Brad Rutter
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Brad Rutter (b. January 1, 1978) is a Pennsylvania quiz show host, most widely known as a contestant on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy!. As of 2006, he has won more money on a game show than any other person in history.
Rutter became an undefeated five-time champion on Jeopardy! in 2000 and has since won an unprecendented three Jeopardy! tournament titles: the 2001 Tournament of Champions, the Million Dollar Masters Tournament, and the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. In the finals of the Ultimate Tournament, Rutter decisively defeated Ken Jennings and Jerome Vered to become the show's biggest money winner to date, with a total earnings of $3,255,102.
In twenty games, Rutter has never lost a full match of Jeopardy. (Though Rutter has trailed at the end of individual games of two-day matches three times -- against Rick Knutsen in the first game of the Finals of the 2001 Tournament of Champions, meaninglessly against Eric Newhouse in the second game of the Finals of the Million Dollar Masters tournament, and against John Cuthbertson in the first game of the Semifinals of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions -- he ultimately won all three of those matches with a higher two-day cumulative score.) Given his unequalled records and crushing victories over otherwise highly successful Jeopardy! champions (such as Jennings, Vered, Newhouse, Bob Verini, Doug Lach, Tad Carithers, John Beck, and Chris Miller), Rutter has a very strong claim to being the greatest Jeopardy! player of the Trebek era.
Rutter currently lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he hosts [InQuizitive], a locally-broadcasted quiz show for high school students. As of 2005, InQuizitive is in its second season. He is also currently a reader and judge for the high school National Academic Championship.
Rutter is a 1995 graduate of Manheim Township High School in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. At the 2005 Manheim Township High School graduation ceremony, he announced the start of a scholarship fund in memory of his late high school quiz bowl coach.
Rutter has self-deprecatingly described himself as a "slacker" in high school and a Johns Hopkins dropout (while there, he studied English and history). Prior to his success on Jeopardy, he worked at the Lancaster Coconuts record store.
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