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solarstorm
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« on: October 28, 2014, 12:02:42 AM »
« edited: October 28, 2014, 12:11:59 AM by Only 7 days left »
Social media howls over 12-year-old's errant 't' on 'Jeopardy!' (One year ago)
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 12:08:48 AM »
« Edited: October 28, 2014, 12:12:11 AM by Only 7 days left »
In my opinion: clearly NO!

That's because Thomas did not only make a spelling error, he did not know the exact word.

If he had written something like "emanzipation", I would have let him get away with this.
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 12:12:04 AM »
No, for the reasons given by Alex and the producers at the time.  I still don't understand why this was a thing.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2014, 12:16:28 AM »
Quote from: dead0man on October 28, 2014, 12:12:04 AM
No, for the reasons given by Alex and the producers at the time.  I still don't understand why this was a thing.

Exactly. Thomas wouldn't even have won, even if they had let him pass, as his contender Skyler Hornback won with $66,000.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2014, 07:06:28 PM »
This was like a year ago, Jeopardy's clear and consistent rules were followed, and the kid would have lost anyway if they'd made a special exception just for him.

In other words, who cares? Props to Jeopardy for being consistent.
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2014, 08:08:35 PM »
No.
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