Jeopardy!’s Tournament of Champions, says she hopes to be a source of support and inspiration for young trans people.Schneider has won nine consecutive games on the venerable show and competes again on the episode airing Tuesday (the episodes are taped several weeks in advance).
She is not the show’s first trans contestant or winner, but she is the first to achieve the distinction of qualifying for the Tournament of Champions.
To be in the tournament, which takes place in the spring, contestants must have won at least five games in the previous season.
The show used to have champions step down from regular-season competition after five wins and just return for the tournament, but now it allows them to go on as long as they keep winning —.