On November 16, 2023, the Vancouver Public Library hosted a conversation with Amy Schneider, about her memoir, In the Form of a Question.
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Who is Amy Schneider? This iconic Jeopardy! contestant’s new memoir In the Form of A Question is a “funny, candid, and confident debut.” Tackling cross-dressing pre-transition, polyamory, living with attention-deficit disorder, and so much more, this memoir is a fascinating look at the interior of one of our brightest and most inquisitive minds.
Join Amy in conversation with her fellow Jeopardy! legend, Mattea Roach. These two trivia titans have competed together on television and are now coming together to discuss Amy’s new book. This is an incredible opportunity to sit in on a discussion between two of the sharpest minds in the game.
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Amy Schneider is an American software engineer and recent Jeopardy! champion. Following an impressive forty-game winning streak, she became the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!. She is second all-time in the show’s history, trailing only Ken Jennings. Amy is also the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions. She has been covered in People, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and more, and she has appeared on Good Morning America.
Mattea Roach is the most successful Canadian contestant in Jeopardy! history. In the spring of 2022, they won a record-setting 23 games, the fifth-longest streak of all time on the show. They also appeared in the 2022 edition of Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions, where they reached the semifinals, and the inaugural edition of Jeopardy! Masters, where they finished as the runner-up. Outside of Jeopardy!, Mattea is the host of The Backbench, Canadaland's federal politics podcast, and has appeared as a panelist on the CBC's Canada Reads.
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