Forty-game winner Amy Schneider capped her big year by winning a hard-fought Jeopardy tournament of champions in an episode that aired Monday.
Champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak on the syndicated quiz show is over, snapped by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money.
Reigning 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, notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs in 2004.
If she manages one more victory on Monday’s episode, the current Jeopardy phenom, Amy Schneider, will surpass Matt Amodio’s 38-game streak, making her the contestant with the second highest number of consecutive wins in the show’s history.
On Friday’s episode, Schneider crossed the coveted seven-figure benchmark after notching her 28th consecutive victory. Her total now stands at $1,019,001.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California. Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted about the robbery to her […]
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The Dayton, Ohio, native continued her history-making run on Tuesday, winning her 20th straight game and pushing her overall earnings to $768,600.
