Amy Schneider continued to interrupt "Jeopardy!" data together with her twenty eighth victory on Friday evening, changing into the primary girl within the present's historical past to win greater than $1 million in cumulative prize cash. Schneider, an engineering supervisor from Oakland, California, is one in all solely 4 individuals to have ever damaged the $1 million mark on the quiz present in regular-season play. Since starting her streak late final 12 months, Schneider has gained extra video games and extra money than some other feminine contestant within the present's historical past. Solely three different contestants — Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio — have gained extra video games and extra money within the common season. When requested by Jennings, who's co-hosting the present for the remainder of the season, the way it felt to be a "Jeopardy!" millionaire, she merely responded, "fairly good." Schneider's winnings now stand at $1,019,600, after taking residence $42,200 on Friday evening. She's not but near third-place Amodio relating to winnings — he completed his streak at $1,518,601 — however she may overtake Holzhauer's 32 wins within the coming days. Schneider additionally broke data final 12 months when she grew to become the primary transgender contestant to qualify for the Match of Champions. In November, she tweeted about why she had chosen to put on a trans flag pin on the present. "The very fact is, I do not really take into consideration being trans all that always, and so when showing on nationwide tv, I needed to signify that a part of my identification precisely: as essential, but in addition comparatively minor," she wrote. "However I additionally did not need it to appear as if it was some type of shameful secret. Whereas it is gratifying to know that folks did not essentially know I used to be trans till they examine it, I do need individuals to know that side of me. I feel being trans is absolutely cool!"
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