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Susannah Jacobson
(communications assistant from Madison, WI);
$56,001, two days |
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Michelle Bonduran
(medical coordinator orig. from Greensboro, NC) |
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AK Subramanian
(high school teacher from Villa Park, CA) |
It's the Fourth of July,
and Susannah's been launching fireworks for the last
week.
Susannah starts with $200
Names in Sports, as she takes the lead at the TV time
out, with $2200 to AK's $1600. Michelle has $400.
Michelle finds the Daily Double under $800
Odd Jobs. She
bets the level on this: pronounced one way, it's an
archer; the other, it's the guy with the oar closest to
the boat's front. "What is a bowsman?" So close, it was
a bowman, giving Michelle's $200. At the end of this
lackluster Jeopardy! round, Susannah remains in the lead
with $3800 to AK's $2600. Michelle, with $2000, starts
up Double Jeopardy!...
... with $400 Plant Life,
finding the first Daily Double under $1200. She bets
only $1000 on the tree family that the sago isn't....
"What is a pine?" Again, really close. It was a palm,
leaving her with $1800. Susannah can make it darn near
impossible to be caught with the second Daily Double
under $2000 American Rivers. She bets the level on this:
it's the river mentioned in the title of Indiana's state
song. "What is the Ohio?" Nope, it's the Wabash, but she
still leads with $11,000. She still leads at the end of
this round, $12,600, but it's not a runaway with $9400
for Michelle. Meanwhile AK's out of bullets with $5000.
Final Jeopardy! in "The 20th Century":
on Oct. 16, 1964 at Lop Nor this nation detonated its
first nuclear device. Correct question: What is China?
No one is right...and for
Susannah, it's the end of the road as she bets a tad too
much. Michelle takes this one with $6500, while Susannah
leaves with $58,001. |