update If you want to comment, you can do so at this more recent Rutter entry. And it's "Brad Rutter", not "Brad Rudder".

My friend Brad Rutter had quite a victory yesterday.

He got absolutely slaughtered with the buzzer timing, went into Final Jeopardy in last place, after dipping into negative dollars in Double Jeopardy, he crossed out his initial answer, hastily scribbled a second one, and won by a buck.

Two more games until Ken Jennings is a has-been ...

update Rutter is an acquaintance from college, a friend from post-college and an occasional commenter here.

Here's what he looked like when he started Jeopardy:

and this year:

Yes, that's the same person. And it's mostly via the Atkins diet.

update Jeebus, I don't know how this slipped by me, but InQuizitive, the up-and-coming show he currently hosts, has its own website.

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