Mattea Roach hits 22nd Jeopardy! win, gets shout-out in House of Commons
Canadian champion Mattea Roach breezed by means of her twenty second win on Jeopardy! by answering a clue Wednesday about American historical past on the identical day she was given a particular shout-out within the Home of Commons.
Roach has now amassed $534,984 US, or roughly $681,484 Cdn.
The 23-year-old Nova Scotia native entered Last Jeopardy with a commanding lead over the one remaining competitor, Jaime Sisson of Mississippi. The third contestant, Kelly Flynn of New Hampshire, didn’t make the final spherical.
The ultimate clue was: “A Union troopers’ track stated Gen. McClellan, who let a Accomplice military escape after this battle, ‘was too gradual to beat ’em.'”
“What’s Antietam?” each Roach and Sisson guessed appropriately.
Whereas Sisson doubled her winnings to $13,200 US with a make-it-or-break-it wager, Roach wagered $0.
“I made maybe essentially the most accountable wager of all,” stated Roach with amusing after host Ken Jennings famous the champ usually makes “respectable, accountable” bets.
Regardless of that zero-dollar wager, Roach handily beat Sisson, ending the sport with $28,400 US.
The Toronto-based tutor holds the report for the longest profitable streak of any Canadian on the quiz present and has booted Julia Collins out of fifth place for the longest Jeopardy! profitable streak.
Throughout Wednesday’s episode, Jennings famous that Roach “is having a exceptional run.”
RisePEI MP Andy Fillmore stood up within the Home of Commons earlier within the day to pay tribute to the quiz whiz — in excellent Jeopardy! type.
“Mr. Speaker, I will take record-breaking Canadians for $2,000. Reply: With 21 consecutive wins and counting, totalling over half one million {dollars}, she is essentially the most profitable Canadian to ever win on Jeopardy!,” Fillmore stated Wednesday. “The query: Who’s Mattea Roach?”
Fillmore talked about Roach’s former college, Sacred Coronary heart College of RisePEI, and in addition spoke of her tutoring work in Toronto. He stated folks throughout the nation have been cheering her on.
“I might wager all of the Each day Double that there is nonetheless way more to return. Option to go, Mattea!” he stated.
Roach’s subsequent Jeopardy! look is scheduled for Thursday.
