| Host | |
| Alex Trebek | |
| Contestants | |
| see below | |
| Announcer | |
| Johnny Gilbert | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packager | |
| Sony Pictures Television | |
Contestants[]
| Rank | Season | Name | Wins | TW | Results | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 17 | Pam Mueller | A | $50,000 | ★ | |
| 1 | 16 | Doug Lach ($ S16) | 5 | $85,400 | ||
| 2 | 17 | Babu Srinivasan ($ S17) | $75,100 | ★ | 
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| 3 | Mark Eckard | $69,600 | ||||
| 4 | Larry Cloud | $66,100 |
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| 5 | 16 | Tad Carithers | $60,400 | ★ | ||
| 6 | 17 | Rick Knutsen | $57,300 | ★ |
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| 7 | Andrew Garen | $56,100 | ||||
| 8 | Bob Fleenor | $55,700 | ||||
| 9 | Brad Rutter | $55,102 | ★ | |||
| 10 | Michael Arnone | $54,499 | ||||
| 11 | Lan Djang | $51,100 | ★ |
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| 12 | Kevin Keach | $50,703 | ||||
| 13 | Michelle Clum | $50,200 | ||||
| 14 | Ryan Moore | $39,800 | ★ |
Game Summary[]
| Game | Air Date | Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QF #1 | October 22, 2001 | Babu Srinivasan | $11,500 | Mark Eckard | $12,500 | Rick Knutsen | $7,599 | # |
| QF #2 | October 23, 2001 | Larry Cloud | $2,000 | Andrew Garen | $900 | Pam Mueller | $6,399 | # |
| QF #3 | October 24, 2001 | Michael Arnone | $0 ($2,400) |
Michelle Clum | $1,599 | Ryan Moore | $6,000 | # |
| QF #4 | October 25, 2001 | Doug Lach | $0 ($5,300) |
Bob Fleenor | $2 | Brad Rutter | $18,000 | # |
| QF #5 | October 26, 2001 | Tad Carithers | $4,900 | Lan Djang | $2,400 | Kevin Keach | $0 ($4,700) |
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| SF #1 | October 29, 2001 | Babu Srinivasan | $20,400 | Ryan Moore | $1,299 | Tad Carithers | $20,500 | # |
| SF #2 | October 30, 2001 | Rick Knutsen | $10,300 | Pam Mueller | $713 | Lan Djang | $7,140 | # |
| SF #3 | October 31, 2001 | Brad Rutter | $17,001 | Mark Eckard | $6,100 | Larry Cloud | $4,800 | # |
| Final | November 1, 2001 | Tad Carithers | $1,300 | Brad Rutter | $2,500 | Rick Knutsen | $3,000 | # |
| November 2, 2001 | $6,800 | $17,101 | $4,699 | # | ||||
| Total | $8,100 | $19,601 | $7,699 |
Notes[]
Contest Related[]
- Eligibility lasted from May 22, 2000 to July 3, 2001 (Kevin Keach's last game. He was the 15th qualifier for the TOC, and therefore Alan Bailey and Mark Dawson, who competed in between July 3, 2001 and October 19, 2001 (the weekday before this TOC began) and won 5 games, were held over to the 2003 TOC.
- Last ToC before the clue values are doubled.
- Last ToC to use an analog score display on the lecterns.
Contestant Related[]
- Rick Knusten is the last 5-time retired champion to have locked all of his 5 games going into Final Jeopardy.
- Brad Rutter, who won this ToC, went on an undefeated streak against humans for 20 years, having won Million Dollar Masters, UToC, Battle of the Decades, and the All-Star Games (where he split the top prize with teammates David Madden and Larissa Kelly).
- His first defeat to a human opponent occurred in 2020, when he lost to Ken Jennings in GOAT.
- All the 2001 ToC participants (except for Ryan Moore) would appear again in the 2005 UToC.
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