Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings stops show to change contestants’ scoring

‘I’ve never seen anything like it!’

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Who knew changing scores would send diehard Jeopardy! fans into a tizzy?

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During Tuesday’s episode of the trivia game show, host Ken Jennings stopped proceedings midway through the program to make four changes to contestants’ scores.

Jennings told players Isaac Hirsh, Kathy Davis and Anna Paone that the show’s judges had changed their minds on multiple answers.

“I need to update the scores a bit because our judges have notified me of some changes,” said Jennings.

As a result, Hirsh saw his cash prize pot rise from $8,600 to $15,000, while Davis’ winnings decreased from $600 to $200.

Addressing Davis, Jennings said: “Kathy, when you corrected your response from ‘corroborate’ to ‘corroborated,’ that was no longer an 11-letter word. We need to take the second response. So, you will lose $1,600 there.”

For Hirsh, the host said, “The good news is we have ruled we can accept ‘char-grilled’ instead of ‘char-broiled,’ so, you get back $2,400 there.”

But the changes didn’t stop there. Because Davis never would’ve guessed “flame-broiled” as an answer, Jennings said the contestant gets back $1,200.