Amy Schneider's come-from-behind win puts her ahead in 'Jeopardy!' tournament
The top woman and trans contest in the show's history is leading in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
April 8, 2024
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The top woman and trans contest in the show's history is leading in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
Schneider, the top female and top trans contestant on the show, has married Genevieve Davis.
Schneider will soon be seen on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.
The 12-day winner has earned more than $270,000 in prize money so far.
The president and others spoke out against the spate of anti-trans legislation around the country.
Schneider, the first out trans contestant to quality for the show's Tournament of Champions, hopes to be a role model for every "nerdy trans girl."
The trans champion responded to a report from last summer of an admiral being denied a promotion, supposedly because he allowed a drag performance on his aircraft carrier.
Schneider returned to her native state to speak out against legislation that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors.
Find out if Roach's stellar run on the venerable game show is continuing.
"I am still playing every game like I'm just so lucky to be here."
The hugely successful competitor is modest about their achievements.
The Jeopardy! champ's In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life will be out in October.
The channel didn't televise the trans Jeopardy! champ throwing out the first pitch at the San Francisco Giants' Pride Game, leading to some accusations of transphobia.
Schneider, the first out trans person to qualify for the Tournament of Champions, has won 25 games so far and earned $918,000 in winnings.Â
She's won more than $1 million, but bringing good trans representation to TV has been even more rewarding, she says.
She now has won a total of $1,019,001.
Roach, the youngest contestant in the tournament, brings wide-ranging knowledge and an engaging personality to the show.
Schneider responded to an online troll with firsthand information.
"Any candidate cynically 'triangulating' on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so," Jennings says.
The column by Pamela Paul was published the day after activists and Times writers called the paper out for anti-trans bias.