| Hari Parameswaran | |
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| Birth Hometown: | Cupertino, California |
| Occupation: | Hardware engineer |
| Years active: | 2021, 2023 |
| Known for: | 2023 Jeopardy! SC week 1 Winner |
Hari Parameswaran is a hardware engineer from Cupertino, California[1].
Jeopardy! Run[]
He made his debut on April 28, 2021, faced with both 1-time champs Leah Caglio and Dana Schumacher-Schmidt. He lose everything in the Final, Jeopardy! and answered it wrong. Thus, he finished in 3rd place.
Second Chance Tournament[]
In the third semifinal match, he faced Matt Wierman and Donna Vorreyer, answered fourteen right responses right and two wrong. He was the only contestant to get the right response in the Final, added $7,800 to his score, advance to the finals.
In the first final match, he went against Jill Tucker and David Maybury, answered 13 (including a Daily Double) right responses and two wrong responses. However, in the FJ!, he did not come up with the right response, lose $8,000. In the second final match, he answered 26 (including 1 DD) correct responses and only one (including a Daily Double) incorrect response. In the FJ!, he did come up with the right response, added $16,000 to his score, making it enough to win this week's tournament.
Champions Wildcard Tournament[]
In the eighth quarterfinal game, he faced 2-day champion Aaron Craig and 1-day champion Katie Hargrove. He gave 25 correct responses (including one DD) and five wrong responses (including one DD). Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper. He lost $11,000 and took home $5,000.
References[]
- ↑ He was a college student in Xenia, Ohio before he changed his job to a hardware engineer and moved to Cupertino, California.