# Cindy Stowell dies 12/5 after taping "Jeopardy! 

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**Created:** [December 16, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893 "2016-12-16T23:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893/21 "2016-12-23T01:52:30Z")

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I thought the FJ question was very easy. “Small Nations”, Closest Nation to US where driving on the left side is predominant.

What is the Bahamas

She might have had a better chance if it was tougher.

Here is a [NYTimes article](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/us/-jeopardy-cindy-stowell-death.html?_r=0) with a brief interview on one of the contestants that she beat (her third episode).

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893/22 "2016-12-23T02:08:02Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> I thought the FJ question was very easy. “Small Nations”, Closest Nation to US where driving on the left side is predominant.
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> What is the Bahamas

Not necessarily easy. The first thing that came to my mind was Belize. It took a few seconds before I remembered that the Bahamas was also British, and that it’s closer to the US. On _ **Jeopardy!** _, a delay like that can be crucial.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893/23 "2016-12-23T02:46:07Z")

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Maybe it’s been mentioned elsewhere, but in reading the \*\*\*NYT \*\*\*article, it struck me that Cindy was actually \*Dr \*Stowell.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893/24 "2016-12-23T06:38:46Z")

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CNN did a very nice segment on Cindy, including an interview with her brother. Appearing on _Jeopardy!_ had been a dream of hers, ever since she was a kid. And her goal was to win 100K, which she did.

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