edit: holy forget I just realized they're parodying the royal wedding (William and Catherine) from a few months back with this ordeal.
We had to watch that crap last year in my history class, the teacher had everyone guess how long the first kiss would be and the closest person would get extra credit. I didn't want to bother but when she asked me I just said "half a second".
Everyone else overshot.
Or am i misinterpreting your post?
No, he's just desperate. Now that you mention that though he's probably going to try to back out and say that you did.