Indian-American teenager, Dhruv Gaur, has won the $100,000 Jeopardy college quiz championship.
The first-year student at Ivy League Brown University emerged the champion on Friday in the two-day final round of the college edition of America's most popular quiz show televised nation-wide.
He faced another Indian-American, Rishab Jain, in the semi-final round on Wednesday before getting to the finals.
Gaur had scored a perfect score of 1,600 in the national-wide college entrance exam, Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Congratulations to the 2018 College Championship winner and pride of @BrownUniversity, Dhruv Gaur! pic.twitter.com/lBezDtYaej
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) April 21, 2018
About his plans for the winnings, a Jeopardy news release quoted him as saying, "I'm just going to save it until I need it for grad school or to pursue an opportunity I might really want in the future."
"My little brother is really interested in investing, so I'll give him some so he can give the stock market a go," he added.
Viraj Mehta, who came third in the 2017 edition, made news because either intentionally or accidentally he was seen flashing his middle finger -- an obscene gesture -- while being interviewed by the show's host Alext Trebek.
Several media pounced on the gesture seen fleetingly on the show.
Vinita Kailasanath is the only other Indian-American, who won the college championship, which was in 2001.
Kudos to #IndianAmerican Dhruv Gaur on winning the @Jeopardy College Championship. All the best for a bright future! https://t.co/YxqwmHFo5D pic.twitter.com/MupZpqe4Nv
— Ken Juster (@USAmbIndia) April 23, 2018
In the teen championships for high-schoolers, Sharath Narayan won the $100,000 prize in 2016.
Two other Indian-Americans had earlier won the teen championship.
Congratulations to first-year student Dhruv Gaur for winning the @Jeopardy College Championship! #GoBruno 🐻 https://t.co/cBJ7auFsn8 pic.twitter.com/rX654usWAs
— Brown University (@BrownUniversity) April 20, 2018
