A medical student from Austin, Texas...

Vik Vaz

Did you prepare differently for this Tournament versus for other Jeopardy! games?
I don't think I prepared differently for the Tournament of Champions than I did for the regular shows. Um, I assume the questions will be a little bit more difficult, but I think the body of knowledge required is similar in both cases, so...

Do you plan to do anything different this time around?
Uh, I think I'm going to stick with what worked--because changing one's strategies always comes at a cost, and, uh, you never know if that's going to work, or not work, and I don't think now's the time to experiment, try different things.

What was your favorite aspect of playing Jeopardy!?
I think my favorite aspect is the suspense. Knowledge is good, and fun to learn, but just the game format adds a lot more fun and, uh, excitement to answering questions than one would see just in regular life, somebody asking you a question.

How have you spent your past Jeopardy! winnings?
I haven't spent the Jeopardy! winnings yet, but I plan to take a year off after med school and, uh, the Jeopardy! winnings will pay for my, uh, year off in order to do health care work in third world countries. I haven't decided which country yet, but I should within the next six months, probably.

2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000.
Season 22 3-time champion: $72,002 + $2,000.

Won $25,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on 2010-10-07.

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