Lifelong “Jeopardy!” fan Amy Schneider has made history as the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the honourable Tournament of Champions.
Although other transgender contestants have previously been on the show, Schneider is the first to make it to the annual competition, which features the best contestants from the past year. “Once I got to episodes 3 and 4, I knew the fifth one was in sight,” Schneider told ABC7 in an interview on Tuesday regarding her fifth consecutive game win, which qualified her for the tournament, which will take place in the spring. READ MORE: Ottawa Tourism Invites Stumped ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants On A Free Trip To Winterlude In Canada’s Capital Schneider went on to win more shows and is the