# A few questions about Jennings and Ultimate Tournament of Champions

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**Created:** [May 23, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-jennings-and-ultimate-tournament-of-champions/305186 "2005-05-23T23:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-jennings-and-ultimate-tournament-of-champions/305186/41 "2005-05-26T14:32:48Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Not unless they got every single five-time champ ever to compete in this tournament.

Didn’t they? it was a heck of a list of contestants?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-jennings-and-ultimate-tournament-of-champions/305186/42 "2005-05-26T15:08:38Z")

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> [@drm](#):
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> Didn’t they? it was a heck of a list of contestants?

Yes, it was. And I’m sure they had most of them, I’m just looking for loopholes that would allow anyone else to remain undefeated. I don’t know some of the historical details, like when they institued the five-game limit. I think before that, at the end of the week you were done regardless of how many games you’d won. So there may be people whose runs stopped at 3-0, 4-0, etc. And of course some champions may have chosen not to participate in UToC or died.

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-jennings-and-ultimate-tournament-of-champions/305186/43 "2005-05-26T15:28:10Z")

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Well, Brad won the Million Dollar Masters tourney and bested The Utah Buzz Saw in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. I’ll go out on a limb and say he’s the greatest Jeopardy! player of all times.

And I was rooting for Frank!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-jennings-and-ultimate-tournament-of-champions/305186/44 "2005-05-26T15:38:46Z")

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I see Brad competed in the five-game-limit era (October 2000). Jeez, he cleaned up like that and he was only about 22? Man. You know, having seen that and 2/3 of the finals I think he has to be up there with the greatest. But I’m not sure any other achievement matches Ken winning 74 in a row. Winning two top-flight tournaments like that is remarkable, but 74 straight wins is nuts.

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