Gaur, who now attends Brown University, was on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Thursday, Nov. 14 to talk about his time on the quiz show and his heartwarming note to its host, Alex Trebek.



During his semifinal match, Gaur chose to write “What is we (heart) you, Alex!” instead of guessing at the answer.

“I can puzzle it together, or I could write this message to Alex. And I chose the second one,” Gaur told The Times of his thought process during the final question.

At the time of the “Jeopardy!” taping, Trebek had announced he would be re-entering treatment in his battle against pancreatic cancer.

“That was really sweet. That was really amazing and emotional,” DeGeneres said regarding the note as the audience applauded.

On Monday, Gaur saw the episode at a Brown watch party. His mom texted him about the trending #WeLoveYouAlex Twitter hashtag as it started to explode online.

Gaur also promoted the charity playalong his fellow “Jeopardy!” challengers have been organizing.

The idea of the playalong is to keep track of the number of questions you answer correctly and donate $1 for each question to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.

Gaur qualified for the tournament after winning $100,000 in the college tournament in April 2018.

During “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Gaur said he has spent some of his college winnings on tuition as well as picking up the check for 20 friends going out to eat.

“And they apparently, according to the check, had a lot of fun. And so did I,” Gaur said.