Late last year, FishbowlNY contributing editor Greg Lindsay offered mediabistro.com’s AvantGuild members a behind-the-scenes look at his writing process as he got to work on his book about mega-airports for FSG. Apparently, he took a break from writing earlier this year to go be a contestant on Jeopardy—and, as FBNY reports after attending the viewing party, he won.
As the second round started, he quickly fell behind again, down a seemingly insurmountable $15,000 with two questions remaining. After he answered the penultimate question correctly (“stocks”), however, he knew the second last Daily Double was his. “They told us to play strategically,” Lindsay said. “With about five or six questions left, I realized the Daily Double was still out there, and I knew I could get within striking distance of her [one-day champion Kelly].” Oh, the drama.