The question for Final Jeopardy was "what's the [Olympic] Biathlon?"
One contestant wrote "Biathalon", adding an extra
syllable in the middle. So they clobbered him.
(He'd have still only been second place, but this
knocked his total to zero")
However, thanks to those stalwart researchers:
[twitter]
Aria Gerson
@aria_gerson
Replying to
@_thejeopardyfan
it was a while back but they've given credit for "triathalon" in the past,
it's kind of a problem if they're not consistent with it
https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1706&highlight=triathalon
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