Amy Schneider became the highest-earning woman on the show ‘Jeopardy!’

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Brandy Stratton | In Entertainment

Amy Schneider (Source: Lyrics Story)

Amy Schneider is the highest-earning woman on the show Jeopardy
She won 18 straight games and became one of the six contestants to reach that level
She is a transgender woman who struggled to come to terms with her identity while growing up in Ohio

Amy Schneider breaks the record! Amy became the highest-earning woman on the show Jeopardy! beating the previous record of Larissa Kelly. She has won 18 straight games on Jeopardy! being one of the six contestants to reach that level.

Likewise, she became the sixth highest-earning contestant of all time on Jeopardy that December and earned all other female competitors more than $700,000.

Jeopardy star Amy Schneider (Source: Arealnews)

Likewise, she won her fifth consecutive game and became the first transgender person to qualify for the show’s annual Tournament of Champions. Amy said,

“I am so incredibly grateful. Hopefully I can send a positive message to the nerdy trans girl who wants to be on the show too.”

Also, Schneider has eyes on the big three of Ken Jennings, Matt Amodio, and James Holzhauer. They have won the most consecutive games and money in the show’s history. Similarly, her average of $39,266 per show is better than Jennings and matched Amodio’s. Schneider added,

“I’ve been watching the show since I was a kid. I’ve watched all the people on this list, and to see my name up with them is a very good feeling.”

Amy Schneider playing Jeopardy (Source: Yahoo Finance)

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Who is Amy Schneider?

Amy Schneider was born Thomas E Schneider in 1984 in California. She is a transgender woman who struggled to come to terms with her identity while growing up in Ohio. Amy said,

“Anything that can be done to show trans people as just normal people I think is a great thing. We want to get to a point where trans people are less pioneering and like, you know, that the first trans person to do whatever is just kind of like, whatever!”

Schneider has a Twitter account with more than 23.7k followers. She makes tweets frequently about Jeopardy. She gives an update on how her life with the game show is going.

Amy Schneider of Jeopardy (Source: Ceng News)

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