{"id":2017995,"date":"2025-09-13T00:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2017995"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:27:10","slug":"jeopardy-champ-paolo-pasco-goes-for-three-peat-after-huge-win-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jeopardy-champ-paolo-pasco-goes-for-three-peat-after-huge-win-entertainment-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 Champ Paolo Pasco Goes for Three-peat After Huge Win | Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did Jeopardy!<\/em><\/a> contestant Paolo Pasco win his third game? If he did, he would be the contestant this season with the most wins so far.<\/p>\n

Pasco, from San Diego, California, played against Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, from Waco, Texas, and Jeff Freymann, from Berkeley, California, on Friday, September 12. The reigning champion has a two-day total of $54,197, and he tried to up that on his third game.<\/p>\n

Pasco took the lead early on and found the Daily Double before the first commercial break. He made it a true Daily Double of $2,200. In \u201cA How-To Category,\u201d the clue read, \u201cHow to become president of the U.S.? Have this job if the president, veep & Speaker of the House are unable to do the gig.\u201d He hesitated before shrugging and answering, \u201cWhat is President Pro Tempore?\u201d Pasco was correct and raised his total to $4,400.<\/p>\n

Host Ken Jennings<\/a> finally got to say a joke he has been wanting to for years. On clue 12 in \u201cBig Piles,\u201d the clue was \u201cIn gambling, it\u2019s a four-letter verb meaning to\u00a0pull in a big pile of chips<\/a>, or a four-letter noun for part of each pot taken by a casino.\u201d None of the contestants knew the answer, so he told them.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, I get to say it. What is a rake?\u201d Jennings said. This stems from when he answered a clue with \u201cWhat is a hoe<\/a>?\u201d when the answer was rake.<\/p>\n

Pasco, a puzzle writer, was in the lead by the first commercial break with $4,200. He kept the lead throughout the round and had $7,600 by the end of it. McKinnon-Crowley, an assistant professor, was in second with $4,400. Freymann, a retired radio producer and part-time composer, had -$600.<\/p>\n

In Double Jeopardy, Pasco maintained a wide lead and had $16,800 by the time he found the first DD of the round. He wagered $3,400 in \u201cAcid Test.\u201d The clue read, \u201cThis acid is produced when your body breaks down glucose during exercise, but it\u2019s not what makes your muscles sore.\u201d Pasco answered correctly with \u201cWhat is lactic acid?\u201d, moving him up to $20,200.<\/p>\n

A few clues later, he found the last DD. He wagered $500 out of his above amount. In \u201cWhen In the World\u2026?\u201d the clue read, \u201cIn late April 1865, this play was performed for a specific audience: Edwin Stanton & a crew of investigators.\u201d He answered correctly again with \u201cWhat is Our American Cousin<\/em>?\u201d This gave him $22,700.<\/p>\n

Although Freymann answered most of the clues after that correctly, it wasn\u2019t enough to catch up to Pasco, who had $25,500. Freymann moved to second place with $8,600. McKinnon-Crowley had $6,400.<\/p>\n

The category for Final Jeopardy was \u201cFamous Buildings.\u201d \u201cIn 1588, a 10th chapel was added to this building to honor a Yurodivy, or \u2018holy fool,\u2019 who was canonized that year,\u201d was the clue. Only one contestant got it right.<\/p>\n

McKinnon-Crowley answered, \u201cWhat is the Hagia Sophia?\u201d She was wrong and wagered $6,000, leaving her with $400. Freymann was also incorrect with \u201cWhat was Notre Dame?\u201d He wagered $1,400, leaving him with $7,200. Pasco got it right, answering, \u201cWhat is St. Basil\u2019s Cathedral?\u201d He wagered only $44, bringing his total to $25,544.<\/p>\n

He had a three-game total of $79,741, and he will be back on Monday, September 15, for his fourth game.<\/p>\n

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