Carson City native Rachel Lindgren was a winning contestant on the popular TV quiz-show “Jeopardy!” for five straight matches. Lindgren's streak came to an end on her sixth appearance Friday, when a freelance writer from Los Angeles, Jennifer Tomassi, took the match with a score of $20,401.
It was a tight three-way battle, with all three contestants scores within $2,000 heading into Final Jeopardy.
Tomassi held a small lead for much of the match, but ran away with it all when Lindgren, and Melissa Stewart, a baker and barista from Spokane, Washington, both guessed wrong on the Final Jeopardy question.
Lindgren’s “Jeopardy!” days aren’t over yet, because she is currently in the mix of contestants that will be invited back for the Tournament of Champions tournament after winning an entire week's worth of games.
The Carson High School and UNR graduate is living in Bend, Oregon currently and works as a ticket agent at Mount Bachelor. She has hopes of getting her pilot’s license and with her five-day winnings totaling more than $75,000, that might add some lift in making that dream a reality.
Go here for the CarsonNow.org interview with Rachel Lindgren, and go here for a recap of Thursday’s episode.
