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TOO DOT COM I'LL TAKE JEOPARDY CONTESTANTS FOR ONE THOUSAND
ALEX.
>> HERE'S YOUR CLUE AN ELK
GROVE MAN WHO IS BOTH MEDICAL
STUDENT AND MARINE RESERVE
OFFICER.
THE ANSWER WHO IS CHRISTOPHER
SHIM?
HOW'S THAT FOR AN INTRO?
CHRIS JOINS US NOW TO SHARE
DETAILS ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE ON
JEOPARDY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE
TO MEET ITS LATE HOST ALEX
TREBEK.
HEY, CHRIS.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI, MR. GREENE.
I'M DOING WELL, THANK YOU.
SO YOU'RE SO FORMAL.
CALL ME AUBREY.
WELL, WE ALL WE ALL HAD NO IDEA
THAT ALEX TREBEK WOULD PASS
AWAY LAST WEEK.
IT WASN'T IT WAS HEARTBREAKING
FOR SO MANY FANS.
SO TELL US WHAT WAS HE LIKE IN
PERSON AND HAS IT MADE YOUR
XPERIA ON THE SHOW MORE
MEANINGFUL NOW THAT HE HAS GONE
?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
>> YEAH, I KNOW YOU KNOW HE IS
IN PERSON.
WHAT YOU SEE ON TV, YOU KNOW,
SOME PEOPLE HAVE A CERTAIN
PERSONA AND THEY SWITCH IT ON
AND OFF AND THE CAMERAS ARE ON
OR OFF.
BUT YOU KNOW, IN PERSON HE WAS
EXACTLY WHO YOU SEE ON TV.
HE'S HE'S KIND.
HE'S A CLASS ACT.
HE'S JUST YOU KNOW, HE REMINDS
YOU OF LIKE YOUR FAVORITE
TEACHER OR FAVORITE PROFESSOR
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT DOWN
.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY IN HIS
PASSING I THINK WE'RE ALL
REFLECTING.
I SAY WE.
SO THERE'S A PRIVATE FACEBOOK
GROUP FOR CONTESTANTS AND SO
PEOPLE AND SHARING THAT STORY
AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS AND
IT'S JUST REALLY SWEET.
EVERYONE COMING OUT OF THE
WOODWORK AFTER THIRTY
FIVE YEARS TO JUST KIND OF SING
HIS PRAISES.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY
COOL TO SEE.
>> YEAH I KNOW IT IS AMAZING.
I MEAN LIKE I SAID IT HAS A LOT
OF FANS AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THE
CONTESTANTS THAT I'VE MET HIM
NOW TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE
ON JEOPARDY YOUR EPISODE AIRED
ON OCTOBER 30TH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT
YOU THAT STOOD OUT THAT GOT YOU
A SPOT ON THE SHOW?
>> SURE.
NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YEAH, I'M SURE MANY OF YOUR
VIEWERS KNOW THERE'S AN
AUDITION PROCESS.
I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO
GIVE A SHOT TO A STUDENT.
YOU KNOW, NOT DOWN AWAY LOVE
WHAT A STUDENT IS PAYING OFF
STUDENT LOANS AND THEN I THINK
HAVING IT HAVING SOMEONE FROM
THE MILITARY ON THE SHOW IS
KIND OF RARE.
AND SO I KIND OF CHECK OUT
THOSE TWO BOXES.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY THE
PRODUCERS SELECTED ME.
>> YEAH, I KNOW YOU HAVE AN
IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND NOW.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOMENT?
AS A CONTESTANT, DID IT TAKE A
LOT OF PREPARATION?
HOW DO YOU EVEN STUDY FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, I JOKE WITH MY
WIFE AND FRIENDS WHO ASKED I
HAVE I'VE BEEN PREPARING BY
PROCRASTINATING LIKE A LOT.
I MEAN I'VE I'VE BEEN A
STUDENT.
RIGHT.
STUDENT. RIGHT. SO I WILL OFTEN JUMP ON
WIKIPEDIA OR YOUTUBE AND YOU
KNOW, JUST CLICK ON WHATEVER
INTERESTS ME AND THEN THAT
LEADS ME DOWN A RABBIT HOLE AND
IN 30 MINUTES LATER I'M LIKE OH
I NEED TO GET BACK TO WHATEVER
I WAS STUDYING SO I DIDN'T
REALLY PREPARE THAT MUCH.
IT'S JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WHERE YOU KNOW, LIKE
PEOPLE WHO KNOW SPORTS TRIVIA
RIGHT?
I KNOW JUST RANDOM GENERAL
TRIVIA.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'VE BEEN
DOING MY WHOLE LIFE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU JUST ALL
THESE RANDOM FACTS YOU PUT THEM
TO GOOD USE.
SO HOW DID YOU DO?
I UNDERSTAND YOU MADE A LITTLE
BLUNDER THAT MAY COST YOU SOME
MONEY BUT EXPLAIN TO US WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> I DID SO.
JEOPARDY IS PRETTY STRICT ABOUT
HOW YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SO
ON.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN A
MOMENT OF PANIC IT WAS NEAR THE
END OF THE GAME I FORGOT TO SAY
WHAT IS BEFORE MY CORRECT
RESPONSE AND SO I GOT DOCS FOR
THOSE POINTS.
AND SO I ULTIMATELY ENDED UP
LOSING BY JUST A LITTLE BIT A
LITTLE BIT.
SO I KIND OF FEEL SILLY COMING
ON THE ON YOUR SHOW AND TALKING
ABOUT I FEEL LIKE I I CAME INTO
SECOND IN THE NBA FINALS OR I
MISSED A FIELD GOAL AND I LOST
THE SUPER BOWL AND EVERYONE'S
LIKE NO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE
ON THE SHOW AND YEAH BUT YOU
KNOW NO ONE REALLY REMEMBERS
WHO CLINCS COCAINE RUNNER
SOICAL EVERYONE EVERYONE TALKS
ABOUT THE WINNER BUT NO IT WAS
STILL A BLESSING AND A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE SHOW
AND HAD TO MEET ONE OF MY
CHILDHOOD.
YEAH.
CHILDHOOD. YEAH. >> I MEAN YOU KNOW, COMING IN
SECOND YOU FINISHED IN SECOND
IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF .
I MEAN JUST BEING ON JEOPARDY
MEANS THAT YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH
YOU'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO
BE ON THERE.
DID YOU GET ANYTHING FOR COMING
IN SECOND PLACE?
>> YES.
BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU EARNED
SECOND PLACE GETS TWO THOUSAND
AND THIRD PLACE GETS A
THOUSAND, THAT'S IT.
REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY
YOU ACTUALLY SO IT IS
THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE FOR
FIRST PLACE TO TAKE LESS MONEY
LIKE LET'S SAY YOU WON THE GAME
ONLY WITH FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IT'S POSSIBLE PER SECOND AND
THIRD PLACE YOU GET MORE MONEY
.
BUT NO IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE
SAD.
I WAS DRIVING HOME AND TELLING
MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST WON
FIFTEEN AND THEN I CAME IN
SECOND I GOT TO AND SO YOU
SOUZAN A DAY AND IT'S QUITE A
SAD DRIVE HOME FROM FROM
CALIFORNIA.
BUT NOW WHO WAS LIKE YOU SAID,
IT'S STILL A BLESSING TO BE ON
SHOW AND STILL HAPPY.
YEAH.
YOU HAVE BRAGGING RIGHTS AND
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO
CHALLENGE YOU ON TRIVIA NIGHT.
>> SO YOU MENTIONED IT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOAL
OF YOURS TO GET ON THE SHOW AND
CLEARLY YOU'RE QUALIFIED.
YOU DO HAVE A GREAT BACKGROUND.
YOU HAVE THE MILITARY OF A
MEDICAL STUDENT BACKGROUND NOW
YOU'VE EVEN GAINED SOME FAME
BEING COMPARED TO A POPULAR
MEAN.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH.
SO THERE'S A DR. JOHNNY KIM IS
AN ASTRA ASTRONAUT AND HE
SELECTED FOR THE ASTRONAUT
PROGRAM BACK IN 2017 2018 AND
THAT HAPPENED LIKE ALL MY
FRIENDS MADE FUN OF ME BECAUSE
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS
ARE BOTH IN THE MILITARY.
WE BOTH WENT TO HARVARD.
WE'RE BOTH IN MEDICINE.
AND SO WHEN I WHEN I GOT
SELECTED FOR JEOPARDY, MY
FRIENDS WERE JOKING LIKE OH MY
GOSH.
LIKE YOU'RE JUST LIKE JOHNNY
KIM.
AND I'M LIKE I THINK BEING A
NASA ASTRONAUT IS SLIGHTLY MORE
PRESTIGIOUS AND SELECTIVE THAN
BEING ON JEOPARDY.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE THE
COMPARISON SO MY FRIENDS WILL
LIKE WATCH OUR JOHNNY CAM
CHRISTIAN IS COMING AFTER YOU.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FUNNY
COMPARISON.
I DOUBT HE'LL EVER DO THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY JUST WAIT FOR ME
ON THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A
LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO YOUR
FRIENDS AND I'M SURE THIS ISN'T
THE LAST WE'VE SEEN OF YOU.
BEST OF LUCK AS YOU CONTINUE ON
YOUR CAREER.
YOU CAN WATCH JEOPARDY