliant improv troupes :-)
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