Northville 'Jeopardy!' Winner Says Being on the Show Was 'Surreal'

It was less than a week ago that you might have seen .

The Wayne State University student was a contestant on the quiz gameshow Jeopardy!, where he made about $80,000. His four-day run ended on Friday. And he has only one regret.

"I regret not knowing the Huffington Post answer. That's what I regret," Morrison said.

In a Double Jeopardy question, where contestants can double their wagers, he was asked the name of the blog for which Stuart Whatley is managing blog editor.

"I had never been on a gameshow even as an audience member, so it was pretty surreal just to be on set and to see people I had watched on TV for so many years," Morrison said.

Before appearing on the show, Morrison was familiar with it but would not call himself a big fan.

"I would try to catch Final Jeopardy if I was flipping around channels," Morrison said.

To get ready for the slew of questions he knew was headed his way, he prepped himself. He made a lot of lists and studied.

"There's no real guidelines on how to prepare for any of that stuff," Morrison said. "A lot of it for me was refreshing stuff that I had known but had forgotten - a lot of stuff from high school history and chemistry and science."

He added, "Some of it was learning new things. In general, that was harder to do versus refreshing your mind on state capitals or world capitals."

It was a months-long process from submitting the online test to actually appearing on the show. Morrison eventually drove to Boston to do a second interview and played a mock game, giving the producers an idea of what kind of contestant he would be, he said.

"At that point, it was a surprise and shock. It was a delight," he said. "But I had kinda forgotten about it a little bit."

When he got out to California to film the show, he was impressed by the set.

"It looks almost bigger than on the show," he said.

One of the biggest surprises for Morrison was the wall of questions. Watching it on TV, the questions are enlarged but on the set, they're actual size on the screens and a little harder to see, he said.

"There was one girl who had to actually go get her glasses because she couldn't see well enough on the board," he recalled. "That was a little different."

Morrison said he didn't see too much of host Alex Trebek while on the show.

"The first time I saw him was when the game starts, he comes out of his back dressing room. There's no fraternization with him before the game," Morrison said. "So you watch him during the game and you get to talk to him a little bit after the game."

The show is filmed in front of a small audience. But that, and the fact that the show would be viewed by millions, did not make him nervous. What did make him nervous?

"Just being on the set and under the lights and the game is going on and you're playing against two good people. You have to focus on when to ring in," he said. Buzzing in takes some getting used to, Morrison added.

Now that the game is over, Morrison is making plans on how to spend his winnings.

"It's going to be a while before I get the money," he said with a laugh. "Once I do, like I said on the show, my brothers and my sister and I are gonna contribute money for my parents to visit Ireland for their anniversary."

The rest will probably go toward "practical stuff" like paying bills, he said.