The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, Brad describes himself as chilly below pressure and a strategy athlete. This recent graduate of Johns Hopkins and Lancaster, PA resident holds a degree in network ministry but he's putting off the job quest "until afterward the Masters." Like he said: he's a strategy player. Although he credits his success on Jeopardy! to "a lifetime of paying attention," he admits to "really studying for the tournament this period instead of just watching the show a lot."
Hi, I'm Brad Rutter, reigning Tournament of Champions champion. Watch me participate in Jeopardy!'s Million Dollar tournament, merely right now you're watching jeopardy.com.
What is your present occupation?
I'm eligible as a calculator web custodian, but I'm currently working in a log cache.
What is your fondest memory from your before arrivals on Jeopardy!?
Uh, I calculate conquering the Tournament of Champions was beautiful fine. Um, y'know, knowing a $100,
DC shoes,000 check was on the way--that was fun.
Any special tactics for the championship?
Um, not, just working to
mallet to the same strategies namely have worked for me so far, and, uh, look how it happens.
How has creature on Jeopardy! changed your life?
Uh, I commonly have fifty bucks in my purse immediately.
Brad Rutter
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Brad appeared in the emulating 4 archived games: #4087, aired 2002-05-14 Brad Rutter vs. Eric Newhouse vs. Bob Verini 2002 Million Dollar Masters final game 2. #4086, aired 2002-05-13 Brad Rutter vs. Eric Newhouse vs. Bob Verini 2002 Million Dollar Masters final game 1. #4084, aired 2002-05-09 Brad Rutter vs. Leslie Frates vs. India Cooper 2002 Million Dollar Masters semifinal game 2. #4079, aired 2002-05-02 Claudia Perry vs. Brad Rutter vs. Kate Waits 2002 Million Dollar Masters quarterfinal game 2. Brad formerly appeared on Jeopardy! for Brad Rutter in the following 4 archived games: #3950, aired 2001-11-02 Tad Carithers vs. Brad Rutter vs. Rick Knutsen 2001 Tournament of Champions final game 2. #3949, aired 2001-11-01 Tad Carithers vs. Brad Rutter vs. Rick Knutsen 2001 Tournament of Champions final game 1. #3948, aired 2001-10-31 Brad Rutter vs. Mark Eckard vs. Larry Cloud 2001 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3. #3944, aired 2001-10-25 Doug Lach vs. Bob Fleenor vs. Brad Rutter 2001 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4. (Jimmy: ¡Hola! Soy... Brad would afterward seem on Jeopardy! for Brad Rutter in the following 7 archived games: #4783, aired 2005-05-25 Ken Jennings vs. Jerome Vered vs. Brad Rutter 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 5, game 3. #4782, aired 2005-05-24 Brad Rutter vs. Ken Jennings vs. Jerome Vered 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 5, game 2. #4781, aired 2005-05-23 Jerome Vered vs. Brad Rutter vs. Ken Jennings 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 5, game 1. #4780, aired 2005-05-20 Brad Rutter vs. John Cuthbertson vs. Chris Miller 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 4, game 4. #4779, aired 2005-05-19 Brad Rutter vs. Chris Miller vs. John Cuthbertson 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 4, game 3. #4771, aired 2005-05-09 Steve Chernicoff vs. Brad Rutter vs. Michael Rooney 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 3, game 1. #4764, aired 2005-04-28 John Beck vs. Brad Rutter vs. Bruce Naegeli 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 12.
A network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania...
"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University and is now a network administrator. From Lancaster, Pennsylvania..."
2011 IBM Challenge 2nd runner-up: $100,
air force 1,000 + $100,
lebron 8,000 apt the Lancaster County Community Foundation.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into Round 2) member, Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member, Sweet Six (Round 3 winners) member, and champion: $2,115,000.
2002 Million Dollar Masters competition champion: $1,000,000.
2001 Tournament of Champions champion: $100,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $55,102.
Host of InQuizitive with Brad Rutter. [Dead link]
Brad also appeared on Grand Slam in 2007. He began as the top seed in the tournament because of his holding the all-time game show winnings record. He made it to the quarterfinal round, in which he was eradicated from the tournament in his loss to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire $500,000 winner Ogi Ogas.