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Posted: 2:46 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013

My new hero: Leonard Cooper, smart-alec smart guy and "Teen Jeopardy" champ 

By Leslie Gray Streeter

The closest I've ever gotten to "Jeopardy!" was winning the trivia night at my local bar (where you get paid in food, so double the glory!) so I admire real winners like Little Rock, Arkansas' Leonard Cooper, a senior at eStem Public Charter School. I also enjoy his personal swagger, not only in his amazing Afro, the likes of which my personal 'fro bow in awe of, but in his answering style.

Young Leonard was way ahead going into Final Jeopardy, where the category was "Military Men." The answer was On June 6, 1944 he said, "the eyes of the world are upon you."

Leonard's response? "Who is some guy in Normandy? But I just won $75,000!"

Yeah, he did.

Love his style.

About Leslie Gray Streeter

Leslie Gray Streeter is a pop culture writer, columnist and reviewer for the Palm Beach Post, which means that if it's about music, movies, nightlife, food, drinks, TV, books, weird celebrity hijinks or something that's fun, she's probably got something to say about it.

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