OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
Now we're going to crown this week's grand champion. Let's bring back Marjorie, Robert, Megan, Shelby and Terese to play our Ask Me One More Round.
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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
And let's go to our puzzle guru, John Chaneski, for this round.
JOHN CHANESKI, BYLINE: This game is called And So It Goes. We're looking for words or names that contain the common conjunction and. In other words, the letters AND in that order, together. For example, if I say this black and white bear from China loves its bamboo, the answer would be panda. Got it? Good. We're playing this spelling-bee style. So one wrong answer and you're out. You only have a few seconds to give us that answer. Last person standing is our ASK ME ANOTHER grand winner. And for your prize, Ellie Kemper has recorded some vague sentiments of despair for you that we have placed inside a teddy bear. So every time you squeeze it, you'll think of Ellie and ASK ME ANOTHER.
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CHANESKI: Are you ready? Marjorie, these little scalp flakes show up on your dark clothes.
MARJORIE BERMAN: Dandruff.
CHANESKI: That's right.
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CHANESKI: Rob, pretty much anything edible put between two slices of bread is called this.
ROBERT CHENG: Sandwich.
CHANESKI: Sandwich is right. Megan, a large decorative lamp that hangs from the ceiling and holds lots of light bulbs or candles.
M. WILLIAMSON: Chandelier?
CHANESKI: Chandelier, yes. Shelby, this anti-apartheid revolutionary was imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years but became its president after he was freed.
SHELBY GIACCARINI: Nelson Mandela.
CHANESKI: That's correct.
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CHANESKI: Terese, the character on the keyboard that represents the word and.
TERESE GALLEN: Ampersand.
CHANESKI: Ampersand's right. Back to Marjorie. She's the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
BERMAN: Ayn Rand.
CHANESKI: Ayn Rand, yes. Rob, a male goose or a look at something.
CHENG: Gander.
CHANESKI: Yes. Gander is right. Megan, he played Inigo Montoya, you killed his father, prepare to die.
WILLIAMSON: Oh no.
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CHANESKI: Yes. Three seconds.
WILLIAMSON: Oh no.
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CHANESKI: Step aside one second, Megan. Let's see if Shelby knows it. Do you?
GIACCARINI: Mandy Patinkin.
CHANESKI: Mandy Patinkin is right. We have to say goodbye to Megan. Thank you Megan.
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CHANESKI: Terese, this dialect of Chinese is the official language of the People's Republic of China.
GALLEN: Mandarin.
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CHANESKI: Mandarin is right. Marjorie, this IFC sketch comedy show stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.
BERMAN: "Portlandia."
CHANESKI: "Portlandia" is right.
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CHANESKI: Rob, in "The Empire Strikes Back," he was a smooth-talking smuggler who became Baron Administrator of Cloud City.
CHENG: Lando Calrissian.
CHANESKI: That's right.
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CHANESKI: LED says yes. Shelby, a soldier trained to carry out surprise attacks or when you go without underwear.
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GIACCARINI: Commando.
CHANESKI: Commando is right.
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CHANESKI: Terese, this rich sauce made of butter, egg yolks and lemon juice is a key ingredient in eggs benedict.
GALLEN: Hollandaise.
CHANESKI: Hollandaise is right. Marjorie, the capacity an electronic communication system has for data transfer or the available manpower for a task. Three seconds.
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CHANESKI: Rob, do you know this?
CHENG: Amperage?
CHANESKI: Not amperage. Shelby? Three seconds.
GIACCARINI: Handle?
CHANESKI: No. Terese?
GALLEN: Bandwidth?
CHANESKI: Bandwidth is right. You are our ASK ME ANOTHER grand winner.
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EISENBERG: They're hugging and kissing. Congratulations Terese. You are our big winner. You get this bear. We're just going to let everyone get a taste of the message that Ellie Kemper recorded for this bear that will be yours that you can listen to whenever you need a sort of pick me up.
ELLIE KEMPER: I love you as much as your parents feel you've let them down.
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JONATHAN COULTON, BYLINE: A lovely sentiment that is. That's really beautiful.
EISENBERG: That is our show. Thank you so much for playing. Check out our podcast on iTunes or stitcher, and you can find us on Facebook or Twitter at NPR ASK ME ANOTHER. Come see us live. Just go to amatickets.org. ASK ME ANOTHER'S puzzle guru is John Chaneski.
CHANESKI: Hey, my name anagrams to oh heck ninjas.
EISENBERG: Our house musician is Jonathon Coulton
CHANESKI: Thou jolta cannon
EISENBERG: Our puzzle editor's Art Chung, with additional puzzle writing by Matt Foster, Erin Title (ph), Danielle Thompson (ph), Mary Tobler (ph) and senior writer Karen Laurie. ASK ME ANOTHER is produced by Danny Shin, Lena Mzetses, and Mike Katzif, Anabel Bacon and McKenzie Austin, along with Anna Grunman (ph). Our executive producer is Jesse Baker. We're recorded by David Whittemore and Dan Sharoni. ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Newsom. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, New York, The Bell House.
CHANESKI: Hot heel blues.
EISENBERG: And our production partner, WNYC. I'm her ripe begonias.
CHANESKI: Ophira Eisenberg
EISENBERG: And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.
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