'Jeopardy!' Contestant Penalized For 'Elaine' Pronunciation

submitted by pumkinandstorm
1 decade 1 year 5 months 1 week ago
(youtube) "Jeopardy!" seemingly penalized a contestant because of his accent and the way he pronounced "Elaine." As in Elaine Benes from "Seinfeld."

The question was essentially "name Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character on 'Seinfeld,'" and the contestant, Fidelito Cortes, said "Elaine." In the video above, Alex Trebek said he was wrong and moved on to another contestant who guessed "Benes." The other contestant was deemed correct and Trebek corrected Cortes on his pronunciation.

11 Comments

articiansays...

You know what... This video has officially turned me against Jeopardy. I think one pronunciation came through the sift a while ago about Wheel of Fortune, and that one was extremely slim-pickins, but this is just bullshit. Wow.

Orzsays...

That is just as stupid as that Wheel of Fortune clip where the guy solves the puzzle but rather than accentuating the one syllable in the word, he said it like everyone else says.

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