Amy Schneider Credits Mom With 'Jeopardy!' Success As She Wins 30th Game
Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider took time out to thank her mother on Tuesday night's episode of the show, as she rolled on to her 30th consecutive win.The engineering manager, who is based in Oakland, California, boosted her ever-increasing cash prize total to $1,057,800 as she edged toward breaking yet another of the long-running quiz show's records.And in a clip shared on the show's official Twitter account, host and all-time Jeopardy!
champ Ken Jennings revealed that Schneider wanted to thank somebody, before giving her the spotlight."I would like to thank my mom," said the Ohio native. "You know, I was thinking about what it is that contributed to me being here and my success here.
And I was thinking about when she was helping me study for the Spelling Bee."We wouldn't just go over the words, but we talked about the etymology, and she said like, 'Isn't it interesting that stoic comes from this architecture term?'""That's, I think, why...
I know so much stuff," she continued, "is that I always want to associate it with something and find interest in the fact and not just the fact itself.""This is going to warm the heart of parents out there," said Jennings. "You're still making a difference decades later.
