| Mattea Roach | |
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| Born: | October 26, 1998 |
| Birth Hometown: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation: | Tutor |
| Known for: | Their 23-game Jeopardy! winning streak |
Mattea Roach (born on October 26, 1998) is a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are the 13th champion with 10 or more wins in a row, the first Canadian with 10 or more wins, and the first non-binary person with 10 or more wins.
Jeopardy![]
Trivia[]
- Bruce Fauman, Barbara-Anne Eddy, Bob Blake, Robert Slaven, Michael Daunt, Lan Djang, and Andrew Haringer are the Canadian champions with 5 wins, and the first Canadian with 6 or more wins in a row[1]. Seven months later, Ray Lalonde succeeded them as another Canadian superchampion.
- Common with Champions for David Madden, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider refer to the corresponding document.
- they have the youngest record among champions with more than 10 consecutive wins so far[2]. Coincidentally, there was a scene where the oldest champion of Ken Jennings and the youngest champion among more than 10 victories met in one place[3].
- Mattea’s extroverted and bubbly personality caused a large split in the Jeopardy fandom, with most either adoring them or wishing that they get defeated as quickly as possible.
- They are the first 6+-time champion to play in single-player Final Jeopardy![4].
- Joining the ranks of champions with 10 or more wins, the ToC held in 2022 set a record for 4 champions with 10 or more wins in a row.[5]
- During their Jeopardy! run, they revealed on Twitter that they are a lesbian.[6]
- Like Jeff Richmond, they have played in 1-, 2- and 3-player FJ![7].
- Among the champions with 10 wins or more, they are the champion with the smallest margin, except for Arthur Chu, who has a co-winning history from 17th game[8]. they are also the ultra champion who lost by a minimum difference of $1.
- Like David Madden and Ryan Long, they are the champion with more than 10 consecutive wins with two or more comeback victories (5th and 23th game).
- they are the first and only ultra champion to lose on Friday.[9]
- This is the third time a challenger who has defeated ultrachampion, such as James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio, has succeeded in winning streak[10].
- A week after their defeat, Ryan Long joined the league for the fourth time in the season as the 10+ champion.
- Among the champions with 10 or more wins, they have the record of winning under $10,000 behind Jason Zuffranieri and Matt Amodio.
- In their May 4, 2022, episode, they spoke of having participated in Choir! Choir! Choir!'s 2018 show performing Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" with Astley himself in attendance.
- In September 2022, Roach was named as the new host of The Backbench, a biweekly political interview podcast from the Canadaland network of political and media analysis podcasts.
- Along with Amodio and Schneider, their streak meant that the top 3 seeds for the 2022 Tournament of Champions won a collective 101 games, by far the most of any tournament (For reference, the previous all-time roster record was 94 games, set in the 2019 ToC).
- They are also one of three champions to have “shot their age” in wins, along with Jennings (74 wins at 29 years old) and Matt Amodio (38 wins at 30 years old).
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- ↑ It is the 9th ToC entrant from Canada (including Doug Hicton).
- ↑ At the time of appearance, she is the same age as David Madden (24 years old at the time), and if you look closely, Mattea is a little earlier (David: 8801 days, Mattea: 8575 days).
- ↑ At the time of appearance, Julia Collins is the oldest (age 42).
- ↑ Prior to that, there were Tom Kunzen (2nd game), Kristin Sausville, and Kevin Walsh (4th game), all of whom were on a 5-time champion from unlimited rule.
- ↑ Previously, the best records were two advances from S31 (Arthur Chu and Julia Collins) and S34 (Seth Wilson and Austin Rogers).
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/mattea-roach-becomes-latest-lgbtq-jeopardy-phenom-rcna25847
- ↑ This participant is the only participant in FJ who has seen all of the 1-4 participants, as Super Jeopardy also participated.
- ↑ The previous record was James Holzhauer’s 18-game winning streak by a difference of $18 (and also the most runner-up match). If Adam, the challenger, had guessed FJ during the 7-game winning streak, she would have won twice by $1.
- ↑ It is the first time in four years since Alan Dunn as a 5-time champion. Coincidentally, they both lost by a difference of $1.
- ↑ However, when a challenger challenges second game, the FJ! has been corrected by only one challenger or TS. The jinx was then broken by Lloyd Sy, who defeated Ray Lalonde.