Mattea Roach earns another $20,000 on Jeopardy!, winning streak at 7 games
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In Wednesday's Jeopardy! episode, the Nova Scotia-born won another $20,401 USD, racking up $168,401 USD in her seven-game streak, or just over $211,100 CAD.
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 nigh 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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