Update on Amy Schneider: 40-game winning streak on Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022, the second-longest win streak in the show’s history, behind only Ken Jennings, who hosted the show as she competed.
Oakland computer programmer Amy Schneider has won 6 Jeopardy! games so far, totaling $207,800. Kate Freeman was the first out transgender contestant to win in December of 2020, and Schneider is the first to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
“The handful of trans contestants that had been on before, I had seen them, and it was really meaningful at that time to see trans people succeeding at this thing that I really wanted to succeed at,” she said. “What’s great is feeling like I’m now providing that same service for other trans people out there.”
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Update:
After winning five games in a row, Amy Schneider became the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the “Tournament of Champions” last week. On Tuesday night she became a 10-day champion. She wants to inspire others like she has been inspired:
“I am from Ohio where the only trans people I thought of were drag queens or prostitutes,” she said. “Seeing other trans women in a good spotlight inspired me to not be afraid of trying to compete in the thing I have always loved.”
“I am so incredibly grateful,” she said. “Hopefully I can send a positive message to the nerdy trans girl who wants to be on the show too.”
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