“Jeopardy!” Contestant Makes History
Amy Schneider concludes scary week on a high note
BY MATT TRACY
Out trans “Jeopardy!”
phenomenon Amy Schneider
brushed off a
robbery attack earlier in
the week and continued her historic
run on January 7 when she became
the fi rst woman on the show — and
just the fourth contestant ever —
to surpass the $1 million mark in
non-tournament play.
Schneider padded to her winnings
with an extra $42,200 in
her latest appearance, totaling
$1,019,600 — all in 28 games.
“This has been something I have
wanted since I can remember,”
Schneider said after accomplishing
the latest feat, according to Jeopardy.
com. “Being in the history of
the game I think is something. You
know, the money doesn’t feel real
yet but that is something that I will
never not be proud of.”
“Jeopardy” contestant Amy Schneider is reaching historic milestones — and she isn’t done yet.
The feel-good milestone came
just four days after Schneider issued
an announcement on Twitter
stating that she was robbed
and lost her ID, credit cards, and
phone. The attack left her unable
to sleep for at least a night, but she
was able to recover in time to continue
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dominating the competition
on the game show.
“It feels amazing, it feels strange,”
said Schneider, who joined Ken Jennings,
James Holzhauer, and Matt
Amodki as the only Jeopardy! contestants
to hit $1 million. “It’s not a sum
of money I ever anticipated would be
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associated with my name.”
Schneider’s latest accomplishment
prompted a statement from GLAAD,
which emphasized that her success
is a key step forward for trans representation
across America.
Schneider’s rise to fame, however,
has been accompanied by anti
trans harassment. She turned
to Twitter on New Year’s Eve to
acknowledge that she had been
repeatedly — and deliberately —
misgendered by others who contacted
her.
On January 9, Schneider published
a thread of tweets summarizing
the highlights from the moment
she surpassed $1 million. By
the end of that day, she said, she
was exhausted and needed to return
within 12 hours — with a new
goal in mind: to catch Holzhauer
for third-longest streak all time.
“That quest starts tomorrow, see
you then!” she wrote.
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