OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:
It's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists, Meredith Lark, who claims her unicycle skills have come in handy, and Fiona Finlay-Hunt, who owns a VSO - that's a violin-shaped object.
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EISENBERG: All right, Fiona and Meredith, you need to be smart and strategic to win our grand prize, which is an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube signed by Tan France. So the first contestant to bank eight points wins. There are multiple categories. Each category is four clues. Each clue is worth one point. Your first category is Pop Creatures. Name the animal. The first clue is always a toss-up, so ring in to answer - Iago from Aladdin.
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EISENBERG: Meredith.
MEREDITH LARK: Bird.
EISENBERG: You need to be a little bit more specific.
LARK: Parrot.
EISENBERG: That is correct. OK.
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EISENBERG: Meredith, you now have one point and control of the category. To keep going and earn up to three more points, you say, ask me another. But the risk is if you miss a clue, your opponent will have a chance to steal control of the category and the points that you haven't banked. And if you want to go to your next category, you can say, I'm good, and we'll go to the next category. So what will it be?
LARK: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: All right - Champion from "Parks And Recreation."
LARK: Dog.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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EISENBERG: What would you like to do?
LARK: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Heihei from "Moana."
LARK: Chicken.
EISENBERG: We'll take it. Rooster - but chicken, we will take.
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EISENBERG: What would you like to do? One question left...
LARK: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Waddles from "Gravity Falls."
LARK: Penguin.
EISENBERG: I'm sorry. That is incorrect.
JONATHAN COULTON: Fiona, if you know the answer to this question, you will steal Meredith's three points and take control of the category.
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FIONA FINLAY-HUNT: Is it a duck?
EISENBERG: Sorry. I wish it was, but it's a pig.
COULTON: All right, so those three points stay with you, Meredith. The score is now 3-0.
EISENBERG: All right, here's your toss-up question. Ring in to answer. The category is Hooked on Tectonics. It's the longest fault line in California.
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EISENBERG: Meredith.
LARK: San Andreas.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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EISENBERG: What would you like to do?
LARK: I'm good.
EISENBERG: OK.
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COULTON: Playing it safe - the point that stays with you. It's now 4-0.
EISENBERG: Your next category is Greek Alphabet. Every answer is a modern Greek letter. Ring in to answer. This airline is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga.
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EISENBERG: Meredith.
LARK: Delta.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
LARK: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: This watch brand is the official timekeeper of the Olympics.
LARK: Omega.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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LARK: I'm good.
EISENBERG: All right.
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COULTON: (Laughter) All right. Banking those two points, it is now Meredith 6, Fiona 0.
EISENBERG: Here you go. Your next category is National Mall Memorials. I'll give you the year it opened and a clue. You tell me the memorial. Ring in to answer. 2011, honoring a civil rights leader.
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EISENBERG: Fiona.
FINLAY-HUNT: Martin Luther King Jr.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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FINLAY-HUNT: I'm good.
EISENBERG: OK.
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COULTON: All right. One point goes into Fiona's bank. It's now 6-1.
EISENBERG: Your next category is Gone To Pieces. Name the tabletop game that includes these objects - a plastic butterfly, spare ribs and metal tweezers connected with a wire.
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EISENBERG: Fiona.
FINLAY-HUNT: Operation.
EISENBERG: Great. That is correct.
FINLAY-HUNT: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Automobiles with pink and blue pegs.
FINLAY-HUNT: The Game of Life.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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FINLAY-HUNT: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Two hundred and forty plastic train cars.
FINLAY-HUNT: Ticket to Ride?
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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EISENBERG: There's one more clue in this category. What would you like to do?
FINLAY-HUNT: I'm good.
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COULTON: All right, that's another three points for you - catching up. The score is now 6-4.
EISENBERG: Your next category is Sparkling Water.
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EISENBERG: Flavors of this sparkling water brand include pamplemousse, peach-pear and coconut.
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EISENBERG: Fiona.
FINLAY-HUNT: LaCroix.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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FINLAY-HUNT: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: This gas is called CO2 for short.
FINLAY-HUNT: Carbon dioxide.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
FINLAY-HUNT: Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Tonic water glows under UV light thanks to this ingredient.
FINLAY-HUNT: Quinine.
EISENBERG: That is correct.
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COULTON: Fiona, you now have three points and four points in your bank. If you get this next question right, you win the game.
FINLAY-HUNT: Oh, God. Ask me another.
EISENBERG: Topo Chico mineral water is bottled in this country.
FINLAY-HUNT: Topo Chico - Japan?
EISENBERG: I'm sorry. That is incorrect.
COULTON: Meredith, if you know the answer to this question, you win the game.
LARK: Mexico?
EISENBERG: That is correct. Wow - incredible game.
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EISENBERG: Fiona - amazing. Well done. And congratulations, Meredith.
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EISENBERG: That's our show. Our podcast drops each Friday. Listen and subscribe. ASK ME ANOTHER's house musician is Jonathan Coulton.
COULTON: Hey. My name anagrams to thou jolt a cannon.
EISENBERG: Our puzzles were written by Andrew Kane, Carol Lee, Ruth Morrison and Emily Winter, with additional material by Ashley Brooke Roberts. ASK ME ANOTHER is produced by Travis Larchuk, Kiarra Powell, Nancy Saechao, Rommel Wood and our intern Nick Garrison. We were recorded by Damon Whittemore and Frank Bianco (ph). Our senior supervising producer is Rachel Neel. Our bosses' bosses are Steve Nelson and Anya Grundmann. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Bell House...
COULTON: Hot heel blues.
EISENBERG: ...And our production partner WNYC. And we're sad to say this, but this is our last show with our fabulous producer, Mike Katzif.
COULTON: Me tikka fez.
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EISENBERG: Mike can do it all. He does podcasts, music, print, photography. He's brilliant at all of it. He probably hates this tribute not because so much he's humble - but he is - but also makes the credits a lot longer. So I'll quickly say thank you, Mike, for everything. You do such fine work, and we are going to miss you.
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EISENBERG: I'm her ripe begonias.
COULTON: Ophira Eisenberg.
EISENBERG: And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.
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