# Would you eat a ghost pepper for a prize?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Dan Kwartler
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_kwartler_would_you_eat_a_ghost_pepper_for_a_prize)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Welcome to Risky Business, the game where we find out how far people will go to win a prize! Today’s contestants are a 21 year-old, a 16 year-old, and a 12 year-old. They'll compete in a series of three challenges: eating ghost pepper cookies, swimming in honey, and crossing a balance beam over poison ivy. Who will win? Dan Kwartler takes a look at how people at different ages make decisions. \[Directed by Michalis Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Manolis Manoli\].

## Lectures

1. [Would you eat a ghost pepper for a prize?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_kwartler_would_you_eat_a_ghost_pepper_for_a_prize/aa05bbbe712a), 5 min (TED's player)