Matt Ottinger
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Matt Ottinger is the host of the Michigan-based high school quizbowl show QuizBusters and its middle school equivalent, QB Jr.. He is also known for maintaining three websites related to game shows:
- The Game Show Home Game Home Page, which contains information about nearly all the game show home games ever produced in the U.S., including board games, computer and video games, and Internet sites with games.
- The Game Show Compendium, which provides links to many game show fan sites around the world.
- The Bill Cullen Home Page, with extensive information about the legendary game show host, along with many photographs from all stages of Cullen's long career.
Ottinger is also a co-founder of The Game Show Forum, which started in 2003 and is one of the principal Internet forums for game show discussions. He appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy! on June 21, 2004, and facing Ken Jennings in the fourteenth game of his record run. Ottinger took an early lead on Jennings, and led by $2,400 after the first round of play. But Jennings took control in the Double Jeopardy round and defeated Ottinger on his way to his record 74-game winning streak and a then-record $2.5 million in total winnings. During the show, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek made an appreciative mention of Ottinger's Bill Cullen website.
