Amy Schneider establishes new Jeopardy standard for most successive matches dominated by a lady

Amy Schneider continues to establish Jeopardy standards. Under seven days later the show’s Christmas Eve episode saw Schneider outperform Larissa Kelly as the most noteworthy acquiring female contender in Jeopardy history, Schneider’s triumph on Wednesday’s down indented her 21st successive win — the most for any female candidate. That beat the past record of 20, set by Julia Collins in 2014.

In my most noteworthy of high expectations, I never longed for matching Julia’s streak, Schneider composed on Twitter Wednesday later the broadcast.It’s difficult to say how I felt: glad, bewildered, cheerful, numb, that multitude of things.

Then, at that point, on Thursday, Schneider drove her new record further by winning her 22nd straight game. These episodes were recorded in September and October, yet Schneider’s first game wasn’t communicated until Nov. 17. So as every one airs, she tweets analysis and recognitions.

As well as establishing new standards for female hopefuls, Schneider presently has the fourth-longest run of back to back successes for any Jeopardy player. The California-based designing director is currently just 10 successes from the No. 3 spot held by James Holzhauer. The No. 2 spot is held by Matt Amodio, who dominated 38 sequential games recently. The unsurpassed record actually has a place with Ken Jennings, presently a Jeopardy cohost, with 74.

Schneider is the principal transparently transsexual Jeopardy candidate to meet all requirements for the show’s “Competition of Champions.” She recognized her sex personality by wearing a pin with the trans pride banner on the show, a signal she demonstrated later Kate Freeman — who in December 2020 turned into the main straightforwardly transsexual lady to dominate a match.

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