On her twelfth day of Jeopardy!, Mattea Roach as soon as once more took house the highest prize after being the one contestant to appropriately reply Closing Jeopardy! Wednesday night.
Roach, a 23-year-old initially from Halifax, clinched the win after appropriately answering the final query, which was in regards to the on-line schooling subscription platform MasterClass.
She was the one individual left by that time, as her two opponents did not qualify for the ultimate spherical. Roach ended up bringing house one other $26,400 on Wednesday, pushing her whole prize cash to US$271,282
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Along with her newest win, host Ken Jennings mentioned this places Roach within the high 10 for consecutive video games received.
“That’s a momentous milestone that’s been hardly ever achieved since we lifted the five-game restrict again in 2003,” he famous.
Roach will compete in her thirteenth recreation Thursday evening.
She has already certified for a spot within the subsequent Jeopardy! Match of Champions.
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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.
In a earlier interview with World’s The Morning Present, Roach mentioned she utilized for the present on-line in the course of the pandemic, as a result of she was “bored” and wished to provide it a go.
“The worst factor that occurs is I don’t hear again, and the most effective factor that occurs is possibly I obtained on the present, so there’s actually no draw back to taking the check. Then I obtained the very best final result,” she mentioned.
Roach has beforehand mentioned she would use her winnings to repay her pupil debt.
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