Amy Schneider Reveals She Tried To Get on 'Jeopardy!' for Over a Decade
Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider's time on the show was a long time coming as she had tried to get on the show multiple times for over a decade.The engineering manager, who resides in Oakland, California, enjoyed a momentous win during last Wednesday's installment of the hit quiz show, when she became the new champ during Trans Awareness Week.After sealing her third consecutive victory—and boosting her winnings to $110,200—on Friday night's episode, Schneider revealed to Newsweek that her attempts to compete on Jeopardy!
date all the way back to the aughts."I'm not sure quite how long [ago I first applied], but I remember trying out when I still lived in Ohio, and I've lived in Oakland since 2009, so it has to have been at least that amount of.
