There was Team Colby (Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin), Team Buzzy (Buzzy Cohen, Alex Jacob and Jennifer Giles), Team Julia (Julia Collins, Ben Ingram and Seth Wilson), Team Ken (Ken Jennings, Matt Jackson and Monica Thieu), Team Austin (Austin Rogers, Roger Craig and Leonard Cooper), and Team Brad (Brad Rutter, Larissa Kelly and David Madden).
Team Ken split $300,000 for placing second, while Team Colby came in third with $100,000. “I don’t think I’m giving away any trade secrets when I say that I was certainly hunting for the Daily Doubles,” Rutter said of his team’s winning strategy.
And although Team Brad ultimately took home the $1 million grand prize (split three ways), the runners-up didn’t go home empty handed.
By the time the tournament reached its end, only Teams Ken, Colby and Brad remained standing.