For the fourth night time in a row, Mattea Roach as soon as once more did her dwelling province proud by incomes herself one other massive win on the favored recreation present Jeopardy! Friday night time.
Roach, a 23-year-old initially from Halifax, handily beat her two opponents and gained $24,200 USD — bringing her complete winnings over 4 days to $104,600 USD, or simply over $131,400 CAD.
This makes Roach a “six-figure champion,” and places her in an “wonderful place” to compete within the event of champions, famous host Mayim Bialik.
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Roach graduated from Sacred Coronary heart Faculty in Halifax in 2015, and her household nonetheless lives in Halifax and Cape Breton. She now works as a tutor, primarily based in Toronto.
The younger girl first gained her first $32,001 on Tuesday night time’s episode. That night, she received a query about Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers appropriate, and made a degree of claiming she “couldn’t get it incorrect” as a result of it was her dwelling province.
Then on Wednesday night time, she gained one other $38,000, accurately answering 35 out of the 60 clues throughout the episode — a feat Bialik known as “very spectacular.”
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Her profitable streak continued on Thursday, the place she took dwelling one other $9,599. Whereas she answered the Remaining Jeopardy! spherical clue incorrectly, so did the opposite two contestants.
Roach mentioned in a Twitter thread Friday night, forward of the newest episode, that whereas Thursday’s efficiency didn’t fairly match the primary two, she “managed to eke out a win in the long run!”
“Jeopardy is predominantly a data recreation, however it’s additionally about reflexes, technique, statistics (for some, not a lot for me), and only a ton of luck. As a participant and a viewer, I believe it’s tremendous necessary to recollect this!” she wrote.
Throughout an interview with World’s The Morning Present earlier within the week, Roach mentioned she’s watched Jeopardy! since she was a baby — though she admitted Wheel of Fortune was her favorite.
And it seems, if it wasn’t for the COVID-19 pandemic, Roach might by no means had ended up on the sport present.
“I utilized throughout the pandemic. I used to be, like many individuals my age, spending a bit extra time at my dad and mom’ home than I actually anticipated to,” she mentioned.
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After her first win earlier within the week, an prolonged video posted to the Jeopardy! web site exhibits Roach declaring that her scholar loans have been now paid off.
“I’m hoping to return to high school so there might be extra,” she mentioned with fun to the opposite two contestants and host, Bialik.
Roach might be again on Monday night time’s episode. The exhibits have been initially taped in Los Angeles again in January.
— with information from Rebecca Lau
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