AILSA CHANG, HOST: Good morning. I'm Ailsa Chang. We've all mispronounced a word, but it probably didn't cost this much. On "Jeopardy!" this week, one of the clues asked for a mashup of Coolio and John Milton. A contestant buzzed in...</s>NICK SPICHER: What is "Gangster's Paradise Lost"?</s>AILSA CHANG, HOST: Alex Trebek gave it to him, but the judges said no.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MAN: You said gangster's instead of gangsta's on that song by Coolio.</s>AILSA CHANG, HOST: So Trebek took the contestant's $3,200 dollars and his street cred. It's MORNING EDITION.
A contestant buzzed in with: What is "Gangster's Paradise?" Host Alex Trebek gave it to him, but the judges disagreed. The player lost $3,200 because of a mispronunciation — it's Gangsta's — no er.