Leonard Cooper (YouTube)
Teenager Leonard Cooper emerged victorious in the “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament” finals this week, and his final answer to the “final Jeopardy” question has made him somewhat of an Internet sensation.
After an extremely entertaining performance, including boldly betting all of his winnings on a Daily Double question, Cooper goes into the last question very confident about his chances of winning. He was so confident, in fact, he phoned in his brazen answer to the final “Military Men” category.
The clue: “On June 6, 1944, he said, ‘The eyes of the world are upon you.’”
Cooper’s answer: “Who is…some guy in Normandy. But I just won $75,000!”
While the tournament offers lump sum awards to contestants, Cooper’s plan was not foolproof. Should contestant “Nilai” have wagered all his money and gotten the answer right, Cooper would have probably looked like an idiot.
But it certainly worked out for him. Watch the clip below:
(H/T: Now This News)
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Comments (146)
Hausmaus
Feb. 14, 2013 at 7:01amWould you all stop this racist crap, and consider the fact that Cooper is first, and foremost an American teenager who accomplished a fete very few get to enjoy. Now, let this young man relish in his fame.
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LibertyGoddess
Feb. 14, 2013 at 7:58amNo one said anything racist. Sheesh, thin-skinned are we?
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old white guy
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:15amthe kid can do basic math. he knew the others could not catch him.
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koyettsu
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:16amum HAUSMAUS you are the only person talking about race which leads me to believe you are the only racist in the room.
I thought it was a brilliant win, I laughed when I saw what he bet.
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circleDwagons
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:05am@iamheretoparty. There is already a blog but hey knock yourself out. But i do want to know if comments are quickly taken down or not put up how do you know they where made?
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poorrichard09
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:11amThe dude is kinda retro with the afro-reminds me of the ’60′s.
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00100111
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:51amYaaaay! Public education!
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226crimsontrace
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:58amSmart kid, but does he know that the 60′s are over?
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BobtheMoron
Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:04amFeat not fete dufus. One is an action the other is a party
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jinksy
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:07amuca racist everywhere? isn’t that a sweet bully, now.
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Silvertruth
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:16amI’m not seeing muc of any racist ‘crap’ and even if it’s taken down, you are seemingly calling everyone here a racist based on what a few might say. That would tend to make someone think that you are race-baiting which is racist in and of itself if you want to keep using the colloquial version of ‘racist’, which you are seeming to announce with your comments.
People can be bigoted, blinded into ideological conviction just based on what color a persons skin is, but unless they actively do something to counter the freedoms of people with that skin color, they aren’t actually racist, just bigoted. I think people that look for ‘racism’ everywhere are just as bigoted as the people they want to point out. It’s the pot calling the kettle black… hey, if you think that is a racist saying, the sentence before this one is probably talking about you.
This kind of bigotry will not go away until we all stop caring about what color someone’s skin is, and stop trying to look for ‘racism’ everywhere. We need to come together and start seeing each other as people, all flawed, all imperfect… people, but all with marvelous potential.
Who you are is what you do. What you do doesn’t have to be what you think, that is why we have self-control and reason. That is what separates us from pretty much every other animal on the planet.
I liked the guys ‘answer’, and yes, I know how Jeopardy is played.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:34pmDoesn’t this kid already have a successful job? I think that I have seen him in the passenger side of that General Lee knock off hocking KFC chicken pot pie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4RvvLx-vZM
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MadinIllinois
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:49pmI’ve read the article multiple times, and there is nothing posted that is “racist” regarding this young man’s nationality. He IS a 16 year old American teen-ager and his feat was brilliant.
My concern here, is that ever since Obummer came into office, race relations has actually “declined” and not “improved”.
Two examples of that was when Obummer personally involved himself – 1. when he referred to the Cambridge Police as acting “stupidly” following the arrest of a un-cooperative black resident who had to break into his own house; and 2. when a black teen-ager, T. Martin was killed, following attacking a hispanic neighborhood watchman. Evidence was intentionally hidden from the public on this case, but it served it’s purpose in severing further race relations.
UNITED we stand, DIVIDED we fall – perhaps you should be looking at the source of all this hatred – as it’s coming from the White House…
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Independent4233
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:48pmiamheretoparty
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:52am
“I am starting a blog collecting all of your most memorable comments on the Blaze. It’s going to be awesome.”
Gee, I can hardly wait.
Be sure to include mine. If you don’t have enough I’d be glad to contribute a few more.
But there’s only one problem for you, but it’s a big one. How are you going to deny the truth?
If somebody says something like blacks as a group score lower on SAT tests and I.Q. tests than all other groups, how do you propose to twist that into racism, because it’s not only true it’s verifiable?
As a radical leftist dreg, the usual procedure is to ignore the facts. Or, like NBC, manufacture evidence by manipulating what is said.
And there is one more problem for you: Who’s going to read anything you put together on a blog, besides other rabid leftists whose opinion nobody cares about?
And finally, one more problem: With all the racism coming out of the black community today, do you think anybody is going to care if a non-black tells the truth?
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Independent4233
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:55pmHAUSMAS
“…….an American teenager who accomplished a fete very few get to enjoy.”
Hahahahaha!
He accomplished a “fete,” eh?
Sounds like you would be impressed by anything since you have no idea that “fete” and “feat” aren’t the same thing.
Are you the one who made up the bumper sticker, “I suport publik skools?
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ThankYouFounders
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:56pm@ Iamheretoparty:
Go ahead and start your blog…we keep track of hateful and racist comments from Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, Huffpo, etc…
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horseman43
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:27pmcircleDwagons
“@iamheretoparty. There is already a blog but hey knock yourself out. But i do want to know if comments are quickly taken down or not put up how do you know they where made?”
He doesn’t know, wagons.
He’s one of 5 or 6 trolls on here who thinks he’s “fighting the good fight,” by constantly rasing the issue of racism, because he thinks by doing so he can control the rhetoric somewhat and keep whites intimidated.
It’s not working for most people on here, but a few will state something factual, but beforehand qualify it by saying something like, “I’m not a racist, but……” or “I’m going to be called a racist, but……”
The fact is that the accusation of racism has been crippled badly, and it has lost much of its affect, but it was a good intimidator to stifle debate in the beginning.
I spend more time on other sites, and I don’t see these same people on any of them. For some reason they regard the posters here as all Tea Party members, and it is the collective ideology of the Tea Party that scares them.
Other posters on most other sites don’t qualify their comments. I guess they’re fed up and they don’t care, because they’re really harsh. True, but harsh.
I think it is the constant racist rhetoric coming from the likes of Jaimie Foxx and the rest of the black community that is responsible for so many white people telling it like it is. They’re fed up.
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hortik
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:51pmYours was the first comment… so I can’t see the racist comments you are refering to. Regardless…
You can’t stop racism by calling everybody a “racist”, that just promulgates racism and insures it will continue. The only way to stop it is… by being more tolerant yourself, and setting a better example for those who have the problem, and hope at least one person will follow your better example… not be embodying it yourself!
Calling people “RACIST” doesn’t help. Taking the higher-road takes longer, but at least it helps and doesn’t make the problem worse. The approach of just yelling “RACIST” every time you hear or see a racially tinged comment… doesn’t work at all.
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FlamingFartSyndrome
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:55pmwhy does it have to be about race?
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amtsoundsmith
Feb. 14, 2013 at 4:27pmHAUSMAUS- You’re nothing but a paid hack that want attention. Get a life.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 14, 2013 at 6:20pmLiberty goddess…. if you really think that I suggest scrolling down!
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sapper
Feb. 15, 2013 at 3:22pmIt is feat not fete. Guess we know you went to public schools.
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obfuscatenot
Feb. 15, 2013 at 3:36pmWatched this tourney with my 13 year old, who wanted the teen jeweler to win. Although he missed the last question I think Leonard was very far ahead because of a nervous misstatement. When selecting a daily double near the end of the game and having 18,200 in his coffers- Leonard wagered 18,000. I believe when Alex repeated the amount Leonard swallowed hard, I think he meant to wager 1,800 so his total would have been 20,000. My opinion only, but it sure looked like it. No matter as it worked out for him, we leaped off the sofa with joy when he answered correctly! Congrats!
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Hausmaus
Feb. 14, 2013 at 6:56amMy wife, and I were hoping for Cooper to win, although he didn’t do well the first phase of the tournament he pulled a wheely on the other two smart guys.
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4xeverything
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:22amWe watch Jeopardy every night with our kids and the teen tournament is so much fun to watch because they can participate. Way to go kiddo!!!
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Independent4233
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:30pmausmaus
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:56am
“My wife, and I were hoping for Cooper to win,….”
What’s her name, “Harold or Henry?”
You’re lucky you don’t live in one of the 39 states that outlaw such sick relationships.
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Margyt
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:44amAs a Jeopardy fanatic, I thought this kid was my favorite contestant ever from the very moment he first appeared. I was delighted when he won and was so entertained by his answer. I can’t tell you how often I am one notch short of the answer and this guy tapped into that beautifully. His personal interview “stories” were really good. In one he told of someone putting a magic marker in his hair and not discovering it for 4 days. In another he described what he likes about Jeopardy in a very thoughtful way. He has substance, intelligence, humor, and gentleness. They showed his mom in the audience after he won and she had crocodile tears on her face. This is the best of humanity demonstrated for all to see in a world that is desperate for goodness.
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ozchambers
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:54amGood for the kid, but you might want to know that the term “crocodile tears” refers to someone who is faking their emotion.
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bondroid
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:22amSmooth, clever, confident, funny! LOVE this kid!! LOL!!
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suz
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:15ami dvr jeopardy and saw this last night. the answer was wrong and he came off cocky…but the audience still applauded — there you go.
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Noah_fing-whey
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:49amOh come on! He came off as a guy who was thrilled to win after pulling off a gutsy move just a minute or two earlier!
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bondroid
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:19amHe wasn’t cocky at all.
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hawaiianninja
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:37pmCocky? Sure, if you see it that way. That cockiness came with a great amount of confidence, which is something that a lot of kids lack. He was cocky, but good for him that he won. It would have been much worse had he wrote that and lost.
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FlamingFartSyndrome
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:56pmget over yourself
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calmglass
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:13amOk, I guess I;m just going to have to admit it: There are indeed a lot of racists on this site. After reading this, and watching the youtube video, I scrolled down to the comment section. The first comment I saw was something about racist comments.
I thought, no f’ing way there’d be more than one or two posters (who’re just trolling) that would make racist comments on this. But alas, I read down further, and it’s a bunch of inbred racist idiots.
I’m avid Jeopardy viewer, and watched the teen challenge week. Leonard is a smart kid… and that should go without saying as he made it to the finals.
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XaviorOnassis
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:59amThat young man is more intelligent than many people who hang out here. The short-bus crowd feels threatened.
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DoseofReality
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:31amYou are just figuring that out now? This is racist central – look at ANY story that has black people in it…the stories that are put on this site are designed to get all the racists riled up – they feed of eachother. Why do you think there is a black panther story every other day? If this is your only source of news you would think they were everywhere ready to take over and kill white people at every corner when in fact there are like 6 of them in the whole country. Just a bunch of old scared insecure white guys who are pissed off becasue they cant get away with keeping other down.
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venrooy
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:38amThere are a lot of racists on every website moron. What do you expect The Blaze to do about it? Take the comments down? They do that already. Should they stop reporting on anyone but white people?
At least this isn’t suckington post – where they ban any form of opposing speech – not just the hate speech that they ban here.
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DoseofReality
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:25pmVan – if you dont think this site purposely posts stuff about farrakahn and the black panthers just to get the racists fired up I dont know what to tell you other than you are blind. No one else really reports it becasue they are inconsequential. I can tell you there are many more KKK rallies than black panther but when is the last time yu saw a story here about what some *sshole KKK member said, but every other day there is one about some racist black guy saying something and its gets all you guys in a fury. Its pretty comical actually
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rosegrower
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:18pmDoseofreality
Where praytell have you been finding KKK meetings? I live in an area that was the birthplace of the KKK (not where you’d assume) and there are NO KKK meetings or rallies held here – only a handful of white skinhead biker types who gather ’round, smoke meth and rant about the n***ers (and the cops and the government, altho’ most of them live with an “old lady” in public housing who is collecting welfare, food stamps and other government bennies). However, the Black Panthers are very real, and Louis Farrakan is a public figure with a publishing house at his disposal. Please provide links to support your allegations – I’m sure the other racists on the site would be very interested in these meetups.
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The-Real-Enrico
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:29pmThe thing is they didn’t use to has this many racist on here if at all. I say within the last 6 months they have quadrupled.
They make it quite irritating to read the comment section. And those bigots are making conservatives and libertarians look bad. They should just go back or just go to a klan site with their ignorant and bigoted comments and opinions.
The sad thing is half of them don’t think or consider themselves racist and try to justify race based thought and opinion as not racist.
They confuse or mix up culture with race.
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Independent4233
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:41pmDoseofReality
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:25pm
“Van – if you dont think this site purposely posts stuff about farrakahn and the black panthers just to get the racists fired up I dont know what to tell you other than you are blind.”
If it is this site that does as you say, why do the same stories appear on other forums?
Only a troll using child psychology would say such as thing.
Do you really think whatever you try to distort is going to make a difference to anyone but the most gullible?
The situation is getting worse not better, and you’re going to be one bitter twinkie as we get further into this year.
Trouble is a brewing and it doesn’t look good for the rainbow utopia.
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The-Real-Enrico
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:27amI will post these for the dummies and the racist(which is usually is the same) who do not know or understand Jeopardy or what they just watched.
The kid did not win because he got the final answer right(which he didn’t) He did not wager any money and he already had more than enough to win, so he won default without even trying to answer the last question correctly.
His answer using the as the other guy was just for comedy and didn’t count against him seeing how he didn’t wager any money at the end. Obviously his comedy went way over the heads of the dumb and racist.
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NukeHaze
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:43amWow ewe ahr smaart!
This kid only answered the 12 Angry Men correctly in the form of a question with the correct information. The rest looked to me, of course, it makes me racist for saying it, like he was being pandered to and showing they were willing to accept less than otherwise acceptable correct responses. Maybe it was for ratings, i.e. he polls well with the studio audience, etc. These gameshows will do their prescreening several times in a tournament fashion and evaluate who will be the best person for television, which is never the same as the smartest or the least attractive. You want to talk about discrimination?!? You have never seen a morbidly obese highly intelligent individual on any gameshow. Nor have you seen a musclebound extremely intelligent individual on them. Get off of your soapbox and stop pandering to your socialist brainwashing educational system from which you so proudly wear your extremely mediocre diploma as a badge of honor. I now step from my soapbox.
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MisterSarcastic
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:03amEnrico. You must be a teenager because you evidently think you know everything and everyone else is dumber than a rock.
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Margyt
Feb. 14, 2013 at 2:51amNuke, Jeopardy is full of odd people. Most of them have a bit of Nerd Herd persona and have a quality I see in the small group of geniuses in my own family (I am not one of them)…brilliant, live in a world inside their own heads, socially awkward. Jeopardy contestants definitely have to give their own answers and be fastest on the button. It can’t be staged to the same level as some other game shows. Maybe you could ask for a face off between you and this young man. I’d watch gladly.
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LDSmommy
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:21amMARGYT-I want to be friends with you : ) I agree with everything you said. Great kid!
I hope the people that made the nasty comments are trolls. Seriously, what is the real issue here? Because he’s let his hair grow out long? He wasn’t wearing a suit? You complain about ‘lazy, welfare, blah, blah, blah’ and then a kid comes on the show and does better than the majority of us could do and that ain’t good enough either? What the hell do you want? The thing is, I think I know what you want, no blacks. Sorry America isn’t lily white.
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NukeHaze
Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:22amHello MargyT
I have been to the tryouts for several of these shows and been enlightened as to how they pick contestants. It looks more like they are auctioning off livestock than they are really looking for people who know the material and can answer correctly, unfortunately. I am just saying it would be nice to see an honest celebration of the best contestants they can get. And, yes Jeopardy is more difficult than, say, Wheel of Fortune to screen for but when you have 15, 000 people show up and they can leave with only 15 chosen in 2 hours, there is not a lot of thorough weeding out to find the best they can in such a small amount of time. They indiscriminantly choose to discard many intelligent people while discriminantly deciding who to keep for audience appeal. I and my family have enough nerd appeal. We should, indeed, for many reasons but I have only respect and admiration to my parents and my siblings who all worked hard to make a strong and accomplished family. I don’t want to go into too much detail except that I have a lot invested in physics, chemistry, math, foreign languages, kinesiology and fitness… yet I am the least accomplished in my family. As for the video and the story about it, I just simply wanted to say that 20-30 years ago if we had such a show with us on it (I mean people in the public education system of the time when I was in school) we would have been winning a lot less money and been required to answer far more specifically and correctly.
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NukeHaze
Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:26amAlso, not once has anyone asked me what color I was, they just assumed that since I was LDS which I admitted and had a bunch of education, that I was a racist white guy. That idea, in my opinion is racist in its very nature. You sound reasonable and kind in your words even and it is good to see that.
LDS Mom, I am an LDS Dad, too and hope that you were not seeing my words as those that are unkind and racist… I certainly do not see them that way. I do not believe any race is superior to any other. What we choose to do with our actions is what defines us in character.
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Priscilla King
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:53am@Nukehaze: Thanks for sharing. At least now I know why I’ll never get to be on Jeopardy with Alex Trebek, which is a daydream I’ve cherished for (yikes!) almost thirty years…
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The-Real-Enrico
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:17pm@MisterSarcastic Nope. I was home schooled. I’m a 22 year old bi-racial Christian conservative libertarian.
My comment was and is directed to all of racist and or uninformed people who don’t understand Jeopardy or what they just watched.
They are plenty of ignorant and or racist comments been posted and I was attempting to clear up for the low informed. Seemly you are one of them seeing that you are so defensive about assertion. I’m I wrong?
And on your other reply no you still seem have a lack of understanding what they are calibrating. It was not supposed to be the smarts answer. The headline doesn’t say “smartest answer ever!”
They are talking about entertainment and humor(which also takes wits by the way). They suggest it was they best answer for it humor and he was still smart enough to know he had already won and did not risk his money by wagering any. Again which is smart. By that fact he one won show that he was smarter than his competition.
So is your problem with him winning against his maybe lackluster competition again?
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Leveraction3030
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:45pmIt is a shame the thugs in the ghettos don’t watch this and try to answer the questions. Instead they are to busy watching Maury figure out if they be the baby daddy. When the show is over they head out to cause mayhem in the streets, do the gang thing then shoot someone just for being there. I would be willing to bet the kids on the show had both a mom and dad in the house that work for a living.
MastrSGT
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:43pmI don’t get it, why is that the best answer EVER? He was wrong and got awarded for luck and not his knowledge proving it’s better to be lucky than good. Looks like to me he got a good/lucky participation trophy with cash involved. Frankly I didn’t think he got the answer about your clavicle right either. he didn’t answer in the form of a question and had it wrong in the first place and after time ran out he blurted out part of the correct answer.
Yea! Mediocrity at its ….best? The irony whoda thunk you could be the best at mediocrity?
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Leveraction3030
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:48pmBest at mediocrity? Try any public school for it. Dumb it down and lower all standards so no gets their feelings hurt. They are all valedictorians now.
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Sensible_Centrist_Democrat
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:57pmHe didn’t get awarded for luck. He got rewarded because he won the game– he had more “money” than anyone else.
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Dachande
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:02amI congratulate the young man, he’s not the first to give a final answer like that when they know it’s won.
However… I always thought this was the best Jeopardy answer of all times… outside of SNLs Jeopardy skit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AorrF2ATGtA
I laugh every time… donkey… hah hah hah… it’s so funny because the guy was completely serious!
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MastrSGT
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:03amI’m still amazed that they call it the best answer ever. It wasn’t for the most money ever won, it wasn’t the hardest question ever, it didn’t cover the biggest point difference, it wasn’t even the closest dollar amount to win and it wasn’t even the right answer. How is that by any standard “the best ever”?
I’m sure the kid has some good qualities and is likely very intelligent but I don’t think he did anything here that was so spectacular to be called the best answer ever. In fact he trailed the other contestants in number correct answers for the most part. He got lucky in my opinion. I’m happy for him, for his luck and guts for playing the game well. But he certainly isn’t the best ever or had the best ever answer.
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MastrSGT
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:10am@Sensible_Centrist_Democrat
I don’t disagree although I believe he got lucky he also played well enough to win, My objection is to being the BEST EVER when nothing about what he did was outstanding including giving the wrong answer.
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The-Real-Enrico
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:34amIt is funny how non of you above even understand what you just watched or how Jeopardy works and are judging how he won and how he doesn’t deserve it(do to his supposed lack of intelligences).
Think before you speak or text/write.
It is embarrassing for all that is involved. This how and why people on the left can pigeon how us as racist and lemming are able to believe it.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:55amWhat should be a fun, and funny story has resulted in so many negative and confrontational comments. Its truly awe inspiring!
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MastrSGT
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:13am@The-Real-Enrico
I don’t know why you feel the need to insinuate I’m racist based on my post but I never said anything that was remotely against this kid’s intellect or his ability to play the game well. I’m simply saying he didn’t do anything remotely close to earn the title of BEST EVER ANSWER. Read through my posts and you will see I was more than kind regarding this kid but simply fall short calling his answer the best ever in the shows 48 year history.
If this had been my own son I would have said the same thing first and foremost to my son personally. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be proud of his guts and ability to even get on the show let alone to win, but best answer ever? Come on! To me its glorifying mediocrity.
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Melika
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:10amYou’re racist because this kid is black, and you brought up a valid question about the answer. It doesn’t matter that you didn’t say anything against him personally, it only matters that he is black and anyone who isn’t on the “greatest ever” bandwagon must certainly be white & racist.
As for the “best ever” moniker, this is the Blaze. There are all sorts of “best ever”, “you won’t believe”, and “guess” titles to articles. However, the reason why this was funny to some people is because they presume he knew the answer, yet chose to answer it incorrectly while bragging about how he just won. He didn’t wager anything (which says to me that he wasn’t confident he could answer the question), and he presumed that the other two contestants were too stupid to get it right (or to wager enough). It was braggadocios, and in today’s society, rubbing your win into your opponents face in the most public way possible is “funny”. *alert* *alert* *racist comment about to ensue* At least he didn’t shoot them up Chicago style. *racist comment over*
Considering how boring this show usually is, anyone not falling in line with the usual pedantic style of the contest instantly puts them in the “best, most interesting” column for most people. Losing is OK so long as it is different.
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MastrSGT
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:56pm@Melika
I agree except for one small thing. I dont believe this is the Blaze making the headline as I saw it first on 2 different sources before the blaze and all were quoting people at Jeopardy.
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sparkyrules
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:17pmI like honesty.And 70′s hairstyles.Good job Cooper.
Better than Anderson anyday.
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sURFNmADNESS
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:13pmNice work by all 3. All our schools should be able to put out this level, yet most are not even close.
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SgtB
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:32pmReplace “schools” with “parents”. Then you might be onto something.
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youshuthehellup
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:12pmI guess all it takes is some black make up and a fro! I will tell my kids this secret so they can make a bunch of money too.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:29pmNo… actually he answered a litany of challenging questions that would leave your backwoods inbred kids completely clueless!
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Eastinfection
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:58pmKEATON…
Stop responding to the Lowest Common Denominators…
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bigdaddyt46
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:59pmwhat do a closed school and keaton have in common?
NO CLASS
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Keatonc333
Feb. 14, 2013 at 12:28amI’m sorry east… it’s a weakness of mine.
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savagenatn
Feb. 14, 2013 at 4:34ammichael keaton
your biggest weakness is race baiting, followed closely by distorting the truth and passing it along as facts. Why don’t you troll somewhere else, idiot?
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HoratiusAtTheBridge
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:07amLOL… TheHeckUp just got it shoved the heck up…way up! LOL LOL
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dwsmokin
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:01pmThis kid was great! He should be proud of his performance-in fact, all three should be proud. It’s nice to know that there are young people who have actually learned a thing or two while in school. And to have an IQ as well as a sense of humor? Wonderful.
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LBJDIDIT1963
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:47pmAfirmative Action in the Game Shows, all is well!
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13th Imam
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:15pmAs a Jeopardy fan the kid did a great job. the funny thing was the girl from CT that didn’t make the finals because her math skills sucked.
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Mikeil305
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:32pmHow are you people upset about this? The kid has a sense of humor and a bit of charisma. That’s not a bad thing. He won the game, there is no disputing that.
I have a feeling many conservatives are fighting the lefts accusations or racism by becoming racist. There was a time when the left was full of whiners. Reading these comments makes it clear that there has been a shift.
This is a gameshow, in this case it’s a gameshow for teens. Lets not get upset because he fumbled through an answer. Commend him for working hard and being bright enough to make it to this stage. Then realize he won and the intelligence that takes. That makes it much harder for someone who cannot grasp the difference between “you’re” and “your” to criticize him.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:30pmhes black and your on the Blaze… thats why you see negative comments under a story that warrants none.
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MisterSarcastic
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:08amYou mean like you do most of the time, Keaton?
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Liberal_Christian
Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:04pmAmen
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M13
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:59pmSo that’s what happened to Venus Flytrap.
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Scottsman
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:39pmWhy are all the old school game shows getting so ghetto and slack? First Family Feud went down, now Jeopardy dropped the IQ and knowledge in favor of cool, funny or stupid jest.
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joe.r.piehole
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:27pmlol @ this idiot. Jeopardy is “ghetto”? Why because a black kid with an afro can win? What type of house do you live in, you f’n gentleman you. Keep being a condescending ***** because black kids jumped you when you were young and you never fully recovered.
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GPS-Tech
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:58pm@joe Mudhole
Black kids jumped me when I was 12 years old but I had taken martial arts so they got their a$$es kicked.
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SUNTZU
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:10pmJOE
Did you say *****
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JimCDew
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:32pmGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Advection
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:26pmHe gave the wrong answer “neck bone” then gave the correct answer too late. He failed twice, but they gave it to him anyway.
This nation is in jeopardy.
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Scottsman
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:34pmAgreed.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:51pmSorry, you can’t say that. According to the judges, he got the answer “collar bone” in time. Good thing he didn’t say “collard greens”.
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Advection
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:16pm@LAKE
When you give the wrong answer, your out. When you give any answer after the lights go out, your out. Hell, even if you don’t pronounce every word exactly as the judges themselves pronounce words, you’re out.
The lights on his podium were clearly out before he gave the correct answer, after having given the wrong answer.
The fact that the judges GAVE it to him anyway is my point. Unjust judging in this case took victory away from a deserving player.
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BAMinKY
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:12pmWho is “a long lost member of 70′s super group The Jackson 5?”
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Scottsman
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:32pmI call B S on Jeopardy… That was not a valid answer. I could answer any person question the same way by saying “someone who lived in the last 10,000 years” … Funny but not valid for that much money or competition.
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Kumo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:47pm@SCOTTSMAN
Regardless of his answer, he wagered $0 on the Final Jeopardy question, that alone was pretty darn smart. What a clever young man with a good sense of humor, that kid is going to go far in life.
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whatthecrazy
Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:11pmcool.
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alinskythis
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:36pmWe watched these kids, who were all amazing in their own right, but the surprise was every one of them was completely blank on any Biblical questions.
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ilovethiscountry
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:39pmI noticed that. It is very sad.
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Moozmom
Feb. 14, 2013 at 6:55amNot so surprising for a nation that has aborted millions of human beings.
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circleDwagons
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:36pmNice guy but he needs a hair cut. FDR really? Must have gone to a government school
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Eastinfection
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:35pmBest Final Jeopardy answer ever….
“who are 3 people that have never been in my Ma’s kitchen”
-Cliff Clavin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5dlWnBCOyo
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Electacon
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:05pmDang! Beat me to it! ” Be that as it may Alex those people have still never been in my kitchen.”
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Mr.Fitnah
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:24pmGood for them.
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