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Amy Schneider
Newsweek US
|November 10, 2023
AMY SCHNEIDER MADE MORE THAN JUST JEOPARDY HISTORY AFTER WINning 40 consecutive games (second only to Ken Jennings), she also made television history as the first transgender woman to do so
Her achievements led to a slew of reactions from fans for someone who "did not expect to be famous at any point in my life." She's turned those questions into a new book, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster). For Schneider, she was not trying to make history. "All I was doing was fulfilling a childhood dream and, by way of winning a million dollars, I was also able to do a lot of good for people in my community" by just being honest about her transgender identity. In fact, the question she says she gets most often from people is whether "the show was rigged." Even though she's aware her very identity mak
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