Amy Schneider’s crown has not shifted one bit.
The beloved record-breaking Jeopardy contestant emerged victorious in the show’s ongoing Tournament of Champions, winning the $250,000 grand prize on Monday night after besting her opponents in three games.
"I feel amazing," Schneider said in a press release following her win, according to People. “Earlier in the finals, I had this sudden moment of seeing myself and being like, 'I'm on stage in the Tournament of Champions finals,' and that was crazy. And I won! It's a great feeling.”
Schneider’s final game was something of a nail-biter. She hadn’t found any Daily Doubles in the game and she was up against software developer Andrew He, known for his big bets on those specific questions, according to the Associated Press.
Schneider led going into Final Jeopardy, where the prompt was: “The January 12, 1864 Washington Evening Star reported on a performance of this ‘dashing comedy’ to ‘a full and delighted house.’”
The prompt was an oblique reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which took place during a staging of the play Our American Cousin.
"I both wanted to [compete against He] and was afraid of facing him again," Schneider said in a statement to People. “I knew he was one of the top competitors in the field. He was definitely someone that I knew could beat me because he very nearly did before, and he did a couple of times here as well.”
The champion said that any of the three of them could have won if “a very small number of things had gone differently.” She continued. “I'm glad we got a really fair chance to test our skills against each other, and I'd love to play him again someday, somehow.”
Aside from being an iconic champion in the Jeopardy! studio, Schneider has used her influence to effect change in her home state. Schneider visited the Ohio State legislature last week to combat HB454, a bill looking to outlaw administering trans health care to youth.
Schneider continues to hold the record for the most successful female contestant in Jeopardy! history with her 40-game winning streak, which ended in January of this year. She has the second-highest number of wins behind Ken Jennings, who is now sharing co-hosting duties of the program with actress Mayim Bialik.
This clearly begs the question: Amy Schneider as host WHEN!?
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