OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
Now we are going to crown this week's grand champion. Let's bring back Tatyana, Tim, Nicholas and Ben.
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EISENBERG: They'll be playing our Ask Me One More final round and Cecil Baldwin will be leading this round entitled Let Her Rip.
CECIL BALDWIN, BYLINE: In this round, all the answers will have some part of it that sounds like a letter of the alphabet, though, it may actually be a few letters that make up that sound. For example, if I said it's a type of song commonly heard on sailing vessels often accompanied by an accordion, the answer would be a sea shanty - so sea shanty, yes? We're playing this spelling bee-style, so one wrong answer and you're out. And you'll only have a few seconds to give us an answer. Last person standing is our ASK ME ANOTHER grand winner. And for your prize, you will receive a bag of locally grown and picked apples. Now, we wanted to get some fruit from Peter Sarsgaard co-op, but apparently we're not allowed to have food from his co-op unless you actually work for the co-op. But Peter has autographed a few of the apples for us.
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BALDWIN: Here we go. Tatyana - it's correspondence initiated and retrieved on a computer device.
TATYANA GERSHKOVICH: Email.
BALDWIN: Yes.
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BALDWIN: Tim - his daughter, Blue Ivy, should know that his name sounds like two letters of the alphabet - three seconds.
TIM KINEKE: Jay Z.
BALDWIN: Yes.
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BALDWIN: Nick - Wolverine, Cyclops and Storm are all members of this Marvel superhero group.
NICHOLAS MORELLO: "X-Men."
BALDWIN: Correct.
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BALDWIN: Ben - it's a popular children's store with Geoffrey the giraffe as its mascot.
BEN KORMAN: Toys R Us.
BALDWIN: Yes.
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BALDWIN: Tatyana - known as the Tin Lizzie, this car was the first to benefit from Henry Ford's advancements in assembly-line manufacturing.
GERSHKOVICH: The Model T.
BALDWIN: Absolutely.
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BALDWIN: Tim - this song from Ed Sheeran's debut album was nominated for song of the year at the 2013 Grammy awards.
KINEKE: "A Team."
BALDWIN: Correct.
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BALDWIN: Nick - first line and title of a Walt Whitman poem memorably recited in "Dead Poets Society."
MORELLO: "O Captain! My Captain."
BALDWIN: Absolutely.
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BALDWIN: Ben - this '90s house music group's most famous single was "Groove Is In The Heart."
KORMAN: Deee-lite.
BALDWIN: Correct.
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BALDWIN: Tatyana - this southern California fast food chain has a secret menu including their animal-style beef patties.
GERSHKOVICH: In-N-Out Burger.
BALDWIN: Absolutely.
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BALDWIN: Tim - the theme of this classic TV sitcom began with the words the end of the Civil War was near when quite accidentally...
KINEKE: "In Living Color."
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KINEKE: It's apostrophe-N.
BALDWIN: That's a very good guess. So step to the side one second. Nick - OK, Nick, all right, step to the side. And, Ben, if you can answer this...
KORMAN: F Troop.
BALDWIN: That is correct.
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BALDWIN: So Nick and Tim, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. Thank you so much for playing.
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BALDWIN: Next question for Tatyana - this Australian supermodel from the 1980s appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue five times.
GERSHKOVICH: Elle MacPherson.
BALDWIN: Correct.
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BALDWIN: All right, we're going to go to a tiebreaker here. So if you'd like to pick up the buzzers, first one to buzz in with the correct answer.
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BALDWIN: This actor is known for his catchphrase, I pity the fool.
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BALDWIN: Ben.
KORMAN: Mr. T.
BALDWIN: That is correct.
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BALDWIN: Ben, you are the winner here on ASK ME ANOTHER.
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EISENBERG: That's our show. thank you so much for playing. Check out our podcast in iTunes or Stitcher. And you can find us on Facebook or Twitter. Just look for NPR ASK ME ANOTHER. And come see us live. Go to amatickets.org. ASK ME ANOTHER's puzzle guru is Cecil Baldwin.
BALDWIN: Hey, my name anagrams to blind ice claw.
EISENBERG: Our house musician is Julian Velard.
BALDWIN: Naive dull jar.
EISENBERG: Our senior supervising producer is Art Chung, with additional puzzle writing by Eric Feinstein (ph), Adam Markowitz, Jim Neuman (ph) and senior writers Karen Lurie (ph) and Dan Schofield. ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Denny Shin, Lina Misitzis, Mike Katzif and our intern Julia Melfi, along with Anya Grundmann. We are recorded by Damon Whittemore, Dan Rosato (ph) and Jeff O'Neill (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Bell House...
BALDWIN: Hot heel blues.
EISENBERG: ...And our production partner, WNYC. I'm her ripe begonias.
BALDWIN: Ophira Eisenberg.
EISENBERG: And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.
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