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First, Do This Puzzle

May 31, 2015 • Because tomorrow is June 1st, today's game is one of categories based on the word "first." For each category, name something in it starting with each of the letters F-I-R-S-T.

First, Do This Puzzle

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Congratulations, Grade School Grads! Now Listen Up.

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Congratulations, Grade School Grads! Now Listen Up.

May 30, 2015 • NPR's Scott Simon thinks most students stop listening to adults — including their commencement speakers — by age 11. So for this graduation season, he gives life advice to fifth graders.

Congratulations, Grade School Grads! Now Listen Up.

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Wardrobe Of Games

May 27, 2015 • For this final round, every answer contains an article of clothing or wardrobe accessory. So if we said, "colorful wasps sometimes mistaken for bees," the answer would be "yellow jackets."

Wardrobe Of Games

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Back In Time

May 27, 2015 • In this game, we've rewritten the famous Beatles song "Get Back" to be about movie characters going back to their own time period, where they once belonged.

Back In Time

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I'm Quitting The Band

May 27, 2015 • It's hard to keep a good rock band together; you're always losing members. In this game, we take the names of famous bands and drop a letter to make a whole new band.

I'm Quitting The Band

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The Best Piece of Trivia You Learned This Week: Teary Edition

May 27, 2015 • True or false: in outer space, tears stick to your eyeballs, effectively blinding you if you can't wipe them off.

The Best Piece of Trivia You Learned This Week: Teary Edition

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Veep Of The Rings

May 27, 2015 • In this game, VIP Anna Chlumsky is quizzed about something near and dear to her heart — Lord of the Rings.

Veep Of The Rings

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Give 'Em The Go-Ahead

May 27, 2015 • We all remember Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry and his famous line, "Go ahead, make my day." In this game, contestants deliver that line... Ask Me Another-style. So go ahead, make our pâté.

Give 'Em The Go-Ahead

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Ampers And What?

May 27, 2015 • Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Will & Grace — how hard was it to come up with those titles? In this game, we quiz contestants on TV show titles that are just two words plus an ampersand.

Ampers And What?

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Veep's Anna Chlumsky On Youth, Television And Tolkien

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Veep's Anna Chlumsky On Youth, Television And Tolkien

May 27, 2015 • Ophira Eisenberg talks to this week's VIP, Anna Chlumsky, who plays Chief of Staff Amy Brookheimer on HBO's Veep.

Veep's Anna Chlumsky On Youth, Television And Tolkien

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Single-Named Singers From The Present And Past

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Single-Named Singers From The Present And Past

May 24, 2015 • Every answer is the name of a famous, one-named singer like Madonna or Beyoncé. Identify each one from its anagram, to which one extra letter is added. The singers are a mix of past and present.

Single-Named Singers From The Present And Past

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Not My Job: Singer Clay Aiken Gets Quizzed On Claymation

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Not My Job: Singer Clay Aiken Gets Quizzed On Claymation

May 23, 2015 • We've invited Aiken, the founder of Clay Nation, to answer three questions about the animation technique that gave us Gumby and Davey and Goliath.

Not My Job: Singer Clay Aiken Gets Quizzed On Claymation

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Go Forth And Pwn For Shizzle, Word List Guardians Tell Scrabble Players

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Go Forth And Pwn For Shizzle, Word List Guardians Tell Scrabble Players

May 21, 2015 • Also on the list of 6,500 new Scrabble words: aji (the pepper), coqui (the frog) and the more old-fashioned ixnay and zowee. Or you could just say yeesh — if you've got the right tiles.

A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

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A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

May 17, 2015 • Every answer is the name of a country. For each word given, ignore the vowels. The consonants, in order from left to right, are the same consonants in the same order as in the country.

A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

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Not My Job: Tony Robbins Gets Quizzed On Laziness

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Not My Job: Tony Robbins Gets Quizzed On Laziness

May 16, 2015 • The life coach behind the Unleash the Power Within seminars has built his career around motivating people. We invited the go-getter to answer three questions about incredibly lazy people.

Not My Job: Tony Robbins Gets Quizzed On Laziness

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Sunday May 31, 2015

First, Do This Puzzle

Saturday May 30, 2015

Congratulations, Grade School Grads! Now Listen Up.

Wednesday May 27, 2015

Wardrobe Of Games

Back In Time

I'm Quitting The Band

The Best Piece of Trivia You Learned This Week: Teary Edition

Veep Of The Rings

Give 'Em The Go-Ahead

Ampers And What?

Veep's Anna Chlumsky On Youth, Television And Tolkien

Sunday May 24, 2015

Single-Named Singers From The Present And Past

Saturday May 23, 2015

Not My Job: Singer Clay Aiken Gets Quizzed On Claymation

Thursday May 21, 2015

Sunday May 17, 2015

A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

Saturday May 16, 2015

Not My Job: Tony Robbins Gets Quizzed On Laziness