The Canadian Game Show Champion JeopardyMattea Roach, has come to the end of a winning streak that landed her in the TV show’s Hall of Fame.
Posted yesterday at 11:34 p.m.
After 23 straight wins, the 23-year-old law school tutor missed Friday’s episode by a single dollar.
Her final result was $15,599, and the winner — American Danielle Maurer, a digital marketing executive at Peachtree Corners, Georgia — ended up with $15,600.
Unlike his penultimate game, Mme 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 his opponent, Danielle Maurer, lived.
Toronto’s Mattea Roach holds the fifth-longest winning streak and fifth-highest regular-season earnings on the show with a total of US$560,983.
On Twitter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pointed out that she is the youngest “super champion” on the show. “Congratulations on your monumental achievement, Mettea. You are our pride,” he wrote.
The trip Jeopardy by Mme Roach isn’t done, as she qualified for the show’s Tournament of Champions.
The tournament is expected to air in the fall.
Mme Roach lives in Toronto, but she stated on the show that she spent her childhood and part of her teenage years in Halifax, and also lived in Calgary and Moncton, New Brunswick.