Mattea Roach always knew that her string of game show podium successes Jeopardy! would end.
Posted at 12:16 p.m.
The all-time Canadian champion said her success on the show was as much a matter of luck as it was prowess.
“I just wondered why I could be upset about it, she 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 also had months to recover from this loss, given that the episode was filmed on February 15.
Mattea Roach came to the conclusion that things could have ended differently had she changed her strategy, but she chooses not to dwell on it. She was lucky “many more times” than unlucky, she said.
And after weeks of media attention on both sides of the border, she’s ready to catch her breath, which just got easier, given her US$560,983 in earnings. This is the fifth-largest prize pool of any regular-season contender in Jeopardy!.
The law school tutor will become a law student 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 then,” said the champion. And 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. I haven’t traveled for a long time. I have money now. I can go somewhere if I want.
Mattea Roach
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, ”she analyzes.