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* [[Scully Box]]: Shorter contestants are placed on boxes so that they can see over the podium. One contestant on October 23, 2014 actually played from a chair on top of a box, because her leg was in a cast.
** The 1993 College Tournament winner Phoebe Juel recounts how the coordinators had to search the studio for more boxes because the ones which were on hand were too short for her.
* [[Throw It In]]: More than once, Alex has misread a clue and insisted that his slip-up be left in. One example is when he misread "sewers" (i.e.
** November 19, 1986: In Double Jeopardy!, a contestant is credited with a wrong amount for a clue and this lasts until he finds a Daily Double near the end of the round. He wagers everything but forgets to phrase his response in the form of a question, bringing him down to zero. He doesn't ring in on the final two clues and is disqualified from Final Jeopardy!, making the crew's mistake inadmissible.
** 1997: After Johnny finished reading the copy for the car that the runner-up would receive, Alex accidentally called him "Johnner", causing Johnny to laugh. Alex then lampshaded his slip-up by intentionally misreading the Final Jeopardy! category of Famous Pairs as "Famous Pores".
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