Schneider won her 28th consecutive game Friday, pushing her earnings to above $1 million.
Oakland’s Amy Schneider appears on “Jeopardy!,” where she has won 22 consecutive games heading into Friday’s televised show. “Jeopardy!” champ Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint, then fell ill, but her week on TV is going a lot better, as viewers watched her reach another milestone in her blaze of game show glory.
Schneider, 42, also is only four games away from tying James Holzhauer for third place for most consecutive games won. Still ahead of her for most consecutive games won are Ken Jennings and Matt Amodio. Schneider didn’t reveal more details about the robbery. Oakland police confirmed that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Sunday afternoon but have made no arrests., Schneider also explained that she didn’t feel up to writing her popular thread about that night’s game. “If I keep winning, it may take a bit for me to get caught up,” she added.
Schneider has been winning fans for other reasons, including her active, engaging Twitter feed where she writes about her cat, Meep, and her girlfriend, Genevieve, and reveals her techniques for absorbing a seemingly infinite number facts about history, science or pop culture.The Final Jeopardy question was: “‘Norwegian Independence Day’ and ‘A Vast Blue Sea’ are mentioned in Chapter 1 of a 1948 book by this man.
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