[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the July 1 episode of Jeopardy!] It’s a common debate among Jeopardy! fans: mispronunciations and how they’re judged. It came up during the July 1 episode, with contestant Matt Brooks. The healthcare It analyst from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Zoe Strassfield, a park ranger & writer from Water Mill, New York, faced off with returning champion Cat Pisacano, a nurse from New York, New York. During the Jeopardy! round, at a point at which Brooks was leading $6,200 to Pisacano’s $4,600 and Strassfield was in the red with -$1,000, he rang in for the $400 clue in Taking You to School. It read: “Anatomy: There are both false & true vocal cords in this hollow, tubular structure, also called the voice box.” His pronunciation of larynx (larnyx) led to host Ken Jennings slowly telling him, “Oh, yes, we will take that” before repeating the word. The debate over that pronunciation ...