Brainfade Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Surprised to not find a discussion of Vijay Balse's success in Jeopardy. He won 4 episodes during the regular rounds, and then went on to win the Annual Tournament of Champions (playing against the best of the best). Congratulations to the first desi winner of Jeopardy's ultimate prize. 05.24.2010 NEW JERSEY RESIDENT VIJAY BALSE WINS QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR GRAND PRIZE IN THE "JEOPARDY!" TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CULVER CITY, CALIF. (May 21, 2010) - Today, Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, N.J., won the prestigious "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions, taking home a quarter million dollars in cash winnings. Balse emerged victorious by outscoring 14 elite players from recent seasons. "Winning a Tournament of Champions game is definitely much more gratifying than winning a regular game," Balse said. "Any ‘Jeopardy!' contestant would agree that getting the opportunity to match your playing skills against the best of ‘Jeopardy!' is very rewarding in its own right." Balse competed in the two-day final competition against Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, N.Y., and Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles. Host Alex Trebek said, "It was a really close match up of players throughout this tournament. Vijay did an incredible job and consistently played well." When asked about plans for his winnings, Balse said, "My wife and I plan to use some of the winnings for travel and perhaps a second automobile. However, we hope to use the bulk towards a down payment for a new home." Originally from Bombay, India, Balse currently resides in New Jersey with his wife Jayshree. The four-day champ first appeared on "Jeopardy!" in March 2010, accumulating $82,400. Zollinger came in second, earning $100,000, and Goodreau placed third, winning $50,000. The six players eliminated in the semi-finals each took home $10,000; players eliminated in the first round received $5,000. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_tvdg/release?id=25117
ludhianvi Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Congrats! In my younger days, I used to get Jeopardy books from the library and tried to solve them :hehe: Btw, when is there going to be an Indian version? Surprised they've havent been 'inspired' from this show.
Brainfade Posted June 2, 2010 Author Posted June 2, 2010 Well done Vijay :hatsoff: eventhough I don't know you :giggle: For all you know, it could be one of the erudite posters here. Not to start any rumors, but I think "The Outsider" is a NJ resident. May be Mr. Wicket - he is a chemistry whiz. One never knows. :winky:
gaurav92 Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 For all you know' date=' it could be one of the erudite posters here. Not to start any rumors, but I think "The Outsider" is a NJ resident. May be Mr. Wicket - he is a chemistry whiz. One never knows. :winky:[/quote'] Mr Wicket = Salil The Outsider = Prof. Shwetabh :headshake: but may be anybody else from ICF
h4te Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Mr Wicket = Salil The Outsider = Prof. Shwetabh :headshake: but may be anybody else from ICF h4te :dontknow:
bharathh Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 He gets a paltry 1/4 million for answering all those questions on Jeopardy? Whereas ppl get as much for answering 8-9 questions on shows like Who wants to be a millionaire, and, 1 vs 100... and sometimes even more just for picking numbers in shows like Deal or no deal. Where's the justice? :) Nevertheless an amazing achievement! Jeopardy is an awesome show for trivia buffs(although it is very USA centric sometimes)
cowboysfan Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 i watched the finals(2 episodes) which i had DVRed.Vijay was awesome in the finals and he really deserved it.
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