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Bonus Round: Ask Me Another

Bring Us To Your Party

May 31, 2012 • Play host of NPR's Ask Me Another and quiz your friends with games played on the show. We'll provide the questions and answers; you provide the trivia party. Note: Try this at your next dinner party as an aperitif.

Sunday Puzzle

Just Give It A Shot In The Dark

May 26, 2012 • Every answer is a phrase in the form "___ in the ___." You'll be given rhymes for the first and last words, and you give the phrases.

Just Give It A Shot In The Dark

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Folk Singer Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Plays Not My Job

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Folk Singer Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Plays Not My Job

May 25, 2012 • Will Oldham is among the most celebrated singer-songwriters in the country, but chances are you haven't heard of him. That's because he doesn't record under his own name, but under a series of pseudonyms — his latest, and most well known, is Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

Folk Singer Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Plays Not My Job

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Rockstar Games

Pop Culture Happy Hour

In 'Max Payne 3,' Rockstar Games Makes A Shooter With A Story

May 23, 2012 • Rockstar Games' new shooter, Max Payne 3, offers a relatable hero, compelling dialogue, and other pleasures that go beyond mechanics.

The Gregory Brothers: The Masters of the Internet

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The Gregory Brothers: The Masters of the Internet

May 21, 2012 • This week's guests are no strangers to breaking news, though instead of making the headlines, this quartet makes them worth singing about. We test their wits in a game that's bound to go viral.

The Gregory Brothers: The Masters of the Internet

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Sunday Puzzle

Initially Famous 2: Electric Boogaloo

May 20, 2012 • This week's on-air challenge is a twist on "Characteristic Initials." We will gives clues for some famous people, past and present. The initial letters of the clues are also the initials of the answers.

Initially Famous 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Gass And Black Of Tenacious D Play Not My Job

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Gass And Black Of Tenacious D Play Not My Job

May 18, 2012 • We've invited Kyle Gass and Jack Black to play a game called "Tenacious D, Meet Tenacious P." We tried to think of the singer who was the diametrical opposite of Tenacious D, and who better than Pat Boone? They'll answer three questions about the cleanest cut guy who ever cut a record.

Gass And Black Of Tenacious D Play Not My Job

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Nikki M. James: Rhymes With Musical

May 18, 2012 • If "Lent: The Musical" ever hits Broadway, Jonathan Coulton has its hit song ready to go. He performs parodies of classic songs from famous musicals, and the Book of Mormon star is game.

Nikki M. James: Rhymes With Musical

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Sunday Puzzle

You Two, Move To The Back Of The Line

May 13, 2012 • The word "mother" has a surprising property. If you move the first two letters to the end, you get "thermo," the prefix for "heat." Every answer today is another six-letter word that, when you move the first two letters to the end, you get another word or phrase.

You Two, Move To The Back Of The Line

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Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait Plays Not My Job

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Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait Plays Not My Job

May 11, 2012 • Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up in jail. Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up making great, funny, twisted movies. Comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait is thankfully one of the latter. His latest movie is God Bless America.

Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait Plays Not My Job

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Bonus Round: Ask Me Another

Meet The Puzzle Gurus

May 10, 2012 • What do you call a person who always knows the answers because they're a walking almanac of facts? An Ask Me Another puzzle guru, of course. And we here at AMA don't grant that title to just anyone — these gurus challenge some of the trivia world's brightest contestants weekly.

Sunday Puzzle

Brave Sir Robin Ran Away, But The Puzzle Is Still OK

May 6, 2012 • You'll be given a series of categories. For each one, name something in the category beginning with each of the letters of the word "robin." For example, given the category "two-syllable boys' names," the answers could be "Roger," "Omar," "Barry," "Isaac" and "Neville."

Brave Sir Robin Ran Away, But The Puzzle Is Still OK

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Former Talk Show Host Dick Cavett Plays Not My Job

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Former Talk Show Host Dick Cavett Plays Not My Job

May 5, 2012 • Cavett was born and raised in Nebraska where he was encouraged to pursue the trade that had brought his family to the prairie years before: interviewing celebrities. We ask this legitimate name-dropper about three real people whose names are remarkably descriptive of who they are.

Former Talk Show Host Dick Cavett Plays Not My Job

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