Mattea Roach Final Jeopardy

Mattea Roach's impressive 'Jeopardy!' winning streak came to an end on Friday — find out where she ranks among the show's biggest champs.

Only Jeopardy! MVPs Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio and James Holzhauer won more games or money during their respective stints on the show. You know, it’s strange, obviously I didn’t come through in the last one, but I still feel so happy and so lucky to have had this experience.” With 23 wins and $560,983 in the bank, Roach ranks No. 5 on both the all-time consecutive games list and the all-time highest regular season winnings list.

Canada's beloved Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach put up a memorable fight for 23 games before her winning streak came to an end Friday.

host Ken Jennings asked Roach as she pretended to wipe a tear from her face and turned to grin at the new champ. "And there's a noticeable financial gap between my money and theirs, but it's an amazing accomplishment. Only Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, and James Holzhauer won more games or money during their time on the show. "I really came down here hoping to maybe win one game, and so I still can't believe it. Maurer trailed with $11,400, while the third contestant, operations manager Betsy Hobbs, had $7,400. Did you wager more than $3,600?"

Perhaps it's fitting that it all came down to a loonie for Jeopardy! sensation and Canadian superstar Mattea Roach.

Only legends Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio and James Holzhauer have won more games or money during their time on the show. “I really came down here hoping to maybe win one game and so I still can’t believe it. Roach, who is originally from Nova Scotia, was in the lead with $19,200 heading into Final Jeopardy! and wagered $3,601. Not counting the Canada-U.S. currency exchange rate, that was the difference between moving on and going home on Friday night. Article content Article content

Reigning champ Mattea Roach "absolutely" did not know the answer to Friday's "Final Jeopardy!" clue.

(Roach had the advantage earlier this week in a Final Jeopardy clue that asked for the name of Canada's national anthem.) It's such a huge honor that I am being spoken of in relation to people like Ken, James, Matt, Amy. There's no words.” “There's a noticeable financial gap between my money and theirs, but it's an amazing accomplishment," she said in her statement. Roach had a strong lead for most of the game. (Funnily enough, Roach also won by $1 earlier in the week.) I really came down here hoping to maybe win one game and so I still can't believe it.

Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach saw her 23-game win streak come to an end on Friday's episode of the syndicated game show.

The Canadian will appear on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions this fall, as announced in April. And there's a noticeable financial gap between my money and theirs," she explained in the press release. "I really came down here hoping to maybe win one game and so I still can't believe it."

The American-themed Final Jeopardy would be Roach's Achilles heel. “Idk,”. Canada. Winning streak ends as Canada's Mattea Roach loses ...

Roach says she’s happy to be part of a recent influx of LGBTQ contestants, although she noted that the U.S. network tweets about her were clumsy. Some American networks have seemingly latched on to Roach’s sexual orientation, referring to her as the “lesbian tutor” on the popular TV show. Schneider had one of the longest winning streaks on the show. “I never expected that becoming a 23-day Jeopardy! champion would be my pathway to financial security in my 20s,” Roach wrote in a press release after her defeat, “but I feel so blessed that things have turned out this way.” Roach lost $3,601 and the game with her answer: “Who are Churchill and Downs?” The correct answer, provided by her rival Danielle Maurer, was “Who are Hartsfield and Jackson?”