Because of Covid lockdowns and international restrictions, there haven't been any Canadian contestants until just recently as restrictions have been loosened.
Mattea is proficient in all categories, and especially anything to do with geography, so much so that I'm imagining her parents placing a globe over her crib rather than a mobile, such is her command of rivers, countries and mountain ranges.
Her occupation is given as a tutor, in particular an LSAT tutor. She is not a lawyer, and frankly, I forget where her advanced education has so far propelled her. Like most Jeopardy champions who manage to string together several consecutive days of winning, there is often no doubt of the eventual outcome by the time Final Jeopardy rolls around. Unless she makes a stupid bet and flubs the last question, she is going to win.
In fact, the other day her two opponents were in negative numbers by the time Final Jeopardy came around that Mattea was the only one standing for the final question. It was a walkover, and she got it right with a modest wager. Her opponents weren't even at the podiums because they had nothing left to wager.
She is almost conservative to a fault. No James Holzhauer swashbuckling wagers. She tops out at say $4,000, and when she does it she signals it with a limp-wristed wave of her hands. Like many young women her age she does sport some piercings, noticeably some hardware through her nose that is visible, but not overpowering. I do wonder how she blows her nose without hurting herself, but I image she is able to.
There is a small tattoo of something on her left forearm of something. But for the most part, she presents a clean-cut image with her rounded frame glasses that would put any parent's mind at ease if she were babysitting, or tutoring their child for the LSATs.
Her aggregate money won is not outstanding for the number of days she's been champion. Her wagers are conservative, and she starts her turns off by selecting the lower denominations first. Through 15 days of her winning streak she sports $352,781 won, certainly nothing to sneeze at, but not stratospheric given a 15-day streak.
Will she make it 16 days? Tonight's Final Jeopardy clue looks like a doozy. I know I don't know it. Under the category of African Surnames...Adetokunbo, "the crown has returned from overseas," is fitting for the Adetokunbo family who left Nigeria for this country in 1991. My attempt at an answer would be to guess England.
Is this the end of Mattea? Or, will she be so far ahead that it won't even matter if she doesn't know the answer? It will surely be better if she does.
I wish her well.
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