(Cue the “Jeopardy!” music - and the response is, “What is Bangladesh?”)Īmong her immediate reactions when the game and her streak ended: She was sad but also relieved that “I don’t have to come up with anymore anecdotes,” the stories that contestants share during game breaks.Ĭontestants receive their winnings after their final game airs, and Schneider’s spending plans include clothes shopping and, especially, travel.Īn engineering manager and Dayton, Ohio, native who lives in Oakland, California, Schneider’s regular-season play made her No. The answer that stumped Schneider was about countries of the world: The only nation whose name in English ends in an “h” and which is also one of the 10 most populous.
Schneider told The Associated Press that Talsma played well and did a “great job of taking the opportunities when they came up and putting himself position to be able to win.” I just really didn’t think it was going to be me, so I’m thrilled.” “I did not expect to be facing a 40-day champion, and I was excited to maybe see someone else slay the giant. “I’m still in shock,” Talsma said in a statement. Schneider, who found herself in the unusual position of entering the last round short of a runaway, was second with $19,600. New champ Rhone Talsma had the correct response to the final “Jeopardy!” clue for a winning total of $29,600. “It’s something that I’m going to be remembered for, and that’s pretty great,” “It’s still a little hard to believe,” she said of her impressive run. It also made Schneider, a trans woman, a visible symbol of achievement for often-marginalized people. Schneider’s success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who’s serving as guest host, and the quiz show’s other all-time greats. It certainly didn't seem to hurt me.LOS ANGELES - “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak is over, snapped Wednesday by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money. I figured, you know, it certainly can't hurt. So I started to associate praying to Mary with, I guess, anything intellectual. "I went to Catholic high school and there was a giant image of Mary in the study hall where we would write all our exams. "When the cameras first started rolling, and Johnny Gilbert is reading the introduction, I'm kind of muttering something a little bit and what I was saying was Hail Marys actually," Roach explained. Viewers have noticed that Roach often talks to herself during the show and she revealed that her recitations are usually a prayer. "There's so many things that you don't know going into a game - what the categories are going to be, who your opponents are and what their strengths and weaknesses are, where are the Daily Doubles - so, really just focusing on reading the clue and coming up with a response as quickly as possible so that when the host finishes reading, I'm ready to buzz in and I'm thinking about my timing there and not getting distracted by everything else." "In terms of preparation, I would say trying to focus only on the aspects of the game that I can control," she continued. She's also laser-focused on doing the best she can.
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