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Mary Roos Confirms Retirement on ARD Quiz, Quips After Final-Question Loss

She donates her modest state pension to charity.

Overview

  • Mary Roos, appearing on ARD’s quiz show Wer weiß denn sowas? on Thursday, said she is retired and talked about renovating, laying carpet, and building raised beds.
  • In the final round, both teams picked the wrong song for Olaf Scholz’s 2025 military ceremony, which erased €2,000 per team and the payout for the studio audience.
  • She lightened the moment by telling the crowd, “I will include you all in my will.”
  • Reports citing a Bild interview say she now draws her €160 monthly state pension and sends it to Doctors Without Borders and the Tierschutzhof Neumann animal sanctuary in Drochtersen.
  • The two-time Eurovision act, who placed third in 1972 and returned in 1984, praised Germany’s 2026 entrant Sarah Engels as highly professional and said she expects a pleasant surprise.