Who is Brad Rutter?
A: The 2nd Highest-earning American game show contestant (US$5,153,436),
behind Ken Jennings.
When was Bradford Gates Rutter born?
A: January 31, 1978.
He is an American game show contestant, TV host,
producer, and what?
A: Actor.
With over $5.1 million in winnings, he is currently the
2nd highest earning what?
A: American game show contestant of all time, behind Ken Jennings.
Until the Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time Tournament in
2020, Rutter had never what?
A: Lost a Jeopardy! match against a human opponent.
This streak consisted of his original 5-day run in 2000
as well as what?
A: 17 matches in five tournaments (including one as part of a team)—all of
which he won.
Rutter finished third in the match—both his first
defeat overall and the first time he what?
A: Finished behind a human opponent.
Rutter is a 1995 graduate of what high school?
A: Manheim Township High School in Neffsville,
Pennsylvania.
What team was he on?
A: The quiz bowl team.
In 1994 the team won second place at what?
A: The 1994 Texaco Star National Academic Championship.
He is one of the 19 people to have been named to the
what?
A: National Academic Championship Hall of Fame in its 25-year history.
At the 2005 Manheim Township High School graduation
ceremony, he announced the start of what?
A: A scholarship fund in memory of his late high-school quiz bowl coach,
Anne Clouser.
Rutter described himself as a what?
A: A slacker in school.
Where did he work before his success on Jeopardy!?
A: He worked at the Lancaster Coconuts record store.
Rutter first appeared on Jeopardy! on what date?
A: October 30, 2000.
The rules stipulated that a contestant who won five
consecutive days did what?
A: Retired undefeated and was guaranteed a spot in the Tournament of
Champions.
Rutter retired as an undefeated five-day champion, with
how much in winnings?
A: $55,102.
The rules were changed in 2003, before Ken Jennings'
run of 74 consecutive days in 2004, which made Jennings what?
A: The largest overall Jeopardy! money winner.
As a five-day champion, Rutter was invited to the 2001
Tournament of Champions, where he defeated other five-day champions and won
what?
A: The $100,000 main prize.
He was invited back for the 2002 Million Dollar Masters
Tournament, where he won what?
A: The $1,000,000 main prize and became the largest overall money winner in
Jeopardy! history.
Rutter returned for the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of
Champions, winning the tournament and how much money?
A: $2,115,000.
After his 2005 tournament win, in which he defeated
Jennings and Jerome Vered in the finals, Rutter surpassed Jennings as the
what?
A: The highest money-winner ever on American game shows.
Jennings later regained his record by 2008 after
appearing on what?
A: Various other game shows.
From February 14–16, 2011, the Jeopardy! IBM Challenge
featured IBM's Watson facing off against Rutter and Jennings in a what?
A: A two-game, cumulative-total match aired over three days.
It was the first ever “what” in Jeopardy!'s history?
A: Man-versus-machine competition.
The computer program, equipped with a precisely timed
mechanical "thumb", won handily, finishing with a $77,147 score, while
Jennings took second place with a score of $24,000 over Rutter's what?
A: $21,600 score.