Amy Schneider's reign as 'Jeopardy!' champion comes to an end

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Amy Schneider's 40-game win streak on 'Jeopardy!' came to an end Wednesday Night.

Schneider had the lead going into"Final Jeopardy!."

Schneider drew a blank while Chicago librarian Rhone Talsma responded with the correct answer: “What is Bangladesh?” “It’s really been an honor,” Schneider said in a statement released by the show. “Just to really know that I’m one of the most successful people at a game I’ve loved since I was a kid … and just to know that I’m part of its history now — I don’t even know how to process it.”

 

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Amy is an amazing contestant. I’ll miss watching her play.

What a guy.

you did good, Queen

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