{"id":740738,"date":"2022-01-08T16:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/amy-schneider-is-first-woman-to-pass-1m-milestone-on-jeopardy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T16:01:11","slug":"amy-schneider-is-first-woman-to-pass-1m-milestone-on-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/amy-schneider-is-first-woman-to-pass-1m-milestone-on-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Schneider is first woman to pass $1M milestone on ‘Jeopardy!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Jeopardy!” contestant Amy Schneider is on a streak. Photo courtesy of Amy Schneider\/Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n
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Jan. 8 (UPI) —<\/span> Contestant Amy Schneider passed the $1 million milestone on Jeopardy! <\/i>Friday.<\/p>\n

“With $1,019,600 in all-time winnings, Amy Schneider has joined a very exclusive club among Jeopardy!<\/i> champions!” the game show’s Twitter feed said<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

Ken Jennings — who won $4.5 million during his own run as a contestant and now alternates hosting the series with Mayim Bialik — retweeted the post, adding<\/a>: “She did it! And in just 28 games, faster than my pace and tied with Matt Amodio.”<\/p>\n

The Today<\/i> show said Schneider is the first woman to reach the $1 million mark on the show.<\/p>\n

Schneider celebrated the achievement on social media.<\/p>\n

“I’ll get back to the backlogged game threads tomorrow,” she wrote<\/a>. “But I just want to acknowledge how overwhelmed I am by the things being written about me, and about what this run means. This has been a life-changing experience, thank you all so so much for your kindness and support.”<\/p>\n

Schneider will play again on Monday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, she was robbed in Oakland, Calif., and lost her phone, ID and credit cards. She was not physically injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n