INDIANAPOLIS — A caregiver who works for Community Health Network is sharing about her "overwhelming but super cool" experience competing on a popular game show.
Dr. Alicia Schaffer appears on "Jeopardy!" in an episode that airs Thursday, July 27 on WTHR Channel 13.
"I did pretty well," said the OB-GYN hospitalist at Community Hospital North, referring to the appearance as her "goal of a lifetime."
"I’ve been watching 'Jeopardy!' since I was a little kid with my parents," said Schaffer, a mother of two.
Schaffer auditioned for the show more than two years ago, responding to questions online. She was told last year that she had been placed in a pool of those who might be picked to appear on the program, then participated in an all-day process with no promise of actually being chosen.
It was "nerve-racking," Schaffer recalled. "There are hair and makeup people. It was overwhelming, but super cool."
She compared the long day of auditioning to the 12-hour shifts she works at the hospital.
Shaffer calls herself "a foodie" and said she thought she would do well in culinary topics if they came up during her show.
She had a lead during parts of the "Double Jeopardy" round, then entered "Final Jeopardy" in second place, $2,600 behind the leader.
Shaffer took a brief lead when she answered correctly in "Final Jeopardy" (thanks to a last-second addition to her answer), but fell back to second when the defending champion also got the right answer and wagered enough to defend his title.
