Bradford Gates Rutter was born on January 31,1978 and is an American game show contestant, TV host, producer, and actor.
26 Facts About Brad Rutter
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Brad Rutter is a 1995 graduate of Manheim Township High School in Neffsville, Pennsylvania, where he was on the quiz bowl team.
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Brad Rutter is one of the 19 people to have been named to the National Academic Championship Hall of Fame in its 25-year history.
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Brad Rutter described himself as a slacker in school and a Johns Hopkins dropout.
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Brad Rutter retired as an undefeated five-day champion, with $55,102 in winnings.
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Brad Rutter was awarded a choice of Chevrolet cars; he picked two Chevrolet Camaros.
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Brad Rutter returned for the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions, winning the tournament and $2,115,000.
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Players who won in the first round earned $15,000, but Brad Rutter was among nine top winners who received a first round bye.
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Jennings and Brad Rutter did likewise with half of their respective winnings of $300,000 and $200,000.
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Brad Rutter appeared in the 1990s week of the tournament.
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Brad Rutter won the March 7,2014, game against Mike Dupee and Jill Bunzendahl Chimka.
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Brad Rutter then appeared in the quarterfinals of the tournament on May 7,2014, against Dan Pawson and Mark M Lowenthal and won the game in a lock.
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On May 13,2014, Brad Rutter defeated Leszek Pawlowicz and Tom Cubbage in the semifinals.
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Brad Rutter was team captain and they split the top prize of $1,000,000.
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Brad Rutter appeared on the US game show 1 vs 100 on December 1,2006, and again on December 8,2006.
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Brad Rutter answered every question correctly and was one of only seven mob members to survive to the next show, as was Annie Duke.
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Brad Rutter appeared again on February 9,2007, and was eliminated late in a winner-takes-$250,000 "last man standing" competition, but before Ken Jennings was.
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Brad Rutter was the top seed in Grand Slam but lost in the second round to Ogi Ogas, a former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant.
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Brad Rutter competed in the 2010 World Quizzing Championship, where he finished 140th.
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Brad Rutter was a contestant on the sixth episode of Million Dollar Mind Game, where his team won $600,000.
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In May 2012, Brad Rutter did a pilot episode as a "Chaser" for an American version of the British game show The Chase.
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Brad Rutter was one of three chasers hired in 2020 for the ABC revival of The Chase, along with Jennings and Holzhauer.
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In May 2020, Brad Rutter appeared on a revival of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as an in-person lifeline for celebrity contestant Catherine O'Hara.
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Brad Rutter took this opportunity on the $125,000 question, which he helped her answer correctly.
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Until 2009, Brad Rutter lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he hosted InQuizitive, a local broadcast quiz show for high school students.
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Brad Rutter has been a reader and judge for the high school National Academic Championship.