Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions facts for kids
The Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions was a very special competition held during the 21st season of the American TV game show Jeopardy!. It brought together 145 super smart contestants who had won previous Jeopardy! tournaments or had won at least five regular games. This exciting tournament took place from February 9 to May 25, 2005.
In this tournament, the two best players from four rounds of games got to play against Ken Jennings. Ken was already famous for winning the most money ever on a game show – over $2.5 million! They were all competing for a huge prize of $2 million. The two players who made it to the finals were Brad Rutter and Jerome Vered. Brad was the second-highest winner in Jeopardy! history. Jerome had set a record back in 1992 for winning the most money in a single day – $34,000! After three exciting days of competition, Brad Rutter won the final round and took home the amazing $2 million prize!
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