I still think that they should have accepted Benito----who else could you possibly have meant? Benito Johnson?! Great showing. You did great! I watched at 3:30PM in Bartlett, TN
And thanks for the info about Manhattanhenge. I had not heard of it. I hope you don't mind that I put two of your photos on my screensaver for awhile.

Aired here at 1100am in Fort Worth Texazzzz .. And you know, I'm sure some people were on a first name basis with Mussolini .. you clearly knew the answer, they should have you back on :p ..

Nonetheless, I normally fast forward through the interview portion of the show, but I was intrigued to see what question Alex was going to ask the "computer animator"... And naturally your plug for Manhattanhenge photos intrigued me, as I visit there 2x a year and I always get wrapped up into stuff liek that :D .. Nice Google mention -- I'm sure they loved that since they're doing all that cross-promo stuff... Anyway, sorry they didn't give it to you..

Cheers!
rm
wordsandwich.com

Thanks for your kind words! I wrote up my experience of the game here.

As far as I am concerned you got robbed. There question was referring to the "single" mexican name. You gave them what they asked for. You answered their question as it was posed. Alex should be ashamed of himself. It also was quite obvious YOU were the only one who knew the answer.

Jackie

Thanks guys, a bunch of people have brought this up, but the question was worded to be asking for Benito Mussolini:

Born in Predappio, Italy in 1883, he was named for a politician born in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1806.

So they needed the full name of the person born in Predappio, Italy, for the win. The rules on what they'll take are pretty clearly laid out.

I knew what they were going for and would've written Benito Mussolini, but I only figured it out in the last seconds and the music stopped before I could get Mussolini in. So while it was a pretty tough decision, it was the right one.

I'm watching you right now. DVR'ed it and now getting around to watching it. Don't know if you win or not yet, I paused it to Google manhattanhenge and at first I couldn't find it, kept searching for "Manhattan Hedge". Anyway, cool and good luck!