It was an ordinary day. Watching one of my favorite game shows, "Jeopardy!" A few years ago a young man by the name of Brad Rutter became the champ on the show. He first appeared on the show on October 30, 2000, when the rules stipulated that a contestant who won five consecutive days had to retire, undefeated and was guaranteed a spot on the Tournament of Champions. Brad retired as an undefeated five-day champion with $55,102 in winnings and was guaranteed a spot on the Tournament of Champions. In 2004 another young man, Ken Jenniings, came on the show and by then the rule that limited a contestant to five wins had been dropped. Ken won 74 straight games and took home $2,520,700. The two later faced off in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions where Brad won $2,100,000. Recently, Ken Jennings has become the host of the show and on the January 11 episode of the show, Ken posed this answer to one of the contestants in the $2,000 Double Jeopardy category..."The Ex-State Capital": "Settled by Pennsylvania Dutch, this city has had many titles: county seat, state capital & on September 27, 1777, our nation's capital." I instantly yelled out at my TV...."What's Lancaster, Pennsylvania!
Alex and Brad |
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