Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds is a contestant on America’s longest-running quiz game show Jeopardy! She is set to make her debut in the show’s 40th edition on 20 June 2024.
Jeopardy, hosted by Ken Jennings, is a quiz competition show that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. The contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the clue describes, phrasing each response in the form of a question.
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Garrick-Reynolds is excited about making a much-awaited debut on Jeopardy! She took her Facebook on 10 June 2024 to announce the exciting news writing,
I finally get to share an EXCITING secret!!!
One of my lifelong dreams was to qualify for Jeopardy! And I did! Want to know more?
Watch me compete on June 20th, 2024! Here in Ottawa, it airs at 7:30pm EST.
Find Jeopardy! on your local station at:
https://www.jeopardy.com/watch
or on the YES TV app, available for Apple and Android.
Feel free to share this post with Jeopardy! fans, family and friends.
(Fun fact – I believe I was the first backstage wardrobe technician contestant eveeeeerr!)
It will be interesting to see how well she can go when she takes up the center stage on Thursday!
Here, learn about Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds’ wiki, family background, job, and personal life details.
Who Is Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds From Jeopardy?
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds is a Theatre Wardrobe Technician from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is also a contestant in the 40th season of America’s syndicated quiz game show, Jeopardy!
Jonquil’s Jeopardy! episode will air on 20 June 2024. (Via: Jonquil’s Facebook)
Garrick-Reynolds’ Jeopardy episode will air on Thursday, 20 June 2024. As a new challenger in the show, she will compete against the current one-day champion, Drew Basile.
Drew, a Graduate Student from Birmingham, Michigan became a new Jeopardy! champion on Wednesday’s episode. With the win, he grabbed a cash prize of $23,482.
Apart from Basile, Jonquil will face a Superior Court Judge from San Diego, California, Bob Longstreth.
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Where Is Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds From? Her Wiki & Parents
Garrick-Reynolds is originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a multiracial Dominican-Canadian with a Hispanic ethnicity.
Jonquil celebrates her birthday on the 13th of January every year. Back in 2020, she created a fundraiser for the Distress Centre of Ottawa on the occasion of her birthday.
She wrote on her Facebook,
Hi all!
I am so grateful for the gift of your friendship You lift me up and keep me strong!
Today is my birthday, and I would love to help support our community. It has been a rough 12 days of 2020 already, and this organization helps people in need right here in Ottawa.
The Distress Centre takes calls and provides resources to people in crisis, and they have helped me when I was at my lowest.
Whether $5 or $500, if you can, send some love their way, and if you can’t donate, please share!
Thanks for being a friend
Garrick-Reynolds was raised by her parents in Ottawa where she completed her high school education. She used to watch Jeopardy! alongside her grandparents from a young age.
What Is Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds’ Job?
Jonquil is a second-generation female stagehand. She has been serving as a Wardrobe Technician at IATSE Local 471 since February 1997.
As a wardrobe technician, Garrick-Reynolds is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and alterations of costumes. Likewise, she assists performers with costume changes backstage.
As we continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month let’s meet Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds of @IATSE471! Also solidarity to our siblings with @IATSE on the picket lines in the television fields. #HispanicHeritageMonth2021 https://t.co/3T3rHknZ7F pic.twitter.com/nwHXLonHq5
— Memphis & West TN CLC (@MemphisLabor) October 5, 2021
Jonquil is also active as a Social Media Manager at Moksha Yoga Orleans. She has been serving in the position since May 2013, responsible for all social media posts and interactions for the yoga studio across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
On top of that, Garrick-Reynolds sits on the Local 471 Political Engagement Committee, the Women’s Committee, and the Pride Committee.
Is Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds Married?
Jonquil is a married woman! She has been married to her husband, Jim Reynolds for more than 26 years now.
After dating for a while, the couple exchanged their wedding vows on 10 March 1998.
Her husband, Jim serves as a Head Carpenter at Southam Hall at National Arts Centre. He started the job on 1 June 1987.
Jonquil and her husband Jim are raising two sons together. (Via: David’s Facebook)
Jonquil and Jim are co-parenting two kids together. They have sons named David Reynolds and Keenan Reynolds.
David also works at IATSE Local 471. He is a Treasurer at Ottawa and District Labour Council.