For Mayim Bialik, speaking "Jeopardese" was the toughest part of becoming acclimated to hosting Jeopardy!

Variety

"Speaking Jeopardese, as we call it, is an acquired skill," says Bialik, who has been guest-hosting the one week a month she has off from Call Me Kat, in an interview with Variety. "Not saying the same thing every time something is right, having each commercial break sound a little bit different, those are all challenges. I think the steepest learning curve is also (having) someone in your ear. You are processing a lot of information in real time. When things go wrong, it’s hard because wrong can mean they have to reset the whole board. Wrong can be very time consuming. There’s a lot of pressure. It is a high pressure job that I do in heels." Bialik jokes that learning the tricks of the trade hasn’t come without hiccups. “I have two red buttons, but they removed one,” Bialik says with a laugh. Unlike the contestants, who use clickers as a means to lock in answers, her signaling device is intended to alert Jeopardy! producers if she’s confused about a clue or stumbles over words. “I accidentally hit the wrong one, so they took it away," she says. "They left my other emergency button in place. So I have a defunct emergency button.”