# If you horribly mispronounce an answer in Jeopardy, do you get it wrong?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-horribly-mispronounce-an-answer-in-jeopardy-do-you-get-it-wrong/368234 "2006-08-11T01:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-horribly-mispronounce-an-answer-in-jeopardy-do-you-get-it-wrong/368234/21 "2006-08-11T16:02:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Kizarvexius]  
At the crucial moment in one episdoe, a contestant gave his answer as “Robinson ka-ROO-so”. To the audience’s collective astonishment, Wink Martindale declared the answer wrong. “Sorry,” he said, “I’ve got to get picky here. It’s Robinson KROO-so – not ka-ROO-so.”  
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That depends. Was he talking about the castaway or the opera singer?

Yeah, yeah. I know.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-horribly-mispronounce-an-answer-in-jeopardy-do-you-get-it-wrong/368234/22 "2006-08-11T19:27:16Z")

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I do know that, on the high school quiz show that aired in Cleveland back in the 90s, “Mary Antionette” was not acceptable for the lady who lost ten pounds during the French Revolution. Mary, Marie, same difference, right?

[sub]I’m still bitter over that one[/sub]

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-horribly-mispronounce-an-answer-in-jeopardy-do-you-get-it-wrong/368234/23 "2006-08-11T21:48:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Kizarvexius]  
At the crucial moment in one episdoe, a contestant gave his answer as “Robinson ka-ROO-so”. To the audience’s collective astonishment, Wink Martindale declared the answer wrong. “Sorry,” he said, “I’ve got to get picky here. It’s Robinson KROO-so – not ka-ROO-so.”  
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_No phone, no lights, no motorcar- not a single luxury  
Like Robinson Ca-roo-soe, it’s primitive as can be_  
-Closing theme to _Gilligan’s Island_

Although, granted, they had to stretch it to fit the rhythm of the song.

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