Amy Schneider will always be a champion in our eyes. During Wednesday’s episode of “Jeopardy!”, Schneider’s 40 game winning streak came to an end.
After breaking record after record to become the second-longest consecutive winner on the game show, Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, finished the game with $29,600.
Schneider came in second with $19,600. READ MORE: Amy Schneider Breaks Another Record On ‘Jeopardy!’ “I had thought that Rhone was going to be tough going into it,” said Schneider. “I loved hanging out with him, we had great conversation before the taping, but I could tell that he was here to play and that he was going to be good.
I still came very close to winning, but I did feel like maybe I was slipping a little bit. And once it was clear that he was fast on the buzzer, I knew it was going to be a battle all the way.” The final question was: “The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it’s also one of the 10 most populous.” The correct answer with Talsma answered was, “What is Bangladesh?”.
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