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Vitalac, I would respectfully disagree with your diagnosis of Larissa as an Asperger. Most often Aspergers are focused on one area of interest, and having spent time in an AS classroom consortium, I doubt an Asperger could function in the kind of environment that being in a TV studio presents.
I would say Larissa has some social interaction deficits. She certainly wouldn't be someone I'd want to party with, but her wide spectrum of knowledge pretty much precludes that she has Asperger's. I think she's more an incredibly intelligent, but totally socially awkward person.

As far as being nervous during the taping - I know I totally forgot that anyone would be watching and was more focused on the game. But I tend to be a pretty competitive person. My daughter says I was shooting Larissa dirty looks, but I'm hoping nobody else caught that. I was more frustrated than anything else because she was so damn fast on the buzzer. The only time I was nervous was during the interactions with Alex, but that was more because he really is kind of creepy.