Indeed, the lack of response from Alex was certainly a signal to Ken. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:54 PM Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Joe Hass > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2020 12:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] Jeopardy GOAT Match 1 > > > > A question for anyone: when Ken answered the Game 2 Jeopardy round Daily > Double, he originally just gave the first name, then there was a pause, > then he gave the full name, to which Alex said "Thank you!", the > implication was that Alex would've ruled Ken wrong had he not given the > full name. I thought a contestant would've been given a "more specific" > request. Was there a rule change at some point, or am I just flat wrong? > > > > > > The way I interpreted that was, after Jennings gave his first name answer > there was a brief pause until he tried again with the full name, which was > accepted. The camera was on Jennings the whole time, so I can’t know for > sure, but I was imagining Alex glancing over at the judges, looking for a > quick thumbs up or down, and Jennings beat him to the punch with his > more-specific second try. > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN8PR14MB27550A8ED26B14BE54C8F690C63E0%40BN8PR14MB2755.namprd14.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN8PR14MB27550A8ED26B14BE54C8F690C63E0%40BN8PR14MB2755.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4f%3DT_%3DYt4FBfquBEWxtsVuvcr9bP%2Bw4vkZgSSnYcnB-dA%40mail.gmail.com.
