‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Amy Schneider Reveals She Was Robbed: ‘First Off, I’m Fine’

Amy Schneider is making  history!Schneider claimed her 39th win Monday, surpassing Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show. Ken Jennings, who partnered with Mayim Bialik to take over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, still holds the top spot, after he won 74 back-to-back games in 2004.Schneider's winnings are piling up too, with the 42-year-old software engineering manager collecting $1,319,800 in prize money thus far.«It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement after her 39th win.

Amy Schneider has done it!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterReigning “Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider is coming for Ken Jennings’ hall-of-fame spot.She may have a long way to go, but on Monday, Schneider claimed her 39th victory, making her the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the game show’s history. Only Jennings, who newly took over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, has a longer winning streak. Jennings became a household name in 2004 after notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs.In the 39 games she has conquered so far, Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has collected a casual $1,319,800.“It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement.

has been hosting the show during Schneider’s winning streak. Schneider makes history as the most successful woman in the show’s history, the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the highest-performing transgender person in the show’s history. “I think that the best part for me has been being on TV, you know, as my true self, expressing myself and representing the entire community of trans people,” she told “Good Morning America.” “Just being, you know, a smart, confident woman and doing something super normal like being on ‘Jeopardy!’”Schneider, who has also said that said her classmates voted her most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant when she was in eighth grade, will now face off against Matt Amodio, who is No.

Watch out Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider is coming for your record.

Amy Schneider continued her Jeopardy! winning streak tonight with her 39th game, becoming the second winningest contestant in the show’s history behind Ken Jennings.

Amy Schneider is opening up about her historic run on Jeopardy!

“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is beating even her greatest expectations.

became the fourth person and first woman to pass the million-dollar mark. And just before the new year, she netted the most consecutive wins of any woman to compete on the quiz show. She’s also the first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.In a Twitter thread breaking down the night’s game, Schneider explained her strategy going into the final round and the moment she knew she had it in the bag.“So, now I had a decision to make.

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She looks like a million bucks — and her jackpot is only growing. Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider passed the $1 million mark on Friday, January 7, episode of the game show.

LOS ANGELES -- “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is adding to her list of bragging rights and admirers.Already the highest-earning female contestant in the quiz show's history and the woman with the longest winning streak, on Friday she became one of only four “Jeopardy!” players to reach seven figures in regular-season winnings.She's collected $1.02 million in 28 victories, solidifying her 4th-place position on the list that includes Ken Jennings with $2.5 million; James Holzhauer, $2.46 million, and Matt Amodio, $1.52 million.Schneider, who's also fourth in consecutive wins, will compete again Monday.Poised and affable on TV and in an interview with The Associated Press, she doesn't seem the gloating type. But she is tickled by the fact that she's fulfilled a prediction made by her 8th-grade classmates in Dayton, Ohio: She was voted most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant, based on her geography and spelling bee prowess.More significantly, she's the first transgender person to qualify for the show's tournament of champions.