# Did the kid who won Jeopardy today type his final jeopardy response? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111 "2011-07-07T00:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/1 "2011-07-07T00:26:12Z")
Looked like it, unless he wrote it perfectly straight. I thought it was weird. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/2 "2011-07-07T00:40:25Z")
I think he just has really good handwriting. What would he have typed it with? ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/3 "2011-07-07T00:59:04Z")
Heh…Just finished watching that and was wondering the same thing. I don’t see how he could have written it by hand unless he had a template, or at least a straight edge. Maybe he had some kind of special needs issue and his station was equipped with a keyboard? FWIW, I thought the kid had a kind of smart-a\*\* attitude, but then again he _was_ obviously very intelligent. The girl had such a bad case of stage fright that it was affecting her play. The third player looked and sounded about 3-4 years older than the others…I expected him to do better. SS ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/4 "2011-07-07T02:15:59Z")
Yeah, I noticed his writing too. I paused the TV and it looked way too perfect and lined up. I can’t imagine someone could write like that in the time it takes the Jeopardy Thinking music to play. I commented to my boyfriend, “If that’s really his writing, he’s a perfectionist as well as s mart and would probably be a nightmare to live when he gets older.” ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/5 "2011-07-07T02:28:56Z")
Did it show his wager like that too? I don’t even remember. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/6 "2011-07-07T03:23:35Z")
I knew a gal once that could print by hand with exacting precision. Not having seen the show, I can’t give an opinion; but it’s possible it was hand-written. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/7 "2011-07-07T03:35:35Z")
People often tease me about “typing” stuff on forms, which of course I’ve filled out while sitting right in front of them. I find it puzzling. Apparently other people have pretty bad handwriting—and use those nasty ballpoints. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/8 "2011-07-07T04:23:33Z")
However, I just reviewed the TiVo. His answer clearly **was** typed (seemingly added in postproduction). Perhaps his marks on the tablet were satisfactory to the judges but not dark enough to read on screen. His wager was a readable scrawl. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/9 "2011-07-07T04:28:36Z")
My wife and I just concluded that his handwriting must be terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/10 "2011-07-07T06:11:06Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > My wife and I just concluded that his handwriting must be terrible. Clearly he has a future in medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/11 "2011-07-07T12:19:10Z")
I didn’t watch last night, but many will remember Eddie Timanus, the blind sportswriter who became a five-time _Jeopardy!_ champ; he was given a keyboard to type his responses in the final category. I’m sure any contestant unable to hold the stylus would be given a keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/12 "2011-07-07T16:11:25Z")
OK, it was typed. Here it is, starting at 18:43. [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjs03m\_jeopardy-july-6-2011-andrew-b-d-emma\_shortfilms](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjs03m_jeopardy-july-6-2011-andrew-b-d-emma_shortfilms) And yeah, he looks pretty smug. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/13 "2011-07-07T16:17:37Z")
OMG! That kid had the best smug ever! I could not stop laughing, I love him! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/14 "2011-07-07T19:47:20Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > OMG! That kid had the best smug ever! It’s rare that I want to smack a kid this badly. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/15 "2011-07-07T20:29:02Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > OMG! That kid had the best smug ever! I could not stop laughing, I love him! I agree! ---
**Author:** ![TimToyGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/16 "2011-07-07T21:12:41Z")
I thought he looked uncannily like a young Ron Swanson. If they ever cast for a flashback episode, that’s the kid they should get. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/17 "2011-07-07T21:22:05Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > OMG! That kid had the best smug ever! I could not stop laughing, I love him! That was great. I’m pretty sure Emma didn’t understand the question at all, judging by her reaction. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/18 "2011-07-07T21:52:45Z")
> [@TimToyGeek](#): > > I thought he looked uncannily like a young Ron Swanson. If they ever cast for a flashback episode, that’s the kid they should get. He looks like a young Dr. Sheldon Cooper to me. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/19 "2011-07-07T22:12:03Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s rare that I want to smack a kid this badly. I _often_ want to smack a kid, so I’m here to tell you: that kid needs smackin’. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111/20 "2011-07-07T22:39:20Z")
I guarantee you that kid will indeed be smacked in this life. Junior high’s going to scar him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-kid-who-won-jeopardy-today-type-his-final-jeopardy-response/588111.md?page=2)