After 23 wins at Jeopardy! , the life of Mattea Roach is no longer the same

After 23 straight wins, she lost by a single dollar on Friday’s show.

Unlike his penultimate match, Mattea Roach addressed the final question with a lead on Friday. But that question was about the name of the airport in Atlanta, right next to where her opponent, American Danielle, lived. Maurer.

Danielle Maurer finished with a result of $15,600, compared to $15,599 for Mattea Roach.

The Canadian who grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia has the 5th longest winning streak in the history of Jeopardy!and the show’s fifth-highest regular season earnings.

Mattea Roach won US$560,983 (about CA$722,433).

Weeks of media attention

Mattea Roach has always known that his string of successes on the podium of Jeopardy! would end. After weeks of media attention on both sides of the border, she is ready to catch her breath. She is also eager to think of something other than television and trivia.

” Before Jeopardy!, I was at a time in my life where there was no real advancement. And now I feel that, for reasons both related and unrelated to Jeopardy!this is no longer true. »

Mattea Roach works for Tea LSATLaw School Admission Test nerdwhere she tutors students taking the standardized test to enter law school.

She will become a law student herself in the fall. She got her first acceptance while taping the show and is still considering her choice, but until then she plans to take it easy.

Maybe I won’t be working more than part-time until thensaid the champion. I’m just gonna enjoy one last summer of freedom.

There are so many things that I haven’t done in my life yet, because I’m relatively young, she commented. I haven’t traveled for a long time. I have money now. I can go somewhere if I want.

Strategy and luck

The top Canadian contestant in the game’s history says her success on the show was as much a matter of luck as it was skill.

She came to the conclusion that things could have ended differently had she changed her strategy in this final show, but she chooses not to dwell on it.

I just wondered why I could be upset about itshe reacted in an interview before the broadcast of the episode which ended her run on Friday. Obviously, I would have preferred to win. But eventually I was going to lose, and most people lose their first game. I’m lucky to have won 23.

She was lucky many more times What bad luck, she said.

She also had months to recover from this loss, given that the episode was filmed on February 15.

Tournament of Champions in the fall

Mattea’s journey Roach to Jeopardy! isn’t over, as she qualified for the show’s Tournament of Champions. It should be released in the fall.

On TwitterPrime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighted the exploits of the young Canadian.

Mattea Roach lives in Toronto and grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has also lived in Calgary and Moncton, New Brunswick.