Jeopardy!'s Victoria Groce shares why she took a break from trivia, leaving fans confused

Jeopardy!’s Victoria Groce shares her most frustrating wrong answer and why she’s taking a ‘long’ break from trivia

JEOPARDY! star Victoria Groce has revealed her most frustrating wrong answer and divulged why she’s taking a long break from trivia.

The Jeopardy! Masters champ spoke about her best and worst answers and her preparation before a competition during an appearance on All Things Quiz.

Victoria Groce revealed her most frustrating wrong answer during an appearance on All Things QuizCredit: YouTube/AllThingsQuiz

The Jeopardy! Masters champ spoke about her best and worst answersCredit: Getty
Earlier this month, just weeks after Victoria, 43, won the Masters special, the quiz show savant won the World Quizzing Championships.

On Thursday, All Things Quiz host Gareth Kingston asked Victoria if there were any particular answers or misses that stuck out in her memory for “the wrong reasons.”

Victoria confessed, “Yeah, I confused Averroes and Avicenna for the 15,000th time.

“Every time one of the two of them comes up, I go the wrong way” she complained.

“Every single time,” a frustrated Victoria added.

Gareth responded, “It’s nice to know you’re human [and] that you have things that you do miss.”

The host then asked if Victoria was tempted to retire from competitive quizzing and “go out at the top” or if winning makes her more determined to come back and defend her title.

“I’m taking a long, planned sabbatical,” she answered.

Victoria continued, “I’m not writing, I’m not playing, I’m not doing anything for at least a month – and then for as much longer after that as it feels good.

“And I’m not sure at this point, it’s too early for me to say how much time I am going to be up for putting up going forward,” she added.

Jeopardy! Masters’ Victoria Groce reveals moment star knew she would win game after fearing chances were ‘slim to none’
“I very well may get in the lead-up to Spain and feel really motivated and prepare… but it’s also possible that I may say, ‘I just want to do less,'” the Jeopardy! champ admitted.

She confessed that she might just want to “show up places,” see her friends, and “play with them.”

“I just don’t know where I’m going to want to go next but I am pretty confident that I’m not retiring, like, now,” Victoria said.

BIG WIN

Last month, Victoria made history by winning the World Quizzing Championships.

On Thursday, All Things Quiz host Gareth Kingston asked Victoria if there were any misses that stuck out in her memoryCredit: YouTube/AllThingsQuiz

Victoria revealed she was upset she confused Averroes and Avicenna during the World Quizzing ChampionshipsCredit: YouTube/AllThingsQuiz
The annual competition sees talented quizzers from across the globe tackle tough questions, and Victoria is the first North American to take the crown.

On Reddit, one fan celebrated, “Your Jeopardy! Masters champion is now… the World Quizzing Champion!

“Having come just one point short last year, Victoria Groce has finally broken through, and her fourth Top 10 finish brings her the first ever Gold for an American in the WQC!

I confused Averroes and Avicenna for the 15,000th time. Every time one of the two of them comes up, I go the wrong way.”

Victoria Groce All Things Quiz

“Well-done to all those who represented Jeopardy and American quizzing excellence, and congratulations to Queen Victoria, happy and glorious, long to reign over us.”

Many other game show fans responded in the thread, congratulating Victoria on her impressive winning streak.

“Wow. Didn’t think an American would break through so soon. What an accomplishment!” said one.

“Yay!! What a great year for her,” wrote a second social media user.

THE CHASE IS ON

Many fans called Victoria a queen thanks to her nickname on a competing quiz show.

Victoria appeared on Season 3 of The Chase, and her name coupled with her unrivaled quizzing skills saw her dubbed “The Queen.”

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! 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 all are:

Jeopardy! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7 pm 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 season prior, where the prize is entry into Champions Wildcard.

Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one, two and three-day champions from the season prior worth entry into the Tournament of Champions.

Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (syndication) – 2023 to present, features past greats invited by producers to vie for a slot in Masters.

Jeopardy! Masters (primetime) – 2023 to present, features the six highest-ranked Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.

Celebrity Jeopardy! (primetime) – 1992 to present, has celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.

Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – 2024 to present, will feature teams of three tasked with pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, host and airdate TBD

Jeopardy! has done away with specialized tournaments like its College Tournaments, Kids Week, and Professor’s Tournament to gear towards a more sports-like model, with Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years as well, like Sports Jeopardy!.

However, Victoria admitted that she didn’t know whether The Chase would continue after it last aired in July 2023.

“I assume you may be under an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), but are there any beans you can spill about future episodes of The Chase, or is the show likely done for the moment?” one fan asked during a Q&A with Victoria on Reddit.

“We are kind of in limbo! We are neither canceled nor renewed,” Victoria responded,

“I am hoping that the fact that we were asked to talk about it on Jeopardy! is a good sign.”

Before Victoria’s hopeful words, Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings, 50, seemed to hint that The Chase was over for good.

“And our viewers probably remember you from The Chase, where you were known as The Queen,” he said to Victoria on his show, before Victoria corrected him by emphasizing, “Are.”

“Ken said, ‘You were known as The Queen on The Chase,’ and Victoria said, ‘I am still known as that,’ which kind of implied they had different thoughts about the state of that show,” one fan soon noted on a Jeopardy! forum.