“On Wednesday, Ms. Schneider, 42, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., became the first woman in the show’s history to achieve 21 consecutive wins,” said the New York Times.
Yahoo! Entertainment credited Ms. Schneider with “the longest winning streak by any female player.”
Days earlier, NBC News declared her the show’s “top female earner” after she passed Larissa Kelly’s total all-time winnings of $655,930 with her Dec. 24 victory. Ms. Schneider also has exceeded Ms. Collins’ regular-season earnings mark, according to the show’s website.
“Amy Schneider continues streak as highest-earning and longest-winning woman in ‘Jeopardy!’ history,” tweeted “CBS Sunday Morning.”
Right-wingers from Ben Shapiro to Mollie Hemingway to the Babylon Bee are upset that, in the Bee's words, “it is now an undeniable fact that, if a woman wants to claim the title of highest-earning female competitor on this game show, she’s … going to have to beat a man for the title.”
Schneider responded to the criticism by tweeting
I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out and explain to me that, actually, I’m a man. Every single one of you is the first person ever to make that very clever point, which had never once before crossed my mind 🙏
I guess that it is at least somewhat encouraging that, unlike the fella in my cartoon this week, the right-wing whining squad is not claiming that Ms. Schneider's gender gives her some unwarranted advantage in the game. They're just verklempt that she is usurping titles that rightfully belong to Julia Collins and Larissa Kelly. Whether their clutched pearls are any solace to those two Jeopardy champions remains to be tweeted — but I suspect that the two of them are doing just fine.
Meanwhile, Amy Schneider racked up her 26th win on last night's program, reaching $950,000 in winnings. She also reported having been mugged over the weekend.
Julia Collins and Larissa Kelly have been cleared as suspects.
