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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Let's bring up our next two contestants, shall we?

JONATHAN COULTON: Let's do.

EISENBERG: Here they are. We have Dory Green and David Steinberg.

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DAVID STEINBERG: Hello.

DORY GREEN: Hi.

EISENBERG: Dory, I give you props, being a pediatric dentist.

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EISENBERG: Big props. And you like to build stuff.

GREEN: I do like to build stuff.

EISENBERG: Recently you were in a costume contest of sorts. Did you win?

GREEN: No.

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Let's bring up our next two fearless contestants. We have Diana Tenery and Samantha Boardman.

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EISENBERG: Diana, you are a hard-core competitive bridge player.

DIANA TENERY: Sort of.

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

All right, what do you say we get this puzzle started?

JOHN CHANESKI: That sounds like a good idea.

EISENBERG: Let me introduce our first two contestants. We have Alix Claps and Danny Errico.

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ALIX CLAPS: Hi.

DANNY ERRICO: Hi.

EISENBERG: Thank you so much for joining us. Alix, I hear you're a big theater and music geek and a production manager at NYU.

CLAPS: That's true.

EISENBERG: Fantastic. What's your favorite musical?

CLAPS: "Kiss of the Spider-Woman."

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Moving on, here are our next two contestants. We have Eric Linn and Chuck Petruccione.

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EISENBERG: We are very happy to have you. Let me ask you this, Eric, how do you feel about the band Queen?

ERIC LINN: They're the king.

EISENBERG: Good answer.

JONATHAN COULTON: Nice.

EISENBERG: I like the way you think. Chuck, how do you feel about the song "We Will Rock You?"

CHUCK PETRUCCIONE: What a great song they had there, Queen.

EISENBERG: Yeah.

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Finally, it's what we've all been waiting for. Let's bring back our winners to play the quick fire round Ask Me One More. From Adult Young Fiction, we have Danny Errico.

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EISENBERG: Celebrity Crossbreeds: Diana Tenery.

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EISENBERG: Compound Interest, we have Dory Green.

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EISENBERG: We Will Rock You: Eric Linn.

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EISENBERG: And from A to Z, Mike Nothnagel.

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EISENBERG: John, what kind of game do we have for our final round?

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