Jeopardy! Schools a Contestant: A "Gangster" Is Not a "Gangsta"
A Jeopardy! contestant lost $3,200 after he said gangster instead of gangsta. During Mondays episode, contestant Nick Spicher chose a $1,600 clue in the Music and Literature: Before and After category, which required contestants to connect two titles that shared a common word.
A song by Coolio from 'Dangerous Minds goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic, host Alex Trebek said, reading the clue aloud. What is Gangsters Paradise Lost? Spicher said, linking the rappers 1995 hit Gangstas Paradise with the poets poem Paradise Lost. Trebek deemed the answer correct and awarded the total. Shortly after, however, the host retracted his remarks.
Our judges have re-evaluated one of your responses a few moments ago, Nick. You said 'gansters instead of 'gangstas on that song by Coolio.
So, we take $3,200 away from you. So, you are now in second place, Trebek said, deducting the awarded total and taking away another $1,600 for the incorrect answer. This caused Spichers total to drop from $12,000 to $8,800.
Jeopardy! clarified the score deduction on its website.
Although Nicks response of 'Gangsters Paradise Lost was initially accepted, the hard R sound caught the ear of one member of the onstage team, who immediately followed up with a quick check, a highlight article on Jeopardy.com read.
It turns out that 'gangsta and 'gangster are both listed separately in the Oxford English Dictionary, each with its own unique definition.
Nick changed not only the songs title, but also its meaning –making his response unacceptable. At the top of the article, the author also explained that every contestant response is reviewed at the Judges Table during live gameplay to ensure that it is complete and accurate and that producers, writers and third-party observers will pause the game if a score change is in question.
Todays Double Jeopardy! round was no exception: The judges ultimately ruled against Nicks response of 'Gangsters Paradise Lost, and it all came down to one syllable, the article read.
The TV moment went viral and generated a range of Internet memes. A video of the clip tweeted by Roy Wood Jr. from The Daily Show has already been viewed about 2.2 million times. Watch the video to see the clip.



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