‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Amy Schneider’s Winning Streak Comes to an End After 40 Games

As they always say, all good things must come to an end and for “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, it finally did on Wednesday’s show.

Schneider was leading by $10,000 heading into the all-important “Final Jeopardy!” round but failed to answer the clue correctly. Contestant Rhone Talsma did answer correctly.

“I had thought that Rhone was going to be tough going into it,” Schneider said in a news release from the show. “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.”

Schneider may have lost, but she’s not going away empty-handed. In her epic 40 game-winning run as champion, she won $1,382,800 and broke several records. Her massive payday ranks fourth on the list of regular season winnings. Only Matt Amodio ($1,518,601), James Holzhauer ($2,462,216), and Ken Jennings ($2,520,700) won more.