Amy Schneider Biography
Amy Schneider is a writer and game show contestant from the United States. She holds the second-longest win streak in the program’s history, trailing only Ken Jennings (74 games), who hosted the show while she competed, with 40 consecutive games on the quiz show Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022 and the November 2022 Tournament of Champions.
How old is Amy Schneider? – Age
She is 43 years old as of 29 May 2022. She was born in 1979 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Is Amy Schneider still with Genevieve? – Husband
After a three-month engagement, Schneider married her partner Genevieve Davis on May 9, 2022.
Amy Schneider Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth fo $1 million.
Amy Schneider Trans
Schneider is the Tournament of Champions’ first openly transgender contestant. Her winning streak came one year after Kate Freeman became the show’s first openly transgender contestant.
Amy Schneider Jeopardy
Schneider’s first win came on the November 17, 2021, episode, when he dethroned five-day champion Andrew He. She only missed one Final Jeopardy! the question in the 14 games that followed. In her 16th victory, she missed a second putt. Schneider has won over $1 million on Jeopardy! in total, ranking fifth among all contestants on the show.
After breaking Matt Amodio’s 38-game winning streak in January 24, 2022, episode, Schneider moved into second place for the most consecutive wins in Jeopardy! history with 39, trailing only Jennings’ 74.
Schneider lost in her 41st episode, which aired on January 26, 2022, finishing second to Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, Illinois. “Final Jeopardy!” clue: “The only country in the world whose name ends in a H is also one of the ten most populous.” Talsma correctly responded, “What is Bangladesh?” putting him ahead of Schneider, who had no response. Her winnings totaled over $1,300,000, placing her fourth in regular-season money won behind Jennings, Holzhauer, and Amodio.
Schneider appeared on the November 2022 episode of Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. She won the tournament and the $250,000 grand prize on November 21. She was the first openly transgender contestant and winner of the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. ABC announced a new primetime Jeopardy! in January 2023. Jeopardy!, a spin-off The Masters, which features Schneider, Amodio, Buttrey, He, Holzhauer, and Roach in a Champions League-style event. It is scheduled to air later this year.