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Mattea Roach reaches eighth longest ‘Jeopardy!’ streak after 14th win

Mattea Roach reaches eighth longest ‘Jeopardy!’ streak after 14th win

Nova Scotia-born Mattea Roach has received her 14th sport of Jeopardy!, reaching the eighth-longest streak within the sport present’s historical past.

She’s additionally tenth on the listing for highest complete earnings. No Canadian has gotten this far on the present earlier than.

The 23-year-old received one other $34,000 USD on Friday night time. In complete, Roach has racked up $320,081 USD, or about $407,655 CAD.

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Nova Scotia? Or Toronto? Canadian ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Mattea Roach pays homage to each

Roach confronted off in opposition to Atlanta-based non-profit skilled Claire Dozier and Seattle-based meals technologist Anna Meyer.

Roach dominated her rivals as soon as once more, together with her winnings amounting to 17 occasions greater than that of the contestant in second place.

Up to now, the Toronto-based tutor has answered 93 per cent of clues she buzzed in for accurately, and 70 per cent of her buzz makes an attempt have been profitable.

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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 in Toronto.

She has beforehand stated she would use her winnings to repay her scholar debt.

— With information from Alex Cooke.

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