Except something funny - as in weird, not ha-ha - just happened during kids week. Poor eight-grader Thomas Hurley got the right answer in Final Jeopardy, but spelled "Emancipation Proclamation" with an extra t. No big deal, you say? The judge begged to differ. He ruled the answer wrong due to the tiny misspelling.
It really didn't make any difference. Thomas' competitor Skyler Hornback also nailed the right answer (correctly spelled) and blew everybody out of the water with a big bet. But the judge's ruling got fans fuming, with a zillion yelps on the show's Facebook page.
It seems like a minor point to get upset about. The decision didn't affect the outcome of the game at all. But everybody needs something to protest loudly and lengthily. Thomas himself sounds disgruntled about the ruling. "I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the Final Jeopardy question. It was just a spelling error."
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