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Inside Jeopardy! podcast, executive producer Michael Davies divulged that Roach — who uses they/them pronouns — has “never” studied for the trivia series.The 24-year-old had lost to fellow victor James Holzhauer during the “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament on May 24, placing second.Roach’s mom Patti had been in the audience during the broadcast and Davies recalled what she said at the time.“[Patti] told me that Mattea spends zero time, and has spent zero time ever practicing for this show,” the EP explained.“They don’t learn trivia, they don’t read trivia books, they don’t sit on the floor in the children’s book department like James,” he said, referencing that Holzhauer used to read kids books to study.“Everything they know is from reading, sitting in front of the TV, reading newspapers and being in front of intelligent people,” Davies revealed.He then noted how Roach’s parents “were so involved in that, and get so much credit in their broad liberal arts education.”“It just shows their potential,” he said.

“Jeopardy!” fans are quick to criticize contestants for any mistakes or missed answers, and a flub that took place on an episode this week was no exception.During the game that aired on Thursday, players were presented with a category called “New Jazz.” One of the clues there read, “Jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold can be heard on ‘Stay’ by this late rapper seen here.” A photo was shown of Mac Miller, a popular rapper who passed away in 2018.None of the contestants recognized Miller, and viewers took to social media to react in disbelief.“OH MY GOD they SHOWED a PICTURE of him for the Jeopardy clue and nobody got Mac Miller?!?” one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter.Yesterday, someone posted, “Last night on Jeopardy no one knew who Mac Miller was and I was v upset.”Some people seemed to get even more upset at the contestants’ failure to name the rapper, with one person writing, “The clue on Jeopardy just now had a PHOTO of mac miller and none of these f–kers even had a guess. SMH.”“Jus watched three mfers on jeopardy not know who Mac Miller is.

sparked a conversation on social media by suggesting that the show would be far more “accessible” for potential contestants if the cost of travel weren’t so high. “Personally, I think covering travel/lodging would make the show accessible to a wider range of contestants,” Goldstein wrote.

Anji Nyquist won the long-running trivia show on July 5.The Minneapolis, Minnesota native recently got candid in an interview about how after her win, viewers reached out to her with wild requests.After her game show appearance, Nyquist had done a “Q & A” segment on her Instagram so her fans could get to know her better.“I did an ‘ask me anything,'” she told The Sun recently. “And there were a lot of people who asked, ‘Would you do an OnlyFans? It would be really popular.’”While she was “flattered” by the inquiry, she was a tad freaked out by the variety of weird responses.She added: “You’re gonna get some nice people, and you’re gonna get some creeps.

EPCOT.”As Mickey Mouse fans know, Disneyland opened its doors in Southern California in 1955. Shortly before his death, in 1966, Disney began to develop the Florida complex that would be called Disney World, featuring its EPCOT theme park.I've been watching jeopardy for like 20+ years and I cannot recall an easier Final Jeopardy“Jeopardy!” viewers argued the clue was too easy for the final round.“I’ve been watching Jeopardy for like 20+ years and I cannot recall an easier Final Jeopardy,” tweeted one fan.“You guys have got to be kidding, how is this a Final Jeopardy and not a $200 question????” someone else wondered. “Who is Walt Disney.

shockingly wrestled with contestant Fred Jackson on Tuesday’s episode of the long-running game show.During the wild moment, Sajak jokingly put Johnson, who is a pro wrestler and a drama teacher, in a chokehold and twisted his arm behind his back.While the move shocked fans of the game show, Jackson defended Sajak’s actions and blasted trolls for hating on him.“I loved that moment,” the player told TMZ on Friday. “That was one of the biggest highlights of the show.”Jackson, who won the Hawaiian-themed episode, said that critics were too harsh on Sajak, who has hosted the show since 1981.“To see the criticism [Sajak] gets online is a little unfair.

Wednesday evening’s show.Nicole whirled the wheel too many times for Sajak, and it seemingly made his head spin. The Georgia native was trying to solve the puzzle under the category “Same Name.”While she guessed most of the letters and every vowel needed, Sajak seemingly urged her to say the answer in full rather than to spin the disk again.

began his thread.The ride-share driver won 16 consecutive games and walked away with $299,400.He noted in another tweet that he wanted to thank his “momma” and “everyone who put me in the position to do this.”“I owe them everything. Sometimes it seems like society put you in a box, and you are classified as a certain thing with a certain destiny, even though you may feel different person could really break out of that box,” he continued. So many feelings…I’m going to try and keep this short, but I’ll probably fail.

record books by becoming eighth on the all-time consecutive games list, and 10th on the all-time highest nontournament cash winnings list.Across her 14 games, the Canadian native answered 93% of the clues correctly.“This has been such a crazy season of streaks, and I was fully thinking Amy [Schneider] might still be here,” Roach said in a statement, referencing the 43-year-old prior champ who made history in January by winning her 39th game and becoming No. 2 on the all-time consecutive wins list.“If it’s not Amy, there’s going to be some other super champion that’s just going to knock me out Game 1,” Roach continued.

came to an end Jan. 26.

Alex Trebek was the beloved host of the iconic game show “Jeopardy!” for more than 35 years.Trebek became the host of “Jeopardy!” in 1984, reviving the show after it had been off the air since 1979. The question-and-answer game show is an entertainment institution, watched daily by millions of fans around the world.