Mattea Roach‘s Jeopardy! profitable streak has formally come to an finish after she performed and misplaced her twenty fourth sport.
After 23 wins, Roach leaves the sport present with a grand complete of $560,983 in winnings as challenger Danielle Maurer beat her by a single greenback in Remaining Jeopardy! on Friday, Could 6. Maurer is a digital advertising and marketing supervisor from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, who completed in first place with $15,600, beating out Roach’s $15,599 complete.
“It feels nonetheless type of like a dream,” Roach stated in a press release. “I actually got here down right here hoping to perhaps win one sport and so I nonetheless can’t consider it. You recognize, it’s unusual, clearly, I didn’t come by within the final one, however I nonetheless really feel so completely happy and so fortunate to have had this expertise.”
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Roach’s misstep within the newest sport was wagering $3,601 throughout Remaining Jeopardy!, which she didn’t reply accurately. She had been within the lead with $19,200, however when Maurer wagered $4,200 of her $11,400 complete heading into Remaining Jeopardy!, she edged Roach out by answering accurately.
The Remaining Jeopardy! class was “USA,” and the clue learn: “These 2 Mayors gave their names to a facility constructed on the location of an outdated racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler.” The right response to the clue was, “Who’re William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson?”
At the moment, Roach’s 23 wins and $560,983 prize locations her at quantity 5 on each the all-time consecutive video games listing and the all-time highest regular-season winnings listing. The one rivals who received extra video games or cash throughout their time on the present are Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, and James Holzhauer.
“After I consider the caliber of these 4 gamers, I actually don’t really feel like I need to be talked about in the identical breath as them to be trustworthy,” stated Roach. “And there’s a noticeable monetary hole between my cash and theirs, nevertheless it’s an incredible accomplishment. Like, I can’t consider it. It’s such an enormous honor that I’m being spoken of in relation to individuals like Ken, James, Matt, Amy. It’s, wow. There’s no phrases.”
For followers of Roach, fret not as a result of she’ll be again for the Match of Champions this fall. Within the meantime, catch extra video games as Jeopardy! airs weeknights.
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