Reliable Source: Washington 'Jeopardy' contestant Matt Jackson is a pop-culture sensation -- and the son of a federal judge

Matt Jackson, the paralegal from Washington who's racked up eight wins and $230,610 on "Jeopardy," won the Internet's heart when viewers took note of his rapid-fire answering style, his propensity for punctuating his performance with the catchphrase "boom!" and for a slowly-spreading smile that "The Soup" host Joel McHale noted was perfectly, and strangely, timed with the camera zoom.