Contestant Mattea Roach is the most recent victor on "Jeopardy!'
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“Jeopardy!” has a model new winner on the books.
Contestant Mattea Roach, 23, scored her 14th win on Friday, incomes a spot among the many high contestants on the long-running sport present.
Roach took residence $34,000 in the course of the episode and introduced her prize cash to a whopping $320,081 complete.
The Toronto-based tutor cemented her place within the “Jeopardy!” file books by changing into eighth on the all-time consecutive video games record, and tenth on the all-time highest nontournament money winnings record.
Throughout her 14 video games, the Canadian native answered 93% of the clues accurately.
“This has been such a loopy season of streaks, and I used to be absolutely pondering Amy [Schneider] may nonetheless be right here,” Roach stated in an announcement, referencing the 43-year-old prior champ who made historical past in January by successful her thirty ninth sport and changing into No. 2 on the all-time consecutive wins record.
“If it’s not Amy, there’s going to be another tremendous champion that’s simply going to knock me out Sport 1,” Roach continued. “I assume what I didn’t notice is perhaps I might develop into the tremendous champion I needed to see on the earth.”
Roach will return to the trivia present’s stage on April 25 to compete in opposition to two new challengers: Michael Graff from California and Jessie Francis from Georgia.
Schneider, a former engineering supervisor, took residence winnings that totaled an astonishing $1,319,800. She was additionally the present’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Event of Champions.
The Oakland native dished that shortly after she received large on the ABC collection, she truly stop her job and determined to have just a little enjoyable along with her dough.
“Journey is unquestionably part of the plan,” she advised The Put up in February about what she deliberate to do along with her hard-earned money. “I discussed on the present that we needed to go to Eire, and whereas we’re nonetheless finalizing it, it’s wanting like we’ll be there for St. Patrick’s Day.”
She and her associate, Genevieve Davis, are additionally setting a few of the moolah apart “for a possible down fee on a home, however we’re performing some enjoyable buying within the meantime. No big-ticket objects, however I’m refreshing my wardrobe, issues like that.”
There was extra excellent news to share when Schneider introduced in late February that she was engaged to Davis, 25.
“She stated sure! Effectively, truly I stated sure, however then I needed to suggest too, so she stated sure as nicely lol,” the champ shared on social media on the time. “I couldn’t be happier or extra proud to be marrying the easiest particular person in the whole world!”
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