JEOPARDY! fans were stunned by champ Mattea Roach’s historic 14th win – though it came at a price.
The first round of the game saw a “rare” event many slammed as “rough” before her a major comeback.
Canadian tutor Mattea Roach continued Jeopardy! her winning streak Friday, nabbing her 14th game.
She classed things up in a chic black blazer as she blazed her way to the end, and will return next week.
But April 22’s game saw fans fuming over rare first round given how “rough” it was.
The first round of Jeopardy! saw an extremely low threshold of correct answers – in fact, so low one fan pointed out they’ve never seen it happen before.
As one Twitter user pointed out, two categories even had three misses out of five.
“So, two triple-miss categories in this #Jeopardy round? When was the last time that happened in a round?,” one asked on the rare event.
Dozens of other fans buzzed in with similar thoughts and were shocked by the “low scoring” game.
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‘LACK OF COMPETITION’
“I feel like I’m hearing a lot of ‘No’ in this game #Jeopardy,” one disappointed fan wrote on the rare occurrence that left blanks across the board – quite literally.
“Not the best Jeopardy round. That was rough,” wrote another.
“Both Claire & Anna have catching up to do,” wrote another on first-timers Claire Dozer and Anna Meyer, who entered Double Jeopardy with double zeroes – while Mattea had $6300.
“The only people they put against her [Mattea] are Stoopid,” fumed a fourth though with spelling Ken may not have loved.
“Most [against her] don’t make it to Final Jeopardy with more than 5k. Many times they’re in the negative most of the game. She has skills but her competition is negligible.”
TUTOR ON A TEAR
She ended Thursday’s game with a massive $271K.
She has said on the show she has SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos dedicated to the band The Talking Heads, and when she won her first game two weeks ago exclaimed her “student loans are paid off!”
Critics have noted her “wild hand gestures,” as one fumed, “Mattea quit with the ad libs and awkward hand gestures.”
However, the consensus is the tatted tutor tearing through records deserves a ‘hand’ for her streak – she’s now tied for 10th longest run and on a list that includes legacies like James Holzhauer, Amy Schneider and Ken himself.
‘KEN HE JUST TAKE OVER?’
Mayim and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek‘s tragic death in 2020.
Ken began with an average of 9.2 million views, surpassing Wheel of Fortune and Mayim, who subbed in soon after and averaged her viewers at 5.7million.
Many fans are begging Ken to take over full-time, as one wrote earlier: “I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That’s clearly where this is going.”