Amy Schneider continues streak as highest-earning and longest-winning woman in "Jeopardy!" history - CBS News
"Jeopardy!" star Amy Schneider is continuing to break game records. Schneider became the highest ranked female contestant for consecutive games won on Tuesday and has kept on winning — a streak of 22 straight victories to date. Last week, she also broke the record for highest female earner of all time. Since starting on the game show, Schneider has surpassed Julia Collins for consecutive wins and Larissa Kelly for highest earnings by women. Among all contestants, she now places fourth in both categories. With her latest win Thursday, she is 10 games away from matching James Holzhauer as the third-ranked contestant ever in consecutive wins, according to the "Jeopardy!" leaderboard . Ranked #4 for consecutive games won: Amy Schneider! 👏 pic.twitter.com/dntnhKkyVQ — Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) December 30, 2021 Schneider, who is transgender, is an engineering manager from Oakland, California. She has won a total of $831,600 on the show so far. And she's n...