A network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania...

Brad Rutter

Hi, I'm Brad Rutter, and you're watching me on jeopardy.com.

How did you prepare for being a contestant?
I basically just watched the show a lot. There's no better way to prepare, I don't think, because you get a feel for what categories are going to come up. I also get to work on my speed, which I can do against the contestants on the show.

How long have you been watching Jeopardy!?
I've been watching Jeopardy! basically as long as I can remember. Um, [gap in the video, which is probably an anecdote about his family's TV set having been broken in the early '80s] but we replaced it right when the new show with Alex came on.

GOOD LUCK, Brad!

2011 IBM Challenge 2nd runner-up: $100,000 + $100,000 to 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 tournament 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 eliminated from the tournament in his loss to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire $500,000 winner Ogi Ogas.

Brad shared a $600,000 prize with Ethan Brosowsky and his "pub quiz" team comprising Ethan, Brad, Alan Bailey, Jonathan Dinerstein, Adam Stein, and Rebecca Ward on Million Dollar Mind Game aired 2011-11-27. The players met each other at O'Brien's Irish Pub Quiz in Santa Monica, California. The players unanimously opted to end the game at the $600,000 level rather than proceed to the million dollar question and risk losing all their winnings.