Posted on 05/16/2014 11:41:23 PM PDT by ConservativeTeen
Brad Rutter has a lot to be happy about. The "Jeopardy!" Battle of the Decades Tournament contestant ended up defeating Ken Jennings and Roger Craig to take home a $1 million grand prize in an episode that aired on May 16.
When he entered the competition, Los Angeles-based actor and producer Rutter was the top money winner in "Jeopardy!" history with $3,355,102 in career winnings. With this added $1 million, his new total is $4,355,102.
"It's really hard to describe how proud I am, not just that I won, but to be associated with a first-class operation like 'Jeopardy!,'" Rutter says in a press release. "I knew that Ken and Roger were both fantastic players and that it would come down to the end. We would battle it out and see what was left when the smoke cleared."
Jennings and Rutter have been "Jeopardy!" rivals for almost a decade. Both Jennings and Craig didn't go home empty handed, either. Jennings claimed $100,000 in second place, while Craig earned $50,000 in third place.
So what is Rutter going to do with the money? It won't go towards a new Porshe.
"Alex [Trebek] expressly forbade me from buying one at the wrap party, and I know which side my bread is buttered on," Rutter jokes. "I still need a new car, though, and I'll definitely do some traveling. I haven't been to Paris in years and spending a week or so sitting at cafes watching the world go by sounds fantastic right now."
Photo/Video credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment Company
Those were some funny skits. The “Anal Bum Covers” one, especially...
Absolutely, which is why I watch only sporadically, unless I am alerted to potential "star" - they are relatively easy to spot.
Often it's just painful to watch them missing the obvious questions. Worse yet, many otherwise decent players have no concept of proper betting techniques, particularly in the final Jeopardy! round when it's really an elementary math. Even accounting for "the category" and "fear and greed," some of the bets make absolutely no sense whatsoever, and just make you question how a good player who, no doubt, watched many games, wouldn't spend a few minutes to master the "math of final bet" in the prep.
Spelling aside, good taste in cars.
Eidetic memory.
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