Hacker Jeopardy will be bigger and better than ever for DEFCON 20!

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Just a quick note for those who are wondering -- YES, we'll be back for the 18th running of the Hacker Jeopardy show. Your favorite cast -- Winn, G. Mark, and Vanna Vinyl will be back for another session of knowledge-testing, beer consumption, and hilarity (along with great swag for the audience). We've got permission from DT to make this year's contest really something to remember, so start memorizing your IPv6 packet header fields, TCP/IP port numbers, and various other trivia to have your chance at winning a DEFCON leather jacket, black badge (free DEFCON for life), and bragging rights. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the CON on how to enroll your team.

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Re: Hacker Jeopardy will be bigger and better than ever for DEFCON 20!

Just as a reminder, here are the results from Hacker Jeopardy 2011 last year --
Host: Winn Schwartau
Judge/scorekeeper: G. Mark
Vanna Vinyl: Charlie
Beer Betty: Li'l Jinny

Winner of the Seventeenth Hacker Jeopardy was NiceHat (Gray), consisting of POPS, EMK, and JPTerr0r.

Overall results for 2011:

Friday, August 5, 2011
Round 1:
Not This Year (Kyle, Jess, Drew): x points [WINNER]
Mystic Forensicists (Tigereye, Appl, Rick)
CISSP Groupies (flexorium, init_null, GG)

Friday, August 5, 2011
Round 2:
Cowboys & Undocumented Immigrants (Triple-H, BryceK, Intrigue)
Fighting EFFers (finished with -600 points, but audience donated 1,700 points. Still finished with 0.): 0 points
See you at DEFCON bitches! (docwho, phreck, nz0): x points [WINNER]

Saturday, August 6, 2011
Round 3:
WTF-OMG-BBQ (Rhenium, Chris Doak, FeDJ)
Vegas 2.0 (HackAJar, Packet Baron, Crispy): x points [WINNER]
Epoc Typos (Yotta, Yen, MasterChen):

Saturday, August 6, 2011
Final round:
NiceHat (Grey) (POPS, EMK, JPTerr0r): 1,001 points [WINNER]
Not This Year (Kyle, Jess, Drew): 0 points
See you at DEFCON bitches! (docwho, phreck, nz0): -200 points [FAIL]
Vegas 2.0 (*HackAJar, Packet Baron, Crispy): -2,100 points [EPIC FAIL]

Winner of Black HAXOR badge: NiceHat (Grey) [also 2010 and 2009 defending champions. -- THREEpeat]

Special awards:

* Humperdink Award (most beers consumed): See you at DEFCON bitches! (total of 33 (!) - 17 round 2, 16 final round)
** - Karen Carpenter Bulimia Award (most vomiting in one round): HackAJar [3x]
** - Tycho Brahe Award (most beers consumed in one evening without a ruptured bladder): 20 - Nice Hat (Gray)

Final Hacker Jeopardy Question:

Category: Why do You Hate Freedom?

A: According to the CIA, Burma (Myanmar), the USA and this country are the only nations still not standardized on the metric system.

Q: What is Liberia?

Scores and results certified by G. Mark (judge and scorekeeper)

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Re: Hacker Jeopardy will be bigger and better than ever for DEFCON 20!

Only at Hacker Jeopardy can you see why the invention of the automobile obliterated the piano industry.