DANGER! star Victoria Groce revealed her most frustrating wrong answer and divulged why she’s taking an extended break from trivia.
The danger! The Masters champion opened up about her best and worst answers and her pre-competition preparation during an appearance on All Things Quiz.
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Earlier this month, just weeks after Victoria, 43, won the Masters special, the quiz show savant won the World Quizzing Championship.
On thursday, Quiz about all things presenter Gareth Kingston asked Victoria if there was any specific answer or mistake that stuck in her memory for the “wrong reasons”.
Victoria confessed: “Yes, I confused Averroes and Avicenna for the 15,000th time.
“Every time one of the two appears, I go the wrong way,” she complained.
“Every time,” Victoria added frustrated.
Gareth replied: “It’s good to know you’re human [and] that you have things you miss.”
The host then asked if Victoria was tempted to retire from competitive testing and “come out on top” or if winning makes her more determined to come back and defend her title.
“I’m taking a long planned sabbatical,” she replied.
Victoria continued: “I’m not writing, I’m not playing, I’m not doing anything for at least a month – and then for as long as feels good.
“And I’m not sure at this point, it’s too early to say how long I’ll have to hold on from here on out,” she added.
“I could very well arrive in Spain and feel really motivated and prepared… but it’s also possible that I’ll say, ‘I just want to do less,'” he told Jeopardy! champion admitted.
She confessed that maybe she just wants to “show up places,” see her friends and “play with them.”
“I just don’t know where I want to go next, but I’m pretty confident I’m not going to retire now,” Victoria said.
GREAT VICTORY
Last month, Victoria made history by winning the World Quizzing Championship.
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The annual competition showcases talented quizzers from around the world tackling tough questions, and Victoria is the first American to take the crown.
On Reddit, a fan celebrated: “The Your Jeopardy champion! Masters is now… the world Quizzing Champion!
“With just one point less from last year, Victoria Groce finally broke through, and her fourth Top 10 finish earned her the first gold for an American at the WQC!
I confused Averroes and Avicenna for the 15,000th time. Every time one of the two appears, I go the wrong way.”
Victoria Groce
“Congratulations to all those who represented Jeopardy and the excellence of American quizzes, and congratulations to Queen Victoria, happy and glorious, eager to reign over us.”
Many other game show fans responded in the thread, congratulating Victoria on her impressive winning streak.
“Wow. I didn’t think an American would show up so soon. What an achievement!” said one.
“Yay!! What a great year for her,” a second social media user wrote.
THE CHASE IS ON
Many fans called Victoria the queen thanks to her nickname on a competing quiz show.
Victoria appeared in the third season of The Chase, and her name, along with her unparalleled quizzing skills, led to her being nicknamed “The Queen”.
Danger! Universe
Danger! it first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then, the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, many spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here they are all:
Danger! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7pm ET.
Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament.
Second Chance Tournament – 2022 to Present features hand-selected non-winners from the previous season, where the prize is entry into the Champions Wildcard.
Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one-, two-, and three-day champions from the previous season that are eligible for entry into the Tournament of Champions.
Danger! Invitational Tournament (distribution) – from 2023 to the present, features big names from the past invited by producers to compete for a place in the Masters.
Danger! Masters (primetime) – from 2023 to present, features the six Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.
Celebrity Danger! (Primetime) – From 1992 to the present, celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.
Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – from 2024 to present, will feature teams of three in charge of pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, host and air date to be determined
Danger! eliminated specialized tournaments, such as University Tournaments, Children’s Week and Teacher’s Tournament, to move towards a more sporting model, with the Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.
Other versions of Jeopardy! have also failed over the years, such as Sports Jeopardy!.
However, Victoria admitted she didn’t know if The Chase would continue after its final airing in July 2023.
“I assume you may be under an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), but is there any information you can reveal about future episodes of The Chase, or is the show likely already over at this point?” a fan asked during a Q&A with Victoria on Reddit.
“We’re kind of in limbo! We haven’t been canceled or renewed,” Victoria responded,
“I hope the fact that we were asked to talk about this on Jeopardy! is a good sign.”
Before Victoria’s hopeful words, Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings, 50, seemed to suggest The Chase was over for good.
“And our viewers probably remember you from The Chase, where you were known as the Queen,” he told Victoria on her show, before Victoria corrected him by emphasizing: “Yeah.”
“Ken said, ‘You were known as The Queen on The Chase,’ and Victoria said, ‘I’m still known as that,’ which kind of implied that they had different thoughts on the state of that show,” one fan noted shortly after one danger! forum.
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