‘Jeopardy!’ Notebook: 5 times Dayton native super champ was stumped

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After 40 enlightening, exciting games featuring superb runaway performances and a few suspenseful nailbiters, it’s difficult to fathom the end of Dayton native Amy Schneider’s phenomenal, record-breaking “Jeopardy!” winning streak.

Even so, the Chaminade-Julienne graduate has a lot to be proud of as the second all-time champ with winnings totaling nearly $1.4 million. Today, Jan. 27, she acknowledged on Twitter she’s taking the outcome in stride.

Assessing Schneider’s historic reign, let’s look at five times she was surprisingly stumped during Final Jeopardy!

DAY 30: Jan. 11, 2022

CATEGORY: Broadway Musicals

CLUE: “Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman and Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name.”

CORRECT ANSWER: Annie (Annie Oakley of “Annie Get Your Gun” for Merman and the titular role of “Annie” for Parker)

SCHNEIDER’S ANSWER: Rose (the stage mother from “Gypsy”)

DAY 31: Jan. 12, 2022

CATEGORY: Famous Americans

CLUE: “In 1838, he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott’s ‘The Lady of the Lake’; for distinction, he added a second ‘S’ to the end.”

CORRECT ANSWER: Frederick Douglass

SCHNEIDER’S ANSWER: No response

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DAY 33: Jan. 14, 2022

CATEGORY: Cemeteries and Memorials

CLUE: “60,000 are at rest in a National Memorial Cemetery opened in 1949 in the crater of an extinct volcano in this state.”

CORRECT ANSWER: Hawaii

SCHNEIDER’S ANSWER: California

DAY 39: Jan. 24, 2022

CATEGORY: U.S. Museums

CLUE: “Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World’s Columbian Exposition.”

CORRECT ANSWER: Field Museum (named for Marshall Field)

SCHNEIDER’S ANSWER: Grant Museum

DAY 41: Jan. 26, 2022

CATEGORY: Countries of the World

CLUE: “The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it’s also one of the 10 most populous.”

CORRECT ANSWER: Bangladesh

SCHNEIDER’S ANSWER: No response

Schneider will return this fall for the Tournament of Champions where she will face Matt Amodio and other top players from the season.

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