Question

As a child, this orphan adopted by deaf parents tried to track down Ricki Evans to return a teddy bear she found in a car wreck. This person subdued her new lab assistant Chip Sterling, who was hired for her by then-Director Jenny Shepard, after discovering that he framed a coworker for murder. This person helped hunt down terrorist Saleem Ulman in Somalia by tracing a shipment of their mutual favorite drink, Caf-Pow, allowing the rescue of agent (*) Ziva David (“da-VEED”). This woman tried to stop a cyberattack on a public firewall by simultaneously (-5[1])typing on a single keyboard with her coworker Timothy McGee. Under (10[1])the influence of truth serum, field agent Anthony DiNozzo described this “paradox wrapped in an oxymoron” as “the happiest goth you’ll ever meet”. For 10 points, name this forensic scientist who served under Jethro Gibbs at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, or NCIS. ■END■

ANSWER: Abby Sciuto (“SHOO-toe”) [accept either; accept Abigail Beethoven Sciuto]
<TV (live) | NCIS | CJ>
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