A history professor from Houston, Texas...

Babu Srinivasan

Hi, I'm Babu. You're watching me on jeopardy.com.

How did you prepare for being a contestant?
For today, I prepared by playing the Jeopardy! home game. Other than that, I had to--I actually started a new job and graduated from school over the summertime, and moved, so I really didn't have time to really do anything in between the time the shows aired and the time I came here today. Yeah. But the Jeopardy! home game travels with you!

Have you been recognized since being on Jeopardy!?
Well, I had a checker at the Kroger's I went to recognize me once. And somebody at the old apartment complex I used to live at, and I just started a new teaching job at Prairie View A&M, and I had a couple of students in my class ask me if that was me on TV. And then when I said I was going off today and gave them the day off so I could come here and film, then a few more people recognized me, said, "Oh yeah, I saw you, you were from the University of Houston"--I went, "Yeah, that was me! And you can't have the money!"

Good luck, Babu!

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000.
2002 Million Dollar Masters tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $75,100 + a Corvette.

According to the official Jeopardy! web site, Babu's full name is "Sethuraman Srinivasan Jr." The official 2001 ToC web site listed Babu's residence as Friendwood, Texas.