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Bruce Naegeli

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $31,600. Lost to eventual champion Brad Rutter in his Round 2 game.
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000.
1988 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $18,799.
Season 4 5-time champion: $64,200.

While Bruce's one-day total of $26,600 (#913, aired 1988-07-20) was not enough to beat the single-day cash winnings record of $27,800 set by Kevin Frear a few weeks earlier in his second game (#902, aired 1988-07-05), it was the second-highest single-day winnings amount at the time, and it remained the seventh-highest one-day total through 1998, earning Bruce a spot on the list of the 13 highest one-day winners available on the Jeopardy! web site 1997-1998.

Bruce died 2009-06-09 at the age of 65.

Bruce appeared in the following archived game:
#913, aired 1988-07-20 Bruce Naegeli vs. Bryce Maritano vs. Christine Dibble Bruce Naegeli game 5.
Bruce would later appear on Jeopardy! as Bruce Naegeli in the following 4 archived games:
#970, aired 1988-11-18 Bruce Naegeli vs. Sandra Gore vs. Mark Lowenthal 1988 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#969, aired 1988-11-17 Bruce Naegeli vs. Sandra Gore vs. Mark Lowenthal 1988 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#967, aired 1988-11-15 Bruce Naegeli vs. Peggy Kennedy vs. Roy Holliday 1988 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#961, aired 1988-11-07 Bruce Naegeli vs. Kate Waits vs. Richard Perez-Pena 1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

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