Indian-American Teen Wins $100,000 In College Quiz Championship In US

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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 nationwide.He faced
another Indian-American, Rishab Jain, in the semi-final round on Wednesday before getting to the finals.Mr Gaur had scored a perfect score
of 1,600 in the national-wide college entrance exam, Scholastic Aptitude Test
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.In the teen championships for high-schoolers, Sharath Narayan won the $100,000 prize in 2016.Two other