‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider reveals her next big project

This picture offered by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. exhibits sport present champion Amy Schneider on the set of “Jeopardy!” Schneider was defeated on Jan. 26, 2022, by Rhone Talsma.

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“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider amazed viewers together with her 40-game successful streak, the second-longest streak since Ken Jennings’ 75-game successful streak.

Her winnings got here to an finish when she was defeated by Rhone Talsma, a Chicago librarian, on Jan. 26, as I beforehand reported.

Alas, Schneider needed to return to her day job of being a software program engineer. In a dialog with The New York Occasions on Twitter Areas, she opened up about how the expertise has been.

• “I believed I used to be going to be extra excited to get again to my day job than it seems I've been,” she mentioned.
• Schneider went on to disclose what she’s planning on doing subsequent.

What’s the massive challenge?

“I'm going to be taking a depart of absence from that to kinda deal with these things and attempt to kind all of it out and primarily ... making an attempt to place collectively a e-book proposal to see if that will get curiosity. That simply actually wants my focus.”

She’s received a complete of $1,382,800 which affords her the monetary flexibility to do something she desires. That isn't all. Based on SF Gate, Schneider is now within the large leagues. She has brokers for starters.

• “I'm having plenty of conferences with my brokers, which is such a bizarre factor to listen to myself say, nevertheless it’s true,” she mentioned. “I signed with CAA,” the house of Tom Hanks, Zendaya, Reese Witherspoon and lots of extra, “and so they’re, you recognize, enthusiastic about all types of various issues.”

Will she compete in one other sport present once more?

Schneider was requested if she would take into account competing on one other sport present, although “Jeopardy!” contestants are requested to attend six months earlier than doing so.

• “I've had some folks specific curiosity, and I used to be like, ‘Get again to me in a number of months. I’ll see what I need to do,’” she mentioned. “I feel I’ve already achieved one of the best one, so far as I’m involved, so there's this, like, a part of me that’s like, ‘Ah, it received’t be pretty much as good.’”

Based on Leisure Weekly, she's going to nonetheless be competing within the subsequent Match of Champions, competing towards different champions like Matt Amodio and Andrew He.