Jeopardy! streak Schneider's first victory occurred on the November 17, 2021, episode, dethroning five-day champion Andrew He. In the following 14 games, she missed only one Final Jeopardy! question. She missed a second in her 16th win. In total, Schneider has won over on
Jeopardy!, the fifth-most winnings of any contestant on the show in all play. Schneider is the first openly
transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions. Schneider, who viewed Freeman's victory and several other trans contestants' losing appearances on the show as inspiration, has described the significance of having a trans identity: "The fact is, I don't actually think about being trans all that often, and so when appearing on national television, I wanted to represent that part of my identity accurately: as important, but also relatively minor." Throughout her run on
Jeopardy!, she expressed admiration for past champions
Ken Jennings,
James Holzhauer,
Matt Amodio, and
Julia Collins (the first woman to win 20 games in a row, at the time
Jeopardy!s second-longest streak). On a January 2022 episode of
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Schneider said that she hoped Jennings would become the permanent host of the program, citing his comforting and empathetic presence. After surpassing Amodio's 38-game winning streak in the January 24, 2022, episode, Schneider took second place for the most consecutive wins in
Jeopardy! history at 39, behind only Jennings's 74 consecutive wins.
End of streak Schneider was defeated in her 41st episode, aired on January 26, 2022, finishing second behind Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, Illinois. The "Final Jeopardy!" clue was, "The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous." Talsma responded, "What is
Bangladesh?", which was correct, putting him ahead of Schneider who had no response. Her winnings totaled over $1,300,000, ranking her fourth in most money won in regular-season play behind Jennings, Holzhauer, and Amodio. On November 21, she won the tournament, along with its $250,000 grand prize. She was the first openly transgender person to compete in, and to win, the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.
Jeopardy! Masters In January 2023,
ABC announced a new primetime
Jeopardy! spinoff,
Jeopardy! Masters, which brought back Schneider along with Amodio, Holzhauer,
Sam Buttrey, Andrew He, and
Mattea Roach in a Champions League-style event. Schneider finished the quarter final round of
Jeopardy! Masters in 5th place, and was eliminated from the competition.
Strategy Schneider has explained that when she sees a category where she is weak, she gets it "out of the way first. That way, if there were any doubles in that category, they would come up when there wasn't as much money to be wagered." Later, she described her wagering strategy in a runaway game with little competition: "round up the second place score to the nearest thousand, double it, subtract it from my score, and then subtract another thousand in case I'd messed something up. Schneider said that doing
crossword puzzles helps her think of words "as both a concept and a collection of letters at the same time".
Regular play winnings Other appearances From January 2012 to January 2021, before her run on
Jeopardy!, Schneider hosted a podcast with her former wife Kelly Anneken called
Up Yours, Downstairs! based on the television series
Downton Abbey. In December 2022, it was announced that Schneider was developing a podcast entitled
Amy Always Wins hosted by actor
Rob Corddry for
SmartLess Media. In September 2023, Schneider published her first book, a series of personal essays entitled
In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life for
Simon & Schuster. In April 2025, Schneider appeared on
Top Chef alongside
Jeopardy! champion
Mattea Roach and actor
Michael Cera (who competed on
Celebrity Jeopardy! in January 2023). == Personal life ==