For the seventh game in a row, Mattea Roach has once again won in Jeopardy!.
In Wednesday’s episode, the Nova Scotia-born won another $20,401 USD.
Roach has racked up $168,401 USD in her seven-game streak, or just over $211,100 CAD.
She once again dominated the competition with her winnings doubling that of the other two competitors.
The final clue in last night’s episode asked for the name of a war that Winston Churchill considered about 150 years before the First World War.
Betting just $1, enough to win, Roach was the only to correctly answer it, saying “What is the Seven Years War?.”
The 23-year-old is set to return Thursday night to defend her title as returning champion.
Her seventh win means the Halifax native qualifies to be considered as a competitor in the Tournament of Champions.
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In an interview with Global’s The Morning Show last week, she said she applied for the show online during the pandemic, because she was “bored” and wanted to give it a go.
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“Like, the worst thing that happens is I don’t hear back, and the best thing that happens is maybe I got on the show, so there’s literally no downside to taking the test. Then I got the best possible outcome,” she said.
That best possible outcome — so far — is the ability to pay off her student loans and a chance to appear in a future Tournament of Champions game.
— With files from Rebecca Lau.
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