Jeopardy contestant loses for saying ‘gangster’ instead of ‘gangsta’

A ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant recently learned the difference between “gangster” and “gangsta.” $3,200 is how much Nick Spicher lost on the popular game show when his response had the “-er” sound rather than the “-a.” It may seem minute, but a check by judges who initially deemed the response correct found that even the dictionary has separate entries for each word.

InsideEdition.com’s Leigh Scheps has more.

COPYRIGHT 2023 BY KXLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.