Ray Lalonde

Ray Lalonde
Birth Hometown:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:	scenic artist
Years active:	2022-present
Known for:	S39 Jeopardy! Champion

Ray Lalonde is a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is the 4th and final superchampion in 2022, and the 16th overall.

Early Life

A resident of Toronto, Ontario, Ray Lalonde was born in Thunder Bay. Ray works as a scenic artist in The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) in the paint department. Ray went to Hillcrest High School and left his town at the age of 19 to attend university.

He provided his services in the art department in the television shows such as Killjoys (2015), Trauma (2010), and Au secours de Béatrice (2014). On the sets, the scenic artist works on plywood and makes it look like real things whether it’s a brick wall, stone walls, marble, or any other thing, but it’s all fake.

Common with Other Champions

Matt Jackson

• They defeated a male 3-time champ and became the new champion.
• They broke their own record with 12 games.
• Both are 13-win champions, handing over to the same gender. The difference is, Matt kept first place until he got off, and Ray had a come-from-behind experience once.

James Holzhauer

• Both debuted on Thursday.
• They once competed with a relative of a participant who went up to ToC. James went up against a sister (Sarah McNitt - Rebecca) in his 13th game, and Ray went up against a cousin in his first game.
• They competed against the runner-up who received over $40,000. James in the 18th, Ray in the 12th.
• Both of them have a record of 10 consecutive FJ correct answers, and they kept the record until they got off. For reference, James continued his streak of correct answers until the ToC Quarterfinal.
• The new champions are from Illinois, and all contestants got FJ!.
• Subsequent champions also broke some jinxes. James' successor, Emma, ​​broke the jinx that the person who won the Superchampion would never win a streak, and Lloyd, the Giant Killer, broke the jinx that a second FJ would never correct. In addition, the FJ question of the two was a matter of asking the country.

Amy Schneider

• Based on the broadcast date, they earned more than 10 consecutive wins over two years.
• They have a record of 10 consecutive correct FJ! responses.
• Like James, they were defeated by an Illinois native.
• In the ToC where I participated, more than two Superchamps did not even advance to the semifinals, and two participants beat Superchamps before the finals.

Mattea Roach

• Both are of Canadian origin and live in the same area.
• The two had a confrontation with the same Canadian. Mattea in the 10th, Ray in the 5th.
• They are the first Canadian 6-time+ champion by gender.
• Both have at least one come-from-behind record.
• When they got off, they handed over the seat to the new champion by a narrow margin. Ray's is $490, Mattea's is only $1 difference. In addition, all successor champions finished with two consecutive wins.

Trivia

• He has designed sets for many TV shows and movies, including The Handmaid’s Tale.
• He has an identical twin brother who is also applying to be on Jeopardy.
• As per a news article realeased during the IATSE strike, Ray is apparently 61 years old, making him the oldest Jeopardy! superchampion out of the 16 thus far.
• He is believed to be one of only eight people to have gotten 10+ consecutive correct FJ! responses, Like Jennifer Quail, this is the 4th longest consecutive FJ correct answer record (11 questions).
• On the Jeopardy homepage, the list of ToC entrants is listed, but Ray's name and residence are all capitalized, while all other names are written in lowercase. Regarding this, netizens are talking about whether the website maker made a mistake on purpose. #
• On the other hand, when his circumstances became known, opinions were exchanged that all performers should sit in chairs and solve problems like the Art Fleming system.
• Like Cris, who participated in the 2024 ToC, he also became a Super Champion who did not advance to the semifinals (the fifth time in history), and like Matt Amodio, he is a Super Champion who lost to the winner of another tournament at ToC.