What is Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Jeopardy!'' Ultimate Tournament of Champions}} The '''''Jeopardy!''''' '''Ultimate Tournament of Champions''' was a special [[tournament]] done during the 21st season of the American [[television]] [[game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. 145 contestants who won past ''Jeopardy!'' tournaments or won five games played in a 15 week tournament. It lasted from February 9 to May 25, 2005. In this tournament, the two finalists from four rounds of play went against [[Ken Jennings]],<ref>Ken Jennings got a bye (a term in sports meaning that a team goes to the next round without playing) to the final round because he set many ''Jeopardy!'' records.</ref> who is Season 21's biggest winner and, at the time, was the highest winner on a game show with $2,522,700. Those contestants played for a prize of $2,000,000. The two finalists were [[Brad Rutter]] and Jerome Vered. Rutter was the show's second-highest winner, while Vered had set a one-day winnings record of $34,000 in 1992. Rutter won the three-day final and the $2,000,000 prize, claiming the record from Jennings. ==Related pages== * [[Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.jeopardy.com/ Official ''Jeopardy!'' website] * [http://www.j-archive.com/showseason.php?season=21 J! Archive - recaps of all Ultimate Tournament of Champions games] {{Jeopardy!}} [[Category:Jeopardy!]] {{tv-stub}}