Date of First Appearance:
September 1989
Total Winnings:
$192,501. (Includes $82,501 for regular 5 games, $100,000 for 1990 Tournament of Champions, and $10,000 for Super Jeopardy! [1990]).
Records held/Stats:
Highest 5-day total (record stood for 3-4 months). First contestant to exceed the (then) limit of $75,000 winnings, so $7,501 of the 5-game total is nominal only. Winner 1990 Tournament of Champions.
Favorite anecdote associated with being on the show:
I almost did a Cliff Clavin. On one of my shows, my winnings going into Final Jeopardy! were high enough that I could not be caught. However, for reasons I can't now remember (possibly in search of a record) I bet so much that I could lose with the proper combination of wagers and questions. Fortunately, even though I got the Final Jeopardy! response incorrect, so did my opponents.
Did being on Jeopardy! have any effect on your life?:
Being recognized by strangers. This was quite frequent for a year or two, but to my amazement it even happened last year. I am still introduced as a Jeopardy! contestant.
Did you do anything crazy with your winnings?
I am a Canadian and an actuary.
What do you think?
Is there anything else you would like viewers to know about you?
I will be retiring from my job this year at the end of May. |
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia..."
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000.
1990 Tournament of Champions winner: $100,000.
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 6 5-time champion: $82,501.
In his second game (#1149, aired 1989-09-07), Bob tied the single-day cash winnings record of $27,800, set by Kevin Frear in his second game (#902, aired 1988-07-05). Kevin had broken Harvey Becker's record of $25,400, set in Season 2 (#304, aired 1985-11-07). Kevin's record was broken by Frank Spangenberg's $30,600 finish in his fifth game (#1241, aired 1990-01-15).
In his fifth game (#1152, aired 1989-09-12), Bob's five-day winnings record of $82,501 broke Chuck Forrest's then-record of $72,800 for most cash winnings in regular games, which Chuck had set nearly four years before on show #280, aired 1985-10-04. Because Bob's winnings were higher than the then-limit of $75,000, $7,501 of his winnings were donated to his selected charity, Oxfam of Canada. Bob was the first player to have to make such a donation. Bob's record stood for only a few months until Frank Spangenberg earned a five-day total of $102,597 on show #1241, aired 1990-01-15. Frank, too, had to donate a substantial portion of his winnings to charity--$27,597 to the Missionaries of Charity in New York City.
Bob appeared on To Tell the Truth shortly after winning the Tournament of Champions as a mystery personality in its "One-on-One" segment.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Canuckistan |
