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ABC News' Melissa Lustrin reports:
Thomas Hurley III's appearance on the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" and set tongues - and fingers - wagging and now he's spelling out his disagreement over the result.
For his final answer in the "Jeopardy!" Kids Week game that aired July 31, the 12-year-old Newtown, Conn., boy misspelled "Emancipation Proclamation" - he wrote "Emanciptation Proclamation." Even though the answer was correct, judges and show host Alex Trebek said they couldn't accept it because it was "badly misspelled," according to Trebek.
Now, Hurley is airing his displeasure with the ruling.
Game Show Controversies and Scandals
"I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the final `Jeopardy!' question. It was just a spelling error," Hurley, a Newtown Middle School student, said in an interview that appeared Sunday on the website of The News-Times of Danbury.
Having gotten the answer correct wouldn't have made a difference to the outcome. Skyler Hornback, who also had the correct answer with the correct spelling, has $36,600 going into the final round. Thomas had $9,600, of which he'd wagered $3,000 on the outcome of the final round.
Hornback, 12, of Sonora, Ky., wagered $30,000, ending up with $66,000. That was the highest one-day total for a "Jeopardy!" Kids Week game and the third-highest one-day total in ever, according to the show.
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/young-jeopardy-contestant-feels-cheated-134339466.html?vp=1
Now what if this kid was black? Youll have Rev Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson yelling RACISM at Alex Trebeck. Everything is rigged in America. Elections,Game shows,The NFL,NCAA,NBA and yes even Baseball is rigged. Even the stock market and the IRS is rigged.
Thomas Hurley III's appearance on the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" and set tongues - and fingers - wagging and now he's spelling out his disagreement over the result.
For his final answer in the "Jeopardy!" Kids Week game that aired July 31, the 12-year-old Newtown, Conn., boy misspelled "Emancipation Proclamation" - he wrote "Emanciptation Proclamation." Even though the answer was correct, judges and show host Alex Trebek said they couldn't accept it because it was "badly misspelled," according to Trebek.
Now, Hurley is airing his displeasure with the ruling.
Game Show Controversies and Scandals
"I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the final `Jeopardy!' question. It was just a spelling error," Hurley, a Newtown Middle School student, said in an interview that appeared Sunday on the website of The News-Times of Danbury.
Having gotten the answer correct wouldn't have made a difference to the outcome. Skyler Hornback, who also had the correct answer with the correct spelling, has $36,600 going into the final round. Thomas had $9,600, of which he'd wagered $3,000 on the outcome of the final round.
Hornback, 12, of Sonora, Ky., wagered $30,000, ending up with $66,000. That was the highest one-day total for a "Jeopardy!" Kids Week game and the third-highest one-day total in ever, according to the show.
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/young-jeopardy-contestant-feels-cheated-134339466.html?vp=1
Now what if this kid was black? Youll have Rev Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson yelling RACISM at Alex Trebeck. Everything is rigged in America. Elections,Game shows,The NFL,NCAA,NBA and yes even Baseball is rigged. Even the stock market and the IRS is rigged.
