This UBC grad won Jeopardy! on Tuesday night. Who is Brendan Liaw? [Video]

Brendan Liaw has been preparing to be on Jeopardy! since he was about eight years old. 

“I think pretty early on I realized like oh OK, I know quite a few of these things,” the Metro Vancouver resident told CBC’s The Early Edition host Stephen Quinn. “It kind of just ballooned into a dream. I did Reach For The Top in high school, which Alex Trebek hosted briefly, so that also helped.”

Now, the University of B.C. graduate and self-proclaimed “stay-at-home son” has finally watched his dream come true. 

Liaw spoke with CBC after his first episode of Jeopardy! aired on television. 

LISTEN | Vancouver grad wins on Jeopardy!:UBC graduate Brendan Liaw talks to Stephen Quinn about competing on Jeopardy and what it meant to him.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. 

You won your episode last night. Congratulations. How are you feeling?

To be totally honest, it still feels kind of not real. My dad was in the audience …