After a scare during her previous game, Jennifer Quail gave her “Jeopardy” opponents no chance to get ahead of her Thursday as she won her seventh consecutive game. Quail wasted no time in getting out to a lead once again and led by $3,200 at the first break.

By the end of the first round, Quail’s lead jumped to $7,200 with her next closest competitor being Brad Cardwell of Baltimore at $2,800. Quail continued to build a big lead, however, Kim Kindya of Queens, New York was able to find both Daily Double clues in the second round. Interestingly enough, she answered both clues correctly but only wagered $2,000 each time, preventing her catching up to Quail.

By the end of the second round, Quail had $24,000 to Kindya’s $13,000, leaving Kindya with an outside shot to catch Quail, but still trailing significantly. Cardwell only had $800.

The final category was “Women Authors” with the final clue being this: “In 1947 she testified before the house un-American activities committee on how the film ‘Song of Russia’ was Communist propaganda.”

Kindya and Cardwell each answered incorrectly, while Quail was correct in answering Ayn Rand. She risked just $3,000 and ended with $27,000 for the day. That brings her seven-day total to $198,400. Quail returns to play Friday night and will face another Michigan resident as Lisa Murray, a grant writer from Ann Arbor will play as well.

They will be joined by Jeanne Fuller, a trauma surgery administrator from Irvine, California. That game will air Friday night on the following stations: