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'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider shares what her winning streak means

Reigning Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about her historic run of wins and her role as the most successful female and trans contestant in the show's history.
This season on <em>Jeopardy!, </em>Amy Schneider became just the fifth millionaire in the show's history and only the fourth do it in regular season play.

When Amy Schneider was in 8th grade, her class voted her most likely to compete on Jeopardy!

That prediction became a reality last November.

That night, in final Jeopardy, Schneider came back from second place and won, besting then-five-day champion Andrew He.

"It was just kind of

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