No, your eyes were not deceiving you. That really was Norway resident and Hebron Academy teacher Cynthia Reedy on television’s “Jeopardy!” last night.

Reedy’s appearance on the popular game show was filmed in Los Angeles in February. When it aired Tuesday night, she tuned in at the Smiling Moose in South Paris. There she was, her face on three television sets and a couple dozen friends around her.

“It was really, really fun,” Reedy said. “It was a perfect way to watch it.”

In fact, the whole trip was fun, she said. Forget that she had to shovel 2 feet of snow just to get out of her yard the day she flew to Los Angeles. Forget that she came in third and missed a lot of questions as a result of a slow finger on the buzzer.

“The buzzer is a lot harder than it looks,” Reedy said. “At home, you can just blurt out the answer. On the show, it’s a lot different. I knew tons of the answers, but the other two contestants out-buzzed me.”

Particularly painful was the hockey answer that another contestant beat her to. She knew immediately that the question was, “Who is Bobby Orr?” but she couldn’t work the buzzer faster than the man who ultimately won the round.

“I grew up outside of Boston,” she said. “I definitely knew that one.”

At Hebron Academy, Reedy teaches language and chemistry. The first few questions that came her way dealt with French and Latin. Looking good. She’s also involved in a theater, which came in handy at times.

In the end, Reedy came away with $7,200, which isn’t bad at all for the third-place contestant. She got the final “Jeopardy” question right but did not bet any money.

“The others played really well,” she said. “I didn’t mind coming in third at all. It’s a game show. You might as well have fun.”

Her trip to the brainiest of game shows began at the start of the year. Her son kept bugging her to take the online “Jeopardy” test. Reedy finally hushed him by promising that she would take the test if she got that night’s final “Jeopardy.”

As fate would have it, the answer was an easy one and the next thing she knew, she was on her way to Los Angeles.

The most nerve-wracking part of the whole ordeal, she said, was the rehearsal. Beyond that, everything from start to finish was a joy.

“They are so well-organized with the show,” she said. “They talk you through everything. They really make you feel comfortable.”

And Alex Trebek?

“He’s a lot funnier in person,” Reedy said. “He and I are buds now, so I can call him Alex.”