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Transgender woman Amy Schneider grew to become The brand new Jeopardy! winner on Wednesday in the middle of Trans Awareness Week.

The engineering manager from Oakland, California, finished the operate of 5-time winner Andrew He when she turned the sole contestant to reply the “Closing Jeopardy” clue the right way.

Schneider finished the episode with $31,600 in winnings right after answering “Manhattan” for the clue: “A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton and 2 of the main 4 treasury secretaries.”

After the episode aired, Schneider posted on Twitter to remind admirers that she is not the initial transgender female to compete over the hit quiz display.

She wrote: “FYI, I'm not the initial out trans person to seem on Jeopardy (a few good friends have asked). There are actually a handful ahead of, including just one, Kate Freeman, who was the very first out trans winner on 12/16/twenty. My thanks to all of these for blazing the path!”

Along with tweeting aspects with regard to the method she used to defeat He, Schneider also exposed that her debut to the show didn’t arrive without the need of a single “Tremendous uncomfortable” mishap.

“Actually a number of seconds right before taping started out, I spilled drinking water down the entrance of my top,” she wrote. “The entire issue experienced to return to some halt even though the wardrobe human being made an effort to blot it off.

“It was super embarrassing, and I felt guilty for holding up all the output. But I needed to set it out of my here thoughts, so I chose to handle it as a fantastic omen.”

Many fans replied to Schneider’s tweets to point out that her victory came throughout Trans Consciousness Week, which commenced on November thirteen and ends With all the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Schneider also uncovered on Wednesday evening that her Jeopardy! get was all the more momentous for her, since she had been attempting to get around the present for 10 years.

“Lastly, I can’t emphasize sufficient how fantastic Every and each human being to the Jeopardy crew was!” she extra. “It had been such a stressful experience, and without the need of them I don’t Imagine I (or any of us!) might have been capable of appreciate it as much as we did. Thanks!!!”

Following the sport, she reported, outgoing winner He “informed me I had been ‘terrifying’ to Enjoy in opposition to. Coming from this kind of an awesome player, that gave me a ton of assurance for my following sport. Was it justified? Tune in tomorrow to Discover how I uncover transsexual dates in my area.”