jeopardy! Contestant Reveals Connection to Amy Schneider and Another Winner

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While Will Riley tried to qualify for the Tournament of Champions during his fourth Jeopardy! game, his opponent, Francis Boyle, stole the spotlight after revealing that he has a link to Amy Schneider and another Jeopardy! contestant.

riley,from Houston,Texas,racked up a three-day total of $54,403. On Thursday, he played against Boyle, from Liberty Township, Ohio, and Jennifer Foote, from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Riley,an engineer,took a fast lead after only a few questions. When he found the Daily Double on clue five, he had $1,800. He made it a true Daily Double in “Victorian England.” The clue read, “The Match Girls Strike of 1888 involved young women & their toxic exposure to this white element they put on match tips.” “What is phosphorus?” he answered correctly, bringing him to $3,600.

By the first commercial break, Riley kept his lead with $5,800. Both Boyle, a playwright, and Foote, a lawyer, were tied with $1,600. But when the game show returned,and host Ken Jennings engaged in the anecdotes section of the show,Boyle stole RileyS spotlight for a minute.

Jennings confirmed with him that he was a teacher, playwright, and actor. “I have a strange connection to both Shakespeare and Jeopardy!,” Boyle said. “In 2008, my wife and I were in a production of, I’ll say, The Scottish Play, to appease the purists, with two future contestants. They were Amy Schneider, the great, of course, and Kelly Anneken.”

“This was before Amy Schneider was a Jeopardy! legend,” Ken Jennings said.

“That’s correct,” Boyle said.