Personality Test: Radio host Cris Winter

Cris Winter still looks like the girl next door even after almost a quarter century in Pittsburgh radio. A graduate of Baldwin High School and California University of Pennsylvania, Winter is that friendly comforting voice, a reminder of why local radio is still important. A staunch advocate for animals -- she serves on the advisory board of Animal Friends -- Winter currently works at WISH-FM 99.7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The star who would play me in the movie version of my life and why:

Sean Penn. There isn't a role he couldn't take on and pull it off.

Pick one:

A. Jack Bauer of "24"

B. Angus MacGyver of "MacGyver"

C. James West of "Wild, Wild West"

D. Sydney Bristow of "Alias"

B. Angus MacGyver - I love to problem solve...everything has a solution even when you don't have a paper clip handy

In five years, I'd like to:

Own a place near the beach

My favorite thing about Pittsburgh is:

People. Who else is going to let you follow them to your destination if you are lost!

If the TV is on at 2 a.m., I'm watching:

QVC

Star I'd like to dance with on "Dancing with the Stars":

Will Ferrell

Three people I'd love to have dinner with:

Sean Penn, Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson

After a long day, I like to relax with a (pick one):

A.Martini

B.Cold beer

C.Cabernet

D.Herbal tea

E.Hot chocolate

F.Red Bull

B. Cold beer

My quirkiest inherited trait:

My dad's sense of humor and quick wit

One word your mother would use to describe you:

Compassionate

Celebrity crushes:

Actor Sam Elliot -- loved him from the first time I laid eyes on him and his red swimtrunks in the movie "Lifeguard"...GGGrrr

The oldest thing in my refrigerator is:

Butter. I don't use it

When I was 10, I wanted to be:

Talk show host Mike Douglas. I would run home from school every day to watch it. I loved that show and he had the hippest guests -- John Lennon, Ted Nugent and KISS. He rocked!

Musical instrument I wish I could play.

Guitar. I admire anyone who can make it look so easy to play

My favorite comfort food:

Mac & Cheese

Exercise I hate most:

Treadmill. Rather be outside walking.

Vegetable I won't eat:

Green peppers

I'm deathly afraid of:

I can handle rats, roaches, centipedes, worms and I will pick up a snake, but there is something about spiders that completely freaks me out.

If I was auditioning for "American Idol," my song would be:

Queen's "Love of My Life"

Favorite Pittsburgh-area landmark.

Mt. Washington - 'nuf said!

Saturday mornings you'll find me:

Hanging out with my three dogs

Best new gadget I've tried recently.

Pineapple slicer. Cut the top off the pineapple, twist the gadget into the top and you have a perfectly hollowed-out pineapple with slices ... sa-weet!

The worst advice I ever received:

You should cut your hair in a bob and be a secretary

The most famous person I ever became friends with:

"Chilly" Billy Cardille - I grew up watching him on TV and now he is a co-worker and he is as sweet, charming and funny as I remember him on Chiller Theatre.

My most recent eBay purchase:

Rock T-shirts

The movie that always makes me cry:

Sorry guys, I don't get the whole "Rudy" thing. So I will say "My Dog Skip"

My most treasured fashion accessory is:

My eyeglass collection. I would give Elton John a run for his money

The last book I read:

"Heroes & Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys"

It's not pizza without:

A good hearty sauce

Movie I could watch every time it appears on cable:

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

My favorite Web site:

www.livefromdarylshouse.com -- Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame) brings artists into his upstate N.Y. home studio and they perform all kinds of wonderful tunes.

My most memorable fashion mistake:

Weren't the 1980s ALL a fashion mistake• Acid-washed dresses, tights and pumps that were two completely different colors, double-wrapped belts, parachute pants and, of course, the massively huge hair.

My childhood nickname was:

"Fuzz"...I got a pixie haircut the same day my neighbors decided to shear their overly matted poodle "Fuzzy."

My favorite "bad" movie is:

"Rockstar."

My best karaoke song:

Journey "Patiently"

My first job:

South Hills Country Club snack bar

My worst job:

Never had one

My favorite cable channel:

VH-1

The song that always gets me out on the dance floor and why:

Jackson 5's "Shake Your Body Down to the Ground"...The opening keyboard makes me want to get up and slide across the dance floor and do the line dance the Jackson 5 used to do.

Life would be better without:

People who mistreat animals

If I could tour with any two bands, they would be:

Queen -- rumor has it their after-show parties were over the top -- and Journey with Steve Perry

I never travel without my:

iPod. In my eyes it is the greatest invention

People would be surprised to know that I:

have never been pulled over for a traffic violation, and I can spew out all 50 states in alphabetical order in less than 25 seconds.