Jeopardy Masters S1

Written on 10 May 2023. Posted in TV Series

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Trans lesbian trivia queen legend Amy Schneider and noted Canadian lesbian Mattea Roach will be amongst the six competitors facing off in this “Champions League-style” format version of the beloved

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Though created and produced in Hollywood, Jeopardy! enjoys a special relationship with Canada. Alex Trebek himself hailed from The Great White North and so too do many notable Jeopardy! champions. The most successful of them all is recent super champ Mattea Roach. The Halifax native won a staggering 23 games and $560,983 before falling to Danielle Maurer in a game decided by only $1.

Roach returned for her season’s Tournament of Champions which featured fellow heavy hitters like Andrew He, Sam Buttrey, and Amy Schneider. Ultimately she wasn’t able to crack the top three but now has another chance to make Canada proud.

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When James Holzhauer took a serious run at Ken Jennings’ all-time Jeopardy! record in 2019, it ushered in the era of the Jeopardy! “super champion.” Whether they were inspired by Holzhauer’s performance or emboldened by the show’s updated testing procedures, Jeopardy! contestants have quite simply been on fire since 2019. In fact, more than half of the show’s 10 longest winning streaks all occurred within the past three years.

Of all the recent super champions, however, Amy Schneider is comfortably the most dominant. The Oakland-based writer has the second longest winning streak in Jeopardy! history (40 games), and has the fourth highest winnings ($1,382,800). More impressive than her regular season play though was her victory in what was surely one of the most stacked Tournament of Champions ever. Schneider is the likely favorite in Jeopardy! Masters.