Mattea Roach’s record-breaking Jeopardy! run is over after dropping by $1

All good issues should come to an finish.

Canadian Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach, whose whip-smart instincts and assortment of blazers made their manner throughout tv screens and into the hearts of many, has ended her spectacular 23-episode profitable streak on the favored quiz present.

Roach misplaced Friday evening’s episode by simply $1. Whereas she went into Remaining Jeopardy with a lead, she wagered $3,601 and didn’t reply appropriately.

The clue was: “These two mayors gave their names to a facility constructed on the location of an outdated racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler.”

The proper reply was William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. Roach’s response? “Who’re Churchill and Downs? idk.”

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Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach ends record-breaking run after dropping by $1

Danielle Maurer, a digital advertising and marketing supervisor from Georgia, guessed appropriately, unseating Roach and ending in first place with $15,600. Roach got here in second with $15,599.

Roach, 23, is initially from Halifax however now works as a tutor in Toronto. She just lately mentioned on Twitter that she was “again within the homeland,” posting a photograph of herself posing exterior a grocery retailer in Cape Breton.

Ultimately, Roach got here away from Jeopardy! after 23 wins, with a complete of US$560,983 in her pocket — or simply over $720,000 in Canadian foreign money.

“It feels nonetheless type of like a dream,” Roach mentioned in an announcement Friday.

“I actually got here down right here hoping to perhaps win one recreation and so I nonetheless can’t consider it. You understand, it’s unusual, clearly I didn’t come by within the final one, however I nonetheless really feel so completely happy and so fortunate to have had this expertise.”

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Roach has each the fifth-longest streak within the present’s historical past, together with the fifth-highest winnings throughout regular-season play, arising brief solely to Jeopardy! legends Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, and James Holzhauer.

“After I consider the calibre of these 4 gamers, I actually don’t really feel like I need to be talked about in the identical breath as them, to be trustworthy,” Roach mentioned.

“And there’s a noticeable monetary hole between my cash and theirs, but it surely’s a tremendous accomplishment. Like, I can’t consider it. It’s such an enormous honor that I’m being spoken of in relation to folks like Ken, James, Matt, Amy. It’s, wow. There’s no phrases.”

Whereas her streak on Jeopardy! has come to an finish, this received’t be the final we’ll see of Roach. She’s going to return to compete within the present’s event of champions within the fall.

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