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Matea Roach wins 12th ‘Jeopardy!’ match on wednesday

Matea Roach from Nova Scotia won her 12th consecutive Jeopardy match! Wednesday night, which led to her total profit of $ 271,282.

The 23-year-old won another $ 26,400 from the last episode.

During Wednesday’s episode, Roach faced Loni Lewis, a teacher and librarian in Charleston, South Carolina, and Sean Wong, an IT support student from Weise, Min.

According to “Danger!” daily result in boxing, Roach tried to buzz 37 times and was successful 32 times, for a success rate of 86 percent.

She had 31 correct answers and only three incorrect ones, for a correct percentage of 91 percent.

Everywhere, Roach responded correctly to clues 93 percent of the time in his last 12 games, with 319 correct answers and 24 incorrect ones.

Roach is a teacher who currently lives in Toronto but is from Halifax.

Her former debate coach at Sacred Heart School in Halifax says she remembers the champion as a “mushroom for knowledge”.

In a recent interview with CTV News, Roach’s cousin Elizabeth Conrad described her as an inspiration to the women in their family.

“Now I just see her looking for something that makes her really happy and tests her knowledge, and somehow all the hard work she’s always put into it pays off. And now everyone is somehow coming together behind it, “says Conrad.

She first applied to participate in the long-running game show in 2020. This January, she was invited to Los Angeles to record an episode.

You can tune in to watch Roach compete in her 13th game on Thursday night.