Missing Consonant
In one of the episodes, they had an incredibly easy bonus round, in fact, one of the easiest ones ever shown on the show. The contestant managed to go through the entire alphabet but still missed the main consonant he needed to complete the word.
Worst Winner Ever
Julian Batts a student at Indiana University is known as one of the worst winners on the show. He is a Hudson and Holland Scholar, a Herbert Presidential Scholar and a Hutton Honors College student from Indianapolis, but he still mistakenly mispronounced one of the well known Greek mythology characters. Yet, he still managed to win $11,700 and go to the final round.