Who Is Matthew Smith From Jeopardy? Explore His Wiki & Family Life

Matthew Smith is a new Jeopardy contestant who will appear on the 40th season of the longest-running trivia game show. His episode airs on Monday, 6 May 2024.

Jeopardy 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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It is the top-rated TV quiz show with a weekly audience of over 20 million viewers. The show has won 43 Emmy Awards and holds the Guinness World Records title for the most Emmy Awards won by a TV game show. Moreover, it has been hosted by Ken Jennings since the death of Alex Trebek in 2020.

So, know more about the Jeopardy contestant Matthew Smith which includes his personal and professional life details.

Who Is Matthew Smith From Jeopardy?

Matthew Smith is a paramedic from New York, New York. He is going to appear on the 6 May 2024 episode of Jeopardy this season.

There, he will compete against a returning champion Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Likewise, the other contestant is Carrie Klaus, a French professor from Greencastle, Indiana.

Matthew Smith is facing a returning champion Weckiai Rannila, and Carrie Klaus on Jeopardy 6 May 2024 episode. (Via Jeopardy.com)

Weckiai is a three-day winner who made her Jeopardy debut on the 1st May episode. She is returning as a champion with total winnings of $35,200.

Matthew Smith Wiki, Age & Education

Matthew Smith seems to be in late 30s now. He celebrates his birthday on the 23rd of May every year.

 

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As per wiki, he hails from Kennebunkport, Maine, and was raised by his family there. He pursued his high school education at Berwick Academy, graduating in 2005. He can speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and French.

Smith then went to Georgetown University and graduated with a BA in Political Economy and Arab Studies in 2009. Furthermore, he obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law in 2012.

Besides, he has Neonatal Resuscitation Program Advanced Provider certification from the American Academy of Pediatrics. He also earned Flight Paramedic Certification from the International Board of Specialty Certifications in 2023.

What Is Matthew Smith’s Job?

Matthew now serves as a Senior Emergency Care Instructor at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He previously held the position of Paramedic and Emergency Care Instructor there.

Furthermore, he also works as a quality reviewer at DocGo’s Critical Care Paramedic department. He has been serving as an Interim Paramedic Program Coordinator at LaGuardia Community College since 2016.

Prior to that, he was a paramedic at Northwell Health System Center for EMS, wehre he worked for more than three years. He was a Quality Improvement Coordinator of New York City 911 Division of TransCare.

Is Matthew Smith A Married Man?

Matthew seems to be a married man as per his social media account. He has been married to Elizabeth Fisher Smith for more than a decade.

The duo got married on 16 February 2013 and has been inseparable since then. He has shared some pictures with his wife on his Facebook and Instagram.

 

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Elizabeth now works as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. She obtained a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from The George Washington University in 2020.