‘Jeopardy’ Contestant Mattea Roach Marks 14th Consecutive Win

variety.com:

Sasha Urban editorWith her 14th consecutive “Jeopardy!” win on Friday, Mattea Roach snagged eighth place on the show’s all-time list of most consecutive game wins.Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has won a modest $320,081 in prize money, bringing her to 10th place on the list of all-time highest non-tournanment cash earnings.

Roach is also the highest ranking Canadian contestant in “Jeopardy!” history, and has answered 93% of clues correctly throughout her 14 games.Earlier this year, contestant Amy Schneider capped an impressive 40-game winning streak with overall winnings that totaled $1,382,800.

Schneider currently holds the second highest winning streak in “Jeopardy!” history, behind current co-host Ken Jennings, who capped his 74-game streak in 2004.

In November, Schneider also made history as the show’s first out transgender contestant to make the Tournament of Champions. “This has been such a crazy season of streaks and I was fully thinking Amy [Schneider] might still be here,” Roach said. “If it’s not Amy, there’s going to be some other super-champion that’s just going to knock me out Game One.