“Obviously I wasn’t going to win the game or anything,” Gaur laughs, “so I could try to figure out the right answer or I could do something for this person who might need it right now.”
and anyone who watched Monday by writing “We love you Alex!” as his Final Jeopardy answer, tells Ellen DeGeneres today what was going through his mind when he wrote those words., Gaur explains that his Jeopardy Tournament of Champions appearance was taped in mid-September, shortly after Trebek announced that he was re-entering chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. When Trebek greeted the contestants backstage before the game, says Gaur, “you could really tell it was tough for him.
The Brown University student, from Gainesville, GA , had won $100,000 ona year and a half ago, and tells DeGeneres that he spends that money on tuition, and treated 20 friends to dinner. Gaur also says on today’s episode that he and his fellow tournament contestants are playing along at home tonight and Friday, and will donate $1 per correct answer to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. He invites viewers to join the challenge.
DeGeneres surprises Gaur with a $25,000 check for the Foundation, as well as a 75-inch TV for himself so he really can watch at home.
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