# Anybody see that kid drop an f-bomb on Teen Jeopardy today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319 "2007-02-15T06:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/1 "2007-02-15T06:19:51Z")
[Video link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhGRmmd5jk) You’ll need to turn up your speakers; the kid misses the question and whispers, “aw, fuck” softly, but not so softly that his clip-on mike doesn’t catch it. The exchange: Kid: Who is Kidman? Alex: No. **Kid: Aw, fuck.** Alex: Heidi. Heidi: Who is Natalie Portman? The f-bomb is almost covered up by Heidi’s answer, but it’s there. And you can hear it more clearly on the original broadcast, which we backed up and listened to several times to make sure. I’m surprised no one at CBS caught it. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/2 "2007-02-15T06:32:23Z")
link dead? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/3 "2007-02-15T06:33:19Z")
Hmm. If that video link doesn’t work, try [this Quicktime file](http://www.information-bureau.com/daily/070214/f.mov) instead. (10 sec., ~1 MB.) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/4 "2007-02-15T06:33:39Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] link dead? [/QUOTE] Aw, fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/5 "2007-02-15T06:36:06Z")
😃 Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/6 "2007-02-15T07:37:22Z")
I think I have learned two things. The term ‘f-bomb’. Is there really a ‘teen jeopardy’ ? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/7 "2007-02-15T07:41:33Z")
**blinkingblinking** , _Teen Jeopardy!_ is a two-week tournament they do every year; much like the annual college tournament and the Tournament of Champions, they pre-record the shows and then replay them for a few weeks. I assume it’s to let the staff take a vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/8 "2007-02-15T07:46:37Z")
I have a hard time believing he actually said that. I just heard the f, nothing else. It’s not like they don’t edit the show - Alex Trebek blows answers all the time, and at the end of the show they re-record them. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/9 "2007-02-15T08:11:15Z")
Totally heard it. How could he have guessed Kidman??? Awesome though. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/10 "2007-02-15T08:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] **blinkingblinking** , _Teen Jeopardy!_ is a two-week tournament they do every year; much like the annual college tournament and the Tournament of Champions, they pre-record the shows and then replay them for a few weeks. I assume it’s to let the staff take a vacation. [/QUOTE] They had a very short-lived version of the show here about 10 years ago. I have never actually seen a whole episode. Just heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/11 "2007-02-15T11:28:35Z")
Another vote for yep. I hear it clearly. It sounds more like “fock”, but I think that’s a yankee thing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/12 "2007-02-15T11:50:25Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] I have a hard time believing he actually said that. I just heard the f, nothing else. It’s not like they don’t edit the show - Alex Trebek blows answers all the time, and at the end of the show they re-record them. [/QUOTE] They re-record Alex – they don’t re-record anything the players say. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/13 "2007-02-15T12:05:37Z")
[Sean Connery] Your mother was clearly heard last night, Trebek. [/Sean Connery] ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/14 "2007-02-15T12:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] [Sean Connery] Your mother was clearly heard last night, Trebek. [/Sean Connery] [/QUOTE] 😃🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/15 "2007-02-15T12:22:08Z")
For me it was crucial to turn up my headphone volume. At normal volume, I just heard the F sound, but at higher volume, f-bomb loud and clear. The funny thing, my wife and I were watching the show and didn’t notice it then. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/16 "2007-02-15T16:10:10Z")
Hope you don’t mind a slight hijack, as this doesn’t really deserve it’s own thread. I can’t view the video here at work, but wasn’t this the kid in the middle, who was leading going into Final Jeopardy? It appeared to me that he thought he had won the match after getting the final question correct, but realized when he saw his final dollar amount that he calculated incorrectly, and hadn’t bet enough. I wonder what he was muttering under his breath at that moment! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/17 "2007-02-15T17:15:57Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] I’m surprised no one at CBS caught it. [/QUOTE] _Jeopardy!_ is a syndicated program produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment. However, it is syndicated by King World Productions, which _is_ a division of CBS. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/18 "2007-02-15T18:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] They re-record Alex – they don’t re-record anything the players say. [/QUOTE] Not necessarily. The day I taped, they decided to accept an answer, and they re-recorded the who segment, changed the numbers, and somehow inserted it seamlessly into the show. If the kid really said it, and they noticed it, they definitely had the technology to zap that track. Perhaps he really did say it and they did zap most of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/19 "2007-02-15T18:11:31Z")
Yup. I definitely heard “Fuck.” Heheheh. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319/20 "2007-02-15T19:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Fiddle Peghead] I can’t view the video here at work, but wasn’t this the kid in the middle, who was leading going into Final Jeopardy? [/QUOTE] No, it was the kid on the viewer’s right end, who looked like the kid from “Freaks and Geeks.” But you’re right, I think the middle kid did screw up his bet accidentally. I wondered if they let the contestants use calculators while placing their bets; anyone know? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-that-kid-drop-an-f-bomb-on-teen-jeopardy-today/392319.md?page=2)