New York — Forty-game winner Amy Schneider capped her large yr by successful a hard-fought "Jeopardy!" event of champions in an episode that aired Monday.
Schneider, a author from Oakland, California, gained three video games within the event finals, narrowly beating Andrew He, a software program developer from neighboring San Francisco, who gained two video games. The third contestant, Sam Buttrey, was one other Californian. He gained one sport.
Schneider had a 40-game successful streak earlier this yr, the second longest within the sport present's historical past, which started when she defeated He.
She stated she each wished to compete once more with He, recognized for his cold-blooded large bets on the present's Day by day Doubles, and feared him.
"He was positively somebody that I knew might beat me as a result of he very almost did earlier than, and he did a few instances right here as effectively," Schneider stated. "Any of the three of us actually might have gained if a really small variety of issues had gone in another way."
Schneider led He by $1,400 going into Ultimate Jeopardy, the place the immediate was: "The January 12, 1864 Washington Night Star reported on a efficiency of this 'dashing comedy' to 'a full and delighted home.'"
The right response: "What's 'Our American Cousin?'"
Schneider and He each answered appropriately, however Schneider made the larger guess. She gained the $250,000 grand prize, He gained $100,000 for second place and Buttrey gained $50,000.
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Sales space throughout a efficiency of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington.