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Name That Sound

Jun 16, 2017
KLAXON, KLAXON, KLAXON. That's the name for the classic horn "awooga" sound. Contestants guess the official names of common sound effects and production music in this audio quiz.
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Annabelle Gurwitch on Ask Me Another.

Annabelle Gurwitch: 'Don't Treat Me Like Family'

Jun 16, 2017
Annabelle Gurwitch shares stories from her humorous memoir, Wherever You Go, There They Are. Then we challenge the former Dinner and a Movie co-host to guess real and fake recipes from the show.
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Reverse Reality

Jun 16, 2017
We describe reality television shows as if they were playing in reverse, and contestants tell us which show we're talking about.
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Mall And Oates

Jun 16, 2017
Say it isn't so...we rewrote hit Hall and Oates songs to be about stores in the mall. We understand if you can't go for that.
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Jen Glantz on Ask Me Another.

Mystery Guest

Jun 16, 2017
Mystery Guest Jen Glantz stops by the Bell House to tell us about her unique business. Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton ask her yes-or-no questions to figure out what it is.
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On The DL

Jun 16, 2017
We're benched this final round, where every answer has the initials D.L. For example, if we asked, "Who hosted his final episode of 'Late Show' in May, 2015," the answer would be "David Letterman."
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Not My Job: We Quiz Couples Therapist Esther Perel On The Monastic Life

Jun 10, 2017
Relationship expert Esther Perel is the author of Mating in Captivity, and her new podcast Where Should We Begin, features real people talking about real problems.
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Pop Culture
Four players sit around Cthulhu Wars, a game designed by Sandy Petersen, who also designed Call of Cthulhu.

H.P. Lovecraft's Monster Is Wrapping Family Game Night Up In Tentacles

Jun 07, 2017
A century after the horror writer created Cthulhu, board game creators and players have resurrected the deep sea monster and brought it into pop culture. Why is this beast making a comeback?
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Technology
Warshaw and his wife, Sherri Warshaw, earlier this year.

Total Failure: The World's Worst Video Game

May 31, 2017
In the late summer of 1982, one man worked around the clock to program the video game version of Steven Spielberg's E.T. in just five weeks. The result wasn't pretty.
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The Two-Way
According to Google, spellers in the Northeast can be embarrassing (New Hampshire) and baffling (New Jersey).

Misspellings, Mapped: America The How-Do-You-Spell-Beautiful?

May 31, 2017
Just in time for the National Spelling Bee, Google published a map of the words people in each state have a hard time spelling. The results are not pretty. (And what's up with New Jersey?)
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Not My Job: Singer-Songwriter John Prine Gets Quizzed On Amazon Prime

May 27, 2017
Prine was once known as the Singing Mailman, because that's exactly what he was as a young man. Since he quit his route, he's put out more than 20 albums.
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Parents Just Don't Understand

May 26, 2017
Contestants must guess movies based on a real description of their risque content.
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Don't Quit Your Day Job

May 26, 2017
Guess the celebrities from listening to their attempts to carry a tune, some more successful than others.
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This, That, Or The Other

May 26, 2017
Is "Me And My Hormones" an old ABC Afterschool Special, a song from the "High School Musical" trilogy, or a tagline used to advertise men's grooming products?
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What & Where Did I Eat?

May 26, 2017
In this game, contestants help Ophira remember what she ate and where she ate it. The trick is, wherever she goes, she only eats foods that rhyme with her geographic location.
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Jelly Joseph from Tank and the Bangas on Ask Me Another.

Wisdom Of The Crowd

May 26, 2017
Jelly Joseph from Tank and the Bangas has to determine whose wisdom she trusts more: a recent live audience we polled or, the wisdom of puzzle guru Art Chung.
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AHA!

May 26, 2017
In this final round, every answer contains the letters A-H-A in consecutive order, somewhere in the answer.
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Not My Job: We Quiz Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse On Peaches

May 20, 2017
We've invited the Republican senator to play a game called "You're a real peach!" Three questions about the fuzzy-skinned fruit, during a week when we've heard the word "impeachment" more than usual.
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The Two-Way
Conan O'Brien in 2016. He is being sued by a writer who accuses him of stealing jokes. O'Brien says the idea of stealing someone else's comedy makes him physically ill.

Can You Copyright Your Dumb Joke? And How Can You Prove It's Yours?

May 17, 2017
"Joke theft" sounds funny, but that claim is at the heart of a lawsuit lodged against Conan O'Brien. The case brings thorny questions of humor to the courtroom, a place not always known for jokes.
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NPR News Nuggets
If you're looking for a new piece of art to add to your apartment or house, you might just need to take a trip to the produce section at your local grocery store.

NPR News Nuggets: Not All Dads Wear Capes, Modern Art & Italian Living

May 14, 2017
Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on last week's Morning Edition.
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Hannah Kearney competes in the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualification at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.

Not My Job: We Quiz Olympic Skier Hannah Kearney On Business Moguls

May 13, 2017
Kearney is one of the greatest mogul skiers of all time. She's won 43 World Cup mogul medals, three U.S. Championship medals and two Olympic medals.
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Body Tourist

May 12, 2017
Ophira Eisenberg and puzzle guru Cecil Baldwin play the part of travel agents who are selling trips to different parts of the body. Contestants guess where they're traveling.
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Trials And Tribute Bands

May 12, 2017
Contestants guess if a supposed cover band is a real band, or one that we made up.
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Andy Karl on NPR's Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Andy Karl: 'Groundhog Day' Seven Days A Week

May 12, 2017
Tony Nominee Andy Karl from Broadway's Groundhog Day shares what makes the script irresistible and his thoughts on movies turned musicals. Plus a game about weather forecasters who became celebrities.
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And The Scar Goes To...

May 12, 2017
We removed the first letter from one of the words in a movie's title, and rewrote the plot to match the new title.
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