these champs had the brains opportunity
and maybe a little bit of luck Larkin
Deacon John Larkin that’s correct for 11
boys welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 game show winners I’m you’re
kidding you got it
for this list we’re focusing
specifically on those fortunate souls
who hustled their way to game show
victory whether it was in a single day
or over the course of several years
didn’t really think very much about the
implications until later and say wow
wait a second
this is history we’re basing our choices
on a mix of their winnings how well they
played the game and the stories
surrounding their triumphs that is by
far the most everyone on this show you
are the all-time champion retired and we
get a special call from the president of
CBS thanking you for retiring ah
number 10 Adam Dutkiewicz The Price is
Right
it’s Adam Dutkiewicz come on down he’s a
rock star in his own right but he
elevated his epicness when he earned
nearly 52,000 dollars worth in prizes in
2015
nice to see you welcome to the show are
you doing put in a last-ditch effort to
reach the stage Adam Dutkiewicz nailed
his bid while sporting a cheeseburger
truckers hat and proceeded to nab a
yellow Honda by playing the fabled money
game
and thanks to a victorious spin on the
legendary wheel Adam reached the final
showdown the showcase was in 85 days
though his competitor offered up a
respectable guest I’m gonna say 18,000
it was the Killswitch Engage member who
edged her out by a mere 101 dollars and
unleashed a Seth Rogen like growl before
taking home the goods you beat her by
101 dollars
Oh number nine Ashley register duel
that’s dull the tension was high in late
2007 as a registered nurse named Ashley
register engaged in a prime-time duel
against a used car salesman here’s your
first question
hosted by Mike greenberg of ESPN Fame
ABC’s game show aired the week before
Christmas which of these weighs more a
gallon of water a gallon of crude oil a
gallon of vegetable oil or they all
weigh the same when a botched question
on crude oil unveiled the first winter
water has to be lighter than crude and
vegetable and if it’s not and they all
wear the same register became the
highest winning female game show
contestant ever with close to a couple
million dollars to her name
okay maybe it’s not the most memorable
game show of all time
but duel did not mess around with its
grand prize and there is one rich nurse
out there who can attest to that
describable
number eight Michael Larsson press your
luck ah stop at 750 Anna’s Pig well
here’s a man that had a few tricks up
his sleeve and just might have watched
this iconic CBS show once or twice
you’ve been watching the show and and
everyday I don’t I don’t look at him all
giggly and nervous but what no one knew
is that Michael Larson had memorized the
patterns of the big board which is
clearly evident given his immediate
celebrations $1 a trip to the Bahamas
a typical Bahamas that money could buy
the Bahamas Michael spin after spin
Larson stunned host Peter Tomarken and
the fellow contestants and by the end
the bearded guru won over 110,000
dollars the largest one-day earning in
game show history up to that point
PBS was naturally suspicious yet they
couldn’t prove any wrongdoing and Larson
walked away with a mischievous grin
thought about winning and press your
luck number seven Andrew Kravis the
million second quiz 24 hours a day for a
million seconds people just like you
will face off in a test of mental and
physical endurance posted by Ryan
Seacrest the million second quiz made a
10-episode run in the late summer of
2013 which equated to you guessed it a
literal million seconds the superstar of
this Olympics of quiz proved to be
Andrew Kravis who owned the midtown
Manhattan money chair and reached the
season finale by earning point after
point after point by accumulating
winnings all day every day
Travis earned the grand prize of just
over two million dollars only to find
that NBC had upped the ante and made him
the American master of game shows still
in shock million second quiz winner
Andrew Kravis is 2.6 million dollars
richer
at least when it comes to final earnings
which came to exactly 2.6 million
dollars you know it hasn’t all sunk in
yet
number six Terry nice The Price is Right
twenty-three thousand seven hundred and
forty three dollars Wow as very exact
bid do your homework mojo holux and by
that we mean you must educate yourself
on the costs of products on the prices
right the dyson DC 17 animal vacuum 5
$49.99 a little greedy know anything
did you memorize our registry no I’m
training you just might become the next
Terry nice who along with his wife
studied the CBS television show and was
equipped with the proper knowledge to
pinpoint the exact price of his final
showcase display twenty three thousand
seven hundred and forty three actual
retail price twenty three thousand seven
hundred forty three dollars you got a
red on the nose
drew Carey looked as though he’d seen a
puppy get hit by a car and quickly
directed niece to the proper authorities
but as it turns out Terry knew his stuff
and it paid off
so the pet population of you get your
pet spayed or neutered see you next time
on prices right number five
David Legler 21 back in the year 2001
1.76 five million dollars on NBC’s 21
the quiz show 21 was all the rage in the
50s but for all of the wrong reasons as
seen in the 1994 film quiz show well
they aware that you were supplying the
contestants with the answers no sir they
had no knowledge whatsoever however it
emerged on NBC for a brief few months in
2000 and featured a slight alteration of
the rules in which contestants could
strike out of the competition so let’s
get started and make television history
with tonight’s return of 21 but the
rules did not necessarily apply to David
Legler who over the course of six
episodes one just over one point seven
million dollars making him the top dog
of gameshow winners albeit temporarily
we went from being potential contestants
to the biggest winners in gameshow
history not even big money and Maury
Povich could save the doomed quiz show
but Legler earned his 15 seconds of fame
and a cool mil number for John Carpenter
who wants to be a millionaire let’s see
you got it right you the best time in
the winner is John Carpenter
are you ready for this he was a Rutgers
educated IRS agent and the last great
game show contestant of the 20th century
should make you a real crowd favorite
John works for the IRS it’s no easy feat
to reach the final question without
calling a pal but John Carpenter managed
to take care of business until a
laughing question forced him to call up
his pops I like to call my parents right
now but the joke was on Regis in the
audience since carpenter never had any
doubt about his million-dollar answer
and had simply called up his dad to tell
him the good news
hi dad hi and I really need your help I
just wanted to let you know that I’m
gonna win the million dollars Harvard
student Rahim Oberholtzer would later
take home a bit more cash on 21 I think
the answer is C Annie Hall and you’re
corrected you have 75 but it was
carpenter who set the standard for what
would become a classic game show
franchise he’s one of the dog
number three Brad Rutter jeopardy he
come up with King Hussein he did indeed
remember when the Terminator was
assigned to take out Sarah Connor I’ll
be back
well this Pennsylvania man was so
completely indestructible during his 19
appearances on Jeopardy that it took an
actual computer to take him down a
couple of notches I would have thought
the technology like this was years away
but it’s here now I have the bruised ego
to prove it nobody has ever won more
bread on Jeopardy and you know what
nobody has ever won more dough over the
course of their entire gameshow career
either what’s there to be nervous about
we’re playing jeopardy we love it Rutter
made his debut back in 2000 and walked
away a five-day champ and he later won
the 2001 Tournament of Champions the
2002 million-dollar Masters Tournament
the 2005 ultimate Tournament of
Champions and even the 2014 Battle of
the decades a true trivia legend
number two Charles Van Doren 21 no
probably to be an intellectual one must
conduct oneself in the most honorable of
ways especially if you’re caught
cheating on a nationally televised game
show they gave me the answers they gave
you the answers they gave you the
answers
well no no first they just asked me
questions they already knew I knew the
answers to no one can deny that Charles
Van Doren had a brilliant mind in the
late 50s who was the commanding general
of the Union Army at that time oh yes I
know his name
Halleck general H W Halleck but no one
would have predicted that he would face
a congressional hearing for being
complicit in the planned takedown of 21
extraordinaire herb Stempel this is
actually where I was informed that I’d
be losing the Columbia teacher admitted
his wrongdoings as only an exposed
intellectual could you must in order to
live with yourself tell the truth that
the only way a man can live with the
truth but somehow he managed to move on
from the experience and live a
distinguished life beyond the realm of
primetime TV I have stood on the
shoulders of life and I’ve never gotten
down into the dirt to build to erect a
foundation of my own I’ve flown too high
on borrowed wings before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions
just one too big
yeah
is that your final answer si insecticide
is my final answer
got it for the minion is it call for it
come on call for it
give me the Beverly Hillbillies actual
retail price eighty-four thousand three
hundred fifty five a difference of
number one Ken Jennings Jeopardy for the
TV late-night host two in April 2014
announced he’d be retiring Ken what is
550 it’s always been a big deal when a
game show contestant repeatedly destroys
the competition or wins a million
dollars with a few lucky guesses in the
digital age though no other quiz show
winner has made an imprint on the
gameshow world quite like Ken Jennings
occasionally I still get recognized at
the mall or whatever and when I do it’s
as a bit of a know-it-all born in
America and raised in South Korea he was
a member of the BYU Quiz Bowl team when
he began an epic run of 74 consecutive
victories in 2004 I’ll root two over
three million dollars in career earnings
twenty-nine thousand is what you get
today and it brings your total to two
million five hundred twenty thousand
seven hundred dollars
despite the unassuming demeanor Jennings
once made his feelings clear on a live
with Regis and Kelly appearance by
noting that quote jeopardy is a man’s
game it’s not like millionaire now
that’s how a gameshow superstar rolls
this term for a long-handled gardening
tool can also mean an amoral pleasure
seeker Ken what’s a hoe No whoa
oh do you agree with our list who’s your
favorite game show winner
for more mind-blowing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
alright heard take a deep breath and
relax will ya we’ll get back to the game
after this word from our sponsor
and maybe a little bit of luck Larkin
Deacon John Larkin that’s correct for 11
boys welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 game show winners I’m you’re
kidding you got it
for this list we’re focusing
specifically on those fortunate souls
who hustled their way to game show
victory whether it was in a single day
or over the course of several years
didn’t really think very much about the
implications until later and say wow
wait a second
this is history we’re basing our choices
on a mix of their winnings how well they
played the game and the stories
surrounding their triumphs that is by
far the most everyone on this show you
are the all-time champion retired and we
get a special call from the president of
CBS thanking you for retiring ah
number 10 Adam Dutkiewicz The Price is
Right
it’s Adam Dutkiewicz come on down he’s a
rock star in his own right but he
elevated his epicness when he earned
nearly 52,000 dollars worth in prizes in
2015
nice to see you welcome to the show are
you doing put in a last-ditch effort to
reach the stage Adam Dutkiewicz nailed
his bid while sporting a cheeseburger
truckers hat and proceeded to nab a
yellow Honda by playing the fabled money
game
and thanks to a victorious spin on the
legendary wheel Adam reached the final
showdown the showcase was in 85 days
though his competitor offered up a
respectable guest I’m gonna say 18,000
it was the Killswitch Engage member who
edged her out by a mere 101 dollars and
unleashed a Seth Rogen like growl before
taking home the goods you beat her by
101 dollars
Oh number nine Ashley register duel
that’s dull the tension was high in late
2007 as a registered nurse named Ashley
register engaged in a prime-time duel
against a used car salesman here’s your
first question
hosted by Mike greenberg of ESPN Fame
ABC’s game show aired the week before
Christmas which of these weighs more a
gallon of water a gallon of crude oil a
gallon of vegetable oil or they all
weigh the same when a botched question
on crude oil unveiled the first winter
water has to be lighter than crude and
vegetable and if it’s not and they all
wear the same register became the
highest winning female game show
contestant ever with close to a couple
million dollars to her name
okay maybe it’s not the most memorable
game show of all time
but duel did not mess around with its
grand prize and there is one rich nurse
out there who can attest to that
describable
number eight Michael Larsson press your
luck ah stop at 750 Anna’s Pig well
here’s a man that had a few tricks up
his sleeve and just might have watched
this iconic CBS show once or twice
you’ve been watching the show and and
everyday I don’t I don’t look at him all
giggly and nervous but what no one knew
is that Michael Larson had memorized the
patterns of the big board which is
clearly evident given his immediate
celebrations $1 a trip to the Bahamas
a typical Bahamas that money could buy
the Bahamas Michael spin after spin
Larson stunned host Peter Tomarken and
the fellow contestants and by the end
the bearded guru won over 110,000
dollars the largest one-day earning in
game show history up to that point
PBS was naturally suspicious yet they
couldn’t prove any wrongdoing and Larson
walked away with a mischievous grin
thought about winning and press your
luck number seven Andrew Kravis the
million second quiz 24 hours a day for a
million seconds people just like you
will face off in a test of mental and
physical endurance posted by Ryan
Seacrest the million second quiz made a
10-episode run in the late summer of
2013 which equated to you guessed it a
literal million seconds the superstar of
this Olympics of quiz proved to be
Andrew Kravis who owned the midtown
Manhattan money chair and reached the
season finale by earning point after
point after point by accumulating
winnings all day every day
Travis earned the grand prize of just
over two million dollars only to find
that NBC had upped the ante and made him
the American master of game shows still
in shock million second quiz winner
Andrew Kravis is 2.6 million dollars
richer
at least when it comes to final earnings
which came to exactly 2.6 million
dollars you know it hasn’t all sunk in
yet
number six Terry nice The Price is Right
twenty-three thousand seven hundred and
forty three dollars Wow as very exact
bid do your homework mojo holux and by
that we mean you must educate yourself
on the costs of products on the prices
right the dyson DC 17 animal vacuum 5
$49.99 a little greedy know anything
did you memorize our registry no I’m
training you just might become the next
Terry nice who along with his wife
studied the CBS television show and was
equipped with the proper knowledge to
pinpoint the exact price of his final
showcase display twenty three thousand
seven hundred and forty three actual
retail price twenty three thousand seven
hundred forty three dollars you got a
red on the nose
drew Carey looked as though he’d seen a
puppy get hit by a car and quickly
directed niece to the proper authorities
but as it turns out Terry knew his stuff
and it paid off
so the pet population of you get your
pet spayed or neutered see you next time
on prices right number five
David Legler 21 back in the year 2001
1.76 five million dollars on NBC’s 21
the quiz show 21 was all the rage in the
50s but for all of the wrong reasons as
seen in the 1994 film quiz show well
they aware that you were supplying the
contestants with the answers no sir they
had no knowledge whatsoever however it
emerged on NBC for a brief few months in
2000 and featured a slight alteration of
the rules in which contestants could
strike out of the competition so let’s
get started and make television history
with tonight’s return of 21 but the
rules did not necessarily apply to David
Legler who over the course of six
episodes one just over one point seven
million dollars making him the top dog
of gameshow winners albeit temporarily
we went from being potential contestants
to the biggest winners in gameshow
history not even big money and Maury
Povich could save the doomed quiz show
but Legler earned his 15 seconds of fame
and a cool mil number for John Carpenter
who wants to be a millionaire let’s see
you got it right you the best time in
the winner is John Carpenter
are you ready for this he was a Rutgers
educated IRS agent and the last great
game show contestant of the 20th century
should make you a real crowd favorite
John works for the IRS it’s no easy feat
to reach the final question without
calling a pal but John Carpenter managed
to take care of business until a
laughing question forced him to call up
his pops I like to call my parents right
now but the joke was on Regis in the
audience since carpenter never had any
doubt about his million-dollar answer
and had simply called up his dad to tell
him the good news
hi dad hi and I really need your help I
just wanted to let you know that I’m
gonna win the million dollars Harvard
student Rahim Oberholtzer would later
take home a bit more cash on 21 I think
the answer is C Annie Hall and you’re
corrected you have 75 but it was
carpenter who set the standard for what
would become a classic game show
franchise he’s one of the dog
number three Brad Rutter jeopardy he
come up with King Hussein he did indeed
remember when the Terminator was
assigned to take out Sarah Connor I’ll
be back
well this Pennsylvania man was so
completely indestructible during his 19
appearances on Jeopardy that it took an
actual computer to take him down a
couple of notches I would have thought
the technology like this was years away
but it’s here now I have the bruised ego
to prove it nobody has ever won more
bread on Jeopardy and you know what
nobody has ever won more dough over the
course of their entire gameshow career
either what’s there to be nervous about
we’re playing jeopardy we love it Rutter
made his debut back in 2000 and walked
away a five-day champ and he later won
the 2001 Tournament of Champions the
2002 million-dollar Masters Tournament
the 2005 ultimate Tournament of
Champions and even the 2014 Battle of
the decades a true trivia legend
number two Charles Van Doren 21 no
probably to be an intellectual one must
conduct oneself in the most honorable of
ways especially if you’re caught
cheating on a nationally televised game
show they gave me the answers they gave
you the answers they gave you the
answers
well no no first they just asked me
questions they already knew I knew the
answers to no one can deny that Charles
Van Doren had a brilliant mind in the
late 50s who was the commanding general
of the Union Army at that time oh yes I
know his name
Halleck general H W Halleck but no one
would have predicted that he would face
a congressional hearing for being
complicit in the planned takedown of 21
extraordinaire herb Stempel this is
actually where I was informed that I’d
be losing the Columbia teacher admitted
his wrongdoings as only an exposed
intellectual could you must in order to
live with yourself tell the truth that
the only way a man can live with the
truth but somehow he managed to move on
from the experience and live a
distinguished life beyond the realm of
primetime TV I have stood on the
shoulders of life and I’ve never gotten
down into the dirt to build to erect a
foundation of my own I’ve flown too high
on borrowed wings before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions
just one too big
yeah
is that your final answer si insecticide
is my final answer
got it for the minion is it call for it
come on call for it
give me the Beverly Hillbillies actual
retail price eighty-four thousand three
hundred fifty five a difference of
number one Ken Jennings Jeopardy for the
TV late-night host two in April 2014
announced he’d be retiring Ken what is
550 it’s always been a big deal when a
game show contestant repeatedly destroys
the competition or wins a million
dollars with a few lucky guesses in the
digital age though no other quiz show
winner has made an imprint on the
gameshow world quite like Ken Jennings
occasionally I still get recognized at
the mall or whatever and when I do it’s
as a bit of a know-it-all born in
America and raised in South Korea he was
a member of the BYU Quiz Bowl team when
he began an epic run of 74 consecutive
victories in 2004 I’ll root two over
three million dollars in career earnings
twenty-nine thousand is what you get
today and it brings your total to two
million five hundred twenty thousand
seven hundred dollars
despite the unassuming demeanor Jennings
once made his feelings clear on a live
with Regis and Kelly appearance by
noting that quote jeopardy is a man’s
game it’s not like millionaire now
that’s how a gameshow superstar rolls
this term for a long-handled gardening
tool can also mean an amoral pleasure
seeker Ken what’s a hoe No whoa
oh do you agree with our list who’s your
favorite game show winner
for more mind-blowing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
alright heard take a deep breath and
relax will ya we’ll get back to the game
after this word from our sponsor
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