Oakland software engineer and writer Amy Schneider struggled to keep up while competing in the “Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament,” despite being a history-making veteran of the quiz show. Schneider competed against five-time winner Luigi de Guzman,

This person was voted “most likely to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’” by her eighth grade classmates. She auditioned for the game show for over a decade before winning a spot. And she has written that “learning was my first drug” and “everybody should be poly.