Answer: Prof. is on Jeopardy!

A University sociology professor is in jeopardy. And she's thrilled about it. Robin Leidner said she always wanted to be a contestant on Jeopardy! As a girl, the New York native said she regularly watched the game show, which was then filmed in New York, and waited until she would be 18, and old enough to play. However, it wasn't to be. "When I was 17, it went off the air," she recalled. Years later, she finally got her shot. After passing several tests at Merv Griffin's Atlantic City resort -- Merv is the creator and producer of Jeopardy! -- Leidner went to Los Angeles to tape. The show will air during the week of March 1, 1993. The rules of the show prohibit Leidner from saying whether she won, or on how many shows she will appear. But, she did say that she "didn't think I disgraced myself" during the tapings. She described the experience as "somewhere between a hilarious goof and everything I've ever wanted." "It was really fun," Leidner said. "I was kind of nervous but I was enjoying myself." As for Alex Trebek, the show's famous host, Leidner said she barely got the chance to meet him. "I hardly got to talk to him at all," she said. "I can't remember a word he said." She said she did, however, remember Trebek's question during the segment of the show in which the contestants are profiled. "I was asked the dreaded question, 'What is it that sociologists do?,' " she recalled. "I just sort of babbled. I hope I didn't embarrass any of my colleagues with my answer." Leidner said she had a fan club in the audience. "I was extraordinarily proud," said Marilyn Leidner, probably less than impartial because she is the professor's mother. "She was super." Her father, Joe Leidner, agreed. "Robin appeared as cool as could be," he said. "She was just wonderful." Colleagues and students of Leitner said they will definitely be tuning in to her television debut. "It's kind of exciting, College senior Liz Rizen said. "You see people on TV, and you never really think of them as being someone you know." "We all hope she does well," she added. And Diane Frey, the director of advising services for the College, also said she planned to watch the show. "Sure, I'll watch it," Diane Frey, , said. Frey said Leidner was so excited "it sounded like it was the high point of her life."