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...
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NICK SPICHER: What is "Gangster's Paradise Lost"?
CHANG: Alex Trebek gave it to him, but the judges said no.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN: You said gangster's instead of gangsta's on that song by Coolio.
CHANG: So Trebek took the contestant's $3,200 dollars and his street cred. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.