Toronto tutor Mattea Roach claims to have won 21st place in Jeopardy.

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For Toronto tutor Matea Roach, winning 21st place was a lot of fun.

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Her latest Jeopardy! With a win on Tuesday night, the 23-year-old dominated the game show’s fifth-longest streak, surpassing the 20 wins set by supply chain pro Julia Collins in 2014.

“Julia Collins was an iconic woman Jeopardy! Roach told Ken Jennings when the co-organizer asked to list some of her in the middle of the show. Jeopardy! hero.

Equally exciting for Roach was the fact that she won $ 29,599 that night and the total prize pool exceeded $ 500,000 (US) to $ 506,584.

Nova Scotia natives correctly answered 89% of the clues on Tuesday night to Angelakisner in Akron, Ohio and Ember Kashmir in Albany, California.

Roach is cutting out some work to overcome James Holsauer’s fourth-longest streak of 32 games reached in 2019.

Of course, superstar Kanak can only dream of matching with co-host Jennings. Jeopardy! GOAT recorded the longest consecutive win in 74 games in 2014.

Roach has already won the spotlight in the Tournament of Champions show, which airs in the fall.