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Amy Schneider makes LGBTQ+ history with her Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions win

Jeopardy! winner Amy Schneider has made LGBTQ+ history again with her Tournament of Champions win. On 21 November, the beloved show hosted the coveted tournament – which featured some of the most successful contestants from this past last year. After winning three games against her opponents, Andrew He and Sam Buttrey, Schneider was officially crowned the winner of Jeopardy!’s Tournament of Champions, making her the first trans woman to compete and win the grand prize of $250,000. Shortly after her win, the new champion took to Twitter to thank her…

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LGBTQ+ Jeopardy! contestant Mattea Roach makes show history with recent win

LGBTQ+ Jeopardy! contestant Mattea Roach has broken another show record with her latest groundbreaking win. For the last few weeks, the 23-year-old has been making headlines for her non-stop wins on the popular trivia show. However on 22 April, the openly gay contestant hit a massive milestone when she secured her 14th straight win. This monumental moment made Roach the eighth person in Jeopardy! history to earn the most consecutive wins. Alongside the massive milestone, the young talent has earned the 10th highest non-tournament cash prize with a total of…

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Amy Schneider makes Jeopardy! history again as the first woman to earn $1 million

Amy Schneider has made history again with her legendary win during Jeopardy! ’s latest episode. Since debuting back in November, Schneider has won viewers’ hearts with her incredible knowledge and historic wins. Last month, the software engineer became the first trans woman to qualify for the prestigious Tournament of Champions. A few weeks later, she became the highest-earning female contestant in the show’s history. Now Schneider has earned another record-making title as the series first woman to win a total of one million dollars. According to NBC News, her 7…

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Trans Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider has made history again with recent win

Trans Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schnieder has made series history again with her latest win. Over the last month, Schnieder has defended her title as Jeopardy’s! reigning champion. The engineering manager first made her debut during Trans Awareness Week on 17 November. According to a report from Newsweek, her hard work has now earned her the title of the highest-earning woman in Jeopardy! history. After securing the win on last Friday’s episode, Schnieder’s total earnings increased to $706,800 beating previous record-holder Larissa Kelly – who earned $655,930. She now sits as…

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