Transgender woman Amy Schneider grew to become the new Jeopardy! winner on Wednesday in the middle of Trans Recognition 7 days.
The engineering manager from Oakland, California, ended the operate of 5-time winner Andrew He when she grew to become the only real contestant to answer the “Final Jeopardy” clue appropriately.
Schneider ended the episode with $31,600 in winnings following answering “Manhattan” to the clue: “A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton and a couple of of the main 4 treasury secretaries.”
After the episode aired, Schneider posted on Twitter to remind admirers that she is not the initial transgender woman to contend around the strike quiz demonstrate.
She wrote: “FYI, I am not the main out trans particular person to appear on Jeopardy (a handful of close friends have asked). There are a handful ahead of, such as a person, Kate Freeman, who was the primary out trans winner on 12/sixteen/20. My as a result of all of them for blazing the trail!”
As well as tweeting facts with regards to the technique she utilized to defeat He, Schneider also exposed that her debut to the display didn’t appear without one particular “Tremendous embarrassing” mishap.
“Basically a couple of seconds ahead of taping started, I spilled drinking water down the entrance of my major,” she wrote. “The entire matter experienced to come into a halt though the wardrobe individual attempted to blot it off.
“It had been Tremendous uncomfortable, and I felt guilty for holding up the complete generation. But I needed to put it out of my mind, so I made a decision to address it as a great omen.”
Quite a few lovers replied to Schneider’s tweets to indicate that her victory arrived throughout Trans Consciousness Week, which started on November 13 and ends Together with the Transgender Working day of Remembrance on November 20.
Schneider also unveiled on Wednesday night that her Jeopardy! earn was all the greater momentous for her, for the reason that she were endeavoring to get on the show for 10 years.
“Lastly, I can’t emphasize sufficient how wonderful Each like it and every and every individual around the Jeopardy crew was!” she added. “It absolutely was this kind of stress filled practical experience, and devoid of them I don’t Assume I (or any of us!) might have been capable of take pleasure in it approximately we did. Thank you!!!”
Once the match, she mentioned, outgoing champion He “explained to me I used to be ‘terrifying’ to Participate in versus. Coming from these types of an incredible player, that gave me a ton of assurance for my upcoming recreation. Was it justified? Tune in get more tomorrow to find out how I obtain transsexual dates in my spot.”