‘Jeopardy’ Champion Amy Schneider Makes History After Beating Matt Amodio’s Winning Streak

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Amy Schneider is making  history!Schneider claimed her 39th win Monday, surpassing Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show.

Ken Jennings, who partnered with Mayim Bialik to take over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, still holds the top spot, after he won 74 back-to-back games in 2004.Schneider's winnings are piling up too, with the 42-year-old software engineering manager collecting $1,319,800 in prize money thus far.«It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement after her 39th win. „Knowing that I had this chance, I was definitely thinking about it.

Then Ken said it, and I thought, 'Alright, I just accomplished this huge thing' and it was pretty great.“Though her history-making win may have pushed Amodio to the No.

3 spot, it's not the last Jeopardy! fans will see of the Ph.D student. Schneider and Amodio will face off in the next edition of the Tournament of Champions, the show's annual event featuring the season's top 15 players.Later in her statement, she addressed her upcoming tourney against Amodio, where she admitted that it's going to be a „tight competition.“»It’s going to be an honor playing against you, and it’s going to be a tight competition," the  champ said in her message to Amodio.Schneider, who is known for sharing her post game thoughts on Twitter, addressed the big win and gave her usual run-down of events.«Post-game thoughts: After the previous game, I was naturally feeling good!