What is the correct way to punctuate the end of this quotation?

Question

Did he just say, “I’m a jazz fan”

Did he just say, “I’m a jazz fan”?

Did he just say, “I’m a jazz fan?”

Answer 1

The correct way to punctuate the end of the quotation in this context is:

**Did he just say, “I’m a jazz fan”?**

This format follows the convention in American English where the question mark that pertains to the whole sentence, rather than just the quoted material, is placed outside the quotation marks.