Going into my first taping, one of the things I told myself was “Just be yourself, and then whatever happens as a result, you’ll be ok with it.” I’m so glad that seems to have come across for everyone! https://t.co/qHP2zU5Rp6
— Amy Schneider (@Jeopardamy) January 27, 2022
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
Credit: Uncredited
Credit: Uncredited
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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