Mattea Roach takes home her 12th 'Jeopardy!' victory
Key Takeaways:
- On Wednesday night, Mattea Roach of Nova Scotia won her 12th straight game on "Jeopardy!" bringing her total earnings to US$271,282.
- According to the "Jeopardy!" daily box score, Roach attempted to buzz in 37 times and was successful 32 times, for an 86 percent success rate.
- She applied for the first time in 2020 to appear on the long-running game show. In January, she was invited to film an episode in Los Angeles.
Mattea Roach of Nova Scotia won her 12th straight game on "Jeopardy!" on Wednesday night, raising her total earnings to US$271,282.
In the most recent episode, the 23-year-old made another $26,400.
Roach competed against Loni Lewis, a teacher as well as a librarian from Charleston, S.C., and Sean Wong, an IT endorse student from Wayzata, Minn., on Wednesday's episode.
Roach tried to buzz in 37 times and also was successful 32 times, for an 86 percent success rate, as per the "Jeopardy!" daily box score.
She had 31 accurate responses and only three erroneous ones, giving her a 91 percent correct rate.
In her last 12 games, Roach has answered riddles correctly 93% of the time, with 319 correct responses and 24 incorrect.
Roach is an instructor who is originally from Halifax and now lives in Toronto.
She was a "sponge for knowledge," according to her former debate coach at Sacred Heart School in Halifax.
Roach's cousin Elizabeth Conrad hailed her as an inspiration to the women in her family in a recent interview with CTV News.
"Now, just seeing her go for something that makes her happy and puts her knowledge to the test shows that her hard work is paying off. And now, everyone seems to be rallying around her. "According to Conrad,
She applied to go on the long-running game show for the first time in 2020. She was invited to film an episode in Los Angeles in January.
On Thursday night, you may watch Roach compete in her 13th game.