“Who is JR Ewing?”

That was the question Wayne State University College of Engineering biomedical engineering master’s student Varun Shekhar needed to write for his second Jeopardy! win.

“I was trailing going into the final round, and the category was ‘TV Characters.’ We needed to identify what character's funeral was attended by Mark Cuban, Jerry Jones and Mike Rawlings. Ironically, I had read about Dallas the day before and ended up winning that show.”

Shekhar, who earned his bachelor’s from WSU in 2007 and a juris doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School earlier this year, has been watching Jeopardy since elementary school. He finally took the online test—the first step to appearing on the show—earlier this year.

“I was invited to officially audition here in Detroit in July.  I was in the middle of studying for the bar exam.  I decided to take a few days off and review Shakespeare's plays and world capitals instead of court cases and statutes.”

Shekhar, an avid tennis player who appeared three times on the show, plans on using his winnings to pay off student loans. Upon graduation with his biomedical engineering degree, Shekhar will serve as an associate attorney in the law firm Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir PC in Pittsburgh, specializing in environmental law.

Cue to 0:40 for Shekhar's Hometown Howdy​