BRAD RUTTER

1st Place Million Dollar Masters winner, and most money won on JEOPARDY! until Ken Jennings.

Date of first appearance:
October 2000

Total winnings:
$1,155,102 plus a couple of Camaros

Nickname:
Alex called me a buzzsaw once, but my parents have affectionately referred to me as "Quiz Boy" since my high school academic team days.

Records/Stats:
I held the all-time money title on Jeopardy! until that guy won 74 games in a row.   I think his name was Kevin Jensen or something like that.

Favorite anecdote:
My drunken friends arrived at the Million Dollar Masters finals sporting T-shirts that spelled out "RUTTER" in red capital letters.   They enjoyed some well-earned screen time as the camera panned through the audience during the credits.

Did Jeopardy! have an effect on my life?  
Sure, I almost always have fifty dollars cash money on me these days.

The only crazy thing I did with my winnings was buy a Porsche.   I once got it up to [REDACTED] mph on I-95.

I now host my own local quiz show, "InQuizitive", in central Pennsylvania.   It's a lot of fun and I love working with bright-eyed, cheerful high school kids.