jeopardyjulia

It got less awkward the more times I did it. I learned that the best response to anything he said was some form of "yes, and..." Just like in improv. The interviews, unlike the rest of the show, are often edited pretty heavily. I had at least one that was WAY more awkward in real life than on TV, so thank goodness for some kind editing.

I've had a lot of people contact me through linkedin, so I'm pretty confident something will come out of that.

There was a clue about a D.H. Lawrence novel and the response was Women in Love. I'm still not sure where I pulled that one from.

Also, coming up with ideas for that portion of the show is probably the hardest thing about being on the show (right up there with filming the promos).

The way I knew a response often popped into my mind when I rang in. Usually, I remembered the class where I learned it (a lot from Latin classes and AP European history), or who I learned it from.
The most memorable was from a category about jobs: milliner is hatmaker, etc. One clue was "apiculturist" which is a beekeeper. There's a story my family tells about how when I was first grade, my teacher asked us to think of words that started with "a" and I volunteered "apiarist" so a variant of apiculturist. My teacher said it wasn't a word, and I, predictably, cried. And it lives on in family lore. What can I say? I'm a know-it-all.