JEOPARDY! fans watched Canadian champ Mattea Roach nab her 22nd win Wednesday, but not before a pit stop in New Jersey.
A rare Real Housewives clue mentioned Teresa Giudice and her “drama” before the disappointing “runaway” win.
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Ken Jennings is hosting Jeopardy! this week, whom many want to take over for good.
Also becoming a mainstay is Mattea, the 23-year-old tattoo-rocking tutor from Canada – who won her 22nd game on May 4th.
Fans were shocked over the lack of competition tonight, but also over something rarer; a clue about Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Dozens of fans took to Twitter during the regular Jeopardy round as two stars’ names were included and even their “drama.”
The RHONJ clue, from a Reality TV category, read: “Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga dealt with some seriously unreal situations as ‘Real Housewives of’ this state.”
While Mattea correctly buzzed in with “What is: New Jersey,” fans buzzed in with “What is: happening?”
“#RHONJ was a Jeopardy answer tonight,” acknowledged one Twitter user.
“New Joisey #Jeopardy,” tweeted another.
“I am disavow[ing] any association with those ‘Housewives,’ #jeopardy” wrote a third on the TV intersection.
“LMAOOOO WHY DID RHONJ REFERENCE JUST POP UP ON JEOPARDY??? (Yes I watch that s**t)” wrote a fourth, seemingly a viewer of both shows.
With SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos, a septum piercing and wire-rimmed glasses, Mattea is a hand-wave away from being a household name.
The ‘super-champ’ as Jeopardy! described – won her first game a MONTH ago now and exclaimed her “student loans are paid off!”
Mayim Bialik and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek’s tragic death in 2020.
Ken, who is an alum himself and the show’s “Greatest of All Time” winner – 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.”
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