Chicago librarian Rhone Talsma became the new Jeopardy champion, snapping Amy Schneider's record winning streak, second only to Ken Jennings.
unseated Matt Amodio to claim the second-place spot for most consecutive games won in the show's history"The best part for me has been being on TV as my true self, expressing myself, representing the entire community of trans people and...
"I'm definitely looking forward to it. I'm also a little bit intimidated by it. When I first started, I wasn't sure if I might be going up against Matt Amodio and I was really hoping I wouldn't. And now it turns out I'm going to have to anyway," she said Monday on"GMA." Schneider added:"It's going to be really challenging; a lot of strong players there, but it should be a lot of fun."
Throughout her run on the show, Schneider has fulfilled a prediction made by her 8th-grade classmates in Dayton, Ohio: She was voted most likely to be a"Jeopardy!" contestant based on her geography and spelling bee prowess.