Conn. Boy: I Was Cheated Over "Jeopardy!" Spelling

NBC-DFW ^ | Sunday, Aug 4, 2013 | AP

[LurkedLongEnough]

What a wrong ATTITUDE. He must be telling the media what his parents are saying. He needs to be sent to military camp, I think.

[Vince Ferrer]

Don’t worry, schools will soon stop teaching spelling, and you will wonder what the big fuss was about after a while.

[Farmer Dean]

The everyone is a winner propaganda produces sore losers like this kid.

[yarddog]

I agree with him. I saw that show and when they ruled against him, I remembered many times they allowed for minor spelling errors.

It immediately struck me that he should complain.

[redreno]

Boy, welcome to that harsh thing called, life. Stop being so butthurt over it.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Judging from a few of the threads I am guessing Alex posts here along with the rest of the grammar police.

[Uncle Chip]

Even if he had been given the $3,000 or even $10,000 for that last answer, he would still not be walking home with more than $2,000.

So he needs work on his spelling and try again next time.

[Jemian]

Spelling counts. He lost.

[faithhopecharity]

he just wants to be emanciptated from having to learn how to spellk, what’s wrong with dat?

[Old Sarge]

:Weird Al singing: “I lost on Jeopardy... baby...”

[Hildy]

If they knew in the rules that words must be spelled correctly in Final Jeopardy, than tough toenails.

[GeronL]

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

Sounds like he had no shot at winning anyway unless his opponent was going to bet $64,000 on the last question.

[DrewsDad]

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

If he finished 2nd anyway, he would still just get $2,000 so he didn't lose any money in the decision.

[muir_redwoods]

I’m going from memory here but I think I’ve seen misspelled answers accepted on Jeopardy.

[yarddog]

Unless it has been changed recently that is not the rule. They always allowed minor spelling errors as long as you could clearly tell what they were saying.

I don’t think it would have made any difference in that particular game unless it meant he finished 3rd instead of 2nd.

[RPTMS]

Not on Jeopardy. They usually accept misspelled answers so long as they can tell what the contestant means.

[JCBreckenridge]

Was his answer obvious to anyone with a brain? Yes. Should he have been awarded the money that he earned for a correct answer? Also yes. I’m on the kid’s side here.

[jocon307]

Yes, I thought spelling didn’t count in final jeopardy.

[GrootheWanderer]

I believe the rule is that if the misspelling changes the pronunciation it doesn’t county.

[DaveA37]

Is this another one of thoe kids that have been told since their birth that they are “special” and above all others, will never make a mistake and should be/are given everything?

Perhaps the parents left out humility.