I was cheated over 'Jeopardy!' spelling

[Charisma Veteran]

i hate to say it but i am on Jeopardy's side on this one. the if you spell the word wrong it cannot be the right answer.

Look at the photo, the kid clearly knew the correct answer. There has to be some "spirit of the rules" involved--especially since, as someone else pointed out, had it been an oral response it would have been fine. In fact, even if someone pronounces a word improperly, it's accepted as long as it's obvious what they meant and it was correct. Also, this is a KID we are talking about.

[chrisj1968]

boo hoo

 

 

Hahaha.. I was just thinking about that video HUM. Weird Al is the bomb

[FloatingFatMan]

i hate to say it but i am on Jeopardy's side on this one. the if you spell the word wrong it cannot be the right answer.

 

Indeed. The rules are the rules. He mis-spelled it when giving his answer, therefore, incorrect!

 

What a whiner-baby...

 

What's next? People suing Family Feud because they get the answers wrong?

[techbeck]

If he was smart enough to be on the show, he should of been smart enough to spell.

[Stetson]

If he was smart enough to be on the show, he should of have been smart enough to spell.

 

;)

[techbeck]

;)

 

Yea, well.  I am not smart enough to be on Jeopardy so I have an excuse  :P

[Growled Member]

Life isnt fair kid, get used to it...

Amen. This is the first of many life lessons he's probably gonna learn the hard way.

[xWhiplash]

I am sorry, but this is the first thing that came to my mind:

 

[rfirth]

He didn't actually lose any money. Nothing was harmed except his ego.

 

If he wasn't being absolutely murdered by that other kid, this might have been more significant.

[Growled Member]

Yea, well.  I am not smart enough to be on Jeopardy so I have an excuse  :p

I'm not smart enough to even understand the answers most of the time. :D

[myxomatosis]

One extra chromosome, big freakin deal

 

so he had 1 extra letter in the word, big freakin deal

 

i'd like to see you spell random big words that are hardly ever used correctly on the spot.

 

they should have cut the kid a break, seriously

[Shiranui]

Had he given the answer verbally, he would been rewarded for the correct answer.

 

Maybe he insists on pronouncing it "e-man-sip-tay-tion".

[adrynalyne]

looking from a middle schooler's perspective I'd say it's a fairly lager word

 

Not really.

 

http://www.aaaspell.com/grade8.htm

http://www.time4learning.com/spellingwords/8th-grade-spelling-words.shtml

 

 

 

Pretty typical word for someone in 8th grade.

[Rohdekill]

I believe, even if he were to give the answer verbally, he would have been wrong.  Think about how you spell a word you're not certain of - you repeat it over in your head and spell it out.  Either way, he would have included the extra "t".

[zhangm Supervisor]

Pretty typical word for someone in 8th grade.

 

I don't see emanciptation on there at all. :rofl:

 

They should get bureaucracy and buoyancy.

[Tuishimi]

I still say Beeee ah ooooo teee ful whenever I go to spell beautiful.  :P

[Boxster17]

Fail to see the issue here, no money was lost though I guess his pride took a bit of a hit (though I would think all this extra media attention would exactly help his cause)?  Not like this was a close race anyway (video link below for those interested):

 

http://youtu.be/mSvl7uKysaE

[cyoung1616]

He didn't lose anything, runner up paid $2000.00, he had $9600.00 and bet $3000.00.  If they gave it to him he still would have only won $2000.00. Get over it that's life win some lose some.

 

Cody

 

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) ? A Connecticut eighth-grader who misspelled the correct answer to a "Jeopardy!" question and lost money over it says he was cheated.

Thomas Hurley III correctly answered the Final Jeopardy question about the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln. But Thomas spelled it "emanciptation" and was ruled out by host Alex Trebek.

He bet $3,000 of his $9,600 in winnings and finished well behind a rival who amassed $66,600.

"I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the final 'Jeopardy!' question," he told The News-Times of Danbury (http://bit.ly/13KTg7D). "It was just a spelling error."

The Newtown Middle School student won $2,000 as the runner-up.

[adrynalyne]

I don't see emanciptation on there at all. :rofl:

 

They should get bureaucracy and buoyancy.

That is because it is a 3rd grade word.

 

http://www.weatherlyheightselementary.org/?PageName=TeacherPage&Page=6&StaffID=195151&CourseID=88177&Archive=yes

 

I kinda wonder about those thinking it is a big word ;)

 

I also found a 5th grade class that teaches it.

 

Of course, some teach it in middle school.

http://stjameslhs.sharpschool.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3333353/File/New%20Word%20List%207-9%20&%2010-12.pdf