![]() Roach appeared in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that aired in November 2022 but lost to Andrew He. Roach lost their 24th game on May 6, 2022, bringing a close to their winning streak after they failed to provide the correct response in Final Jeopardy! The contestant who dethroned Roach was Danielle Maurer, a digital marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, who finished with a winning total of $15,600, beating Roach by $1. Roach also responded correctly, betting only $1, winning the game by $1. Later, in their 17th appearance on April 27, 2022, Roach had exactly double the score of the second place opponent, Ben Hsia, at the start of Final Jeopardy! Hsia bet all his earnings and responded to the clue correctly, tying him with Roach. Roach was the only person on stage for Final Jeopardy! for their 12th game on April 20, 2022, the first time that scenario had occurred since October 13, 2020. They also called their strategy "bad", saying it was about minimizing loss versus gain maximization. Of their game strategy, Roach has talked about focusing on the things that are controllable. Īs the most successful Canadian, Roach lamented that the late former host and Canadian Alex Trebek was not still hosting the game. The season in which they competed also included 10-plus-game winning streaks from Schneider, Matt Amodio, and Jonathan Fisher. Roach has said that when they arrived for their first game, they had expected to face off with Amy Schneider, whose 40-day streak had ended, unbeknownst to most, a few months before Roach started competing. After winning their first game and $32,001, Roach proclaimed "My student loan is paid off." At 23 years of age at the time of their winning streak, they are the youngest contestant to have won as much as they have. ![]() They are ranked sixth in total all-time regular season earnings, fifth in total regular-season wins, and tenth in all-time winnings (including tournaments) as of January 18, 2023. At the time of the end of their run on May 6, 2022, they were fifth in total all-time regular season earnings and fifth in total regular-season wins. Throughout their run, Roach won 23 games and US$560,983, equivalent to over 700,000 Canadian dollars. In their May 4, 2022, episode, they spoke of having participated in Choir! Choir! Choir!'s 2018 show performing Rick Astley's 1987 hit " Never Gonna Give You Up" with Astley himself in attendance. In a May 2022 interview published in Vulture, Roach said that they would prefer Ken Jennings, who hosted the majority of their Jeopardy! episodes, to become the show's permanent host. They have said that their favourite game show growing up was Wheel of Fortune but that they also grew up watching Jeopardy! They have tattoos of Talking Heads quotes and have met Bill Gates. Roach identifies as lesbian, and GLAAD has also identified them as " queer". At the time of their run, they worked as a Law School Admission Test (LSAT) tutor and lived in Toronto. ![]() They graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor's degree in sexual diversity studies, political science, and women and gender studies. They maintain some traditions from Sacred Heart's Catholic curriculum and frequently prayed the Hail Mary during their Jeopardy! introductions. ![]() They were raised for the first six years of their life and part of their adolescence in Halifax. Roach graduated from Sacred Heart School of Halifax and has family residing in Halifax and Cape Breton. Roach placed second in the first season of Jeopardy! Masters, which aired in 2023. With their streak, Roach qualified for their season's Tournament of Champions. Roach won US$560,983 throughout their run, getting the correct response to 93 percent of buzzed-in clues. Roach was the most successful Canadian to play Jeopardy! and is placed in sixth for all-time regular season wins. Mattea Roach (born October 26, 1998) is a Canadian tutor and game show contestant who held a 23-game winning streak on the game show Jeopardy! from April 5, 2022, to May 6, 2022. ![]()
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