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Article Adjective Noun

OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

And now to end this for once and all, and I mean for this week anyways. Let's bring back our winners from our previous game. We have Olivia Bumgardner from Who's That Girl.

(APPLAUSE)

EISENBERG: Andy Cohen from War, Oy, What's It Good For. Liz Kash Stroppel from Character Voices, Mark Kujawski from Crisp Game Arenas and Kiki Turner from Pop Goes the Answer.

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EISENBERG: I'm going to turn to our puzzle guru John Chaneski to take us out.

JOHN CHANESKI: Our final game is called Article Adjective Noun. It's a classic template for a book, movie and play title. Start with an article like "the" or "an," throw in an adjective and end with a noun.

In this round, we'll give you the name of an author, playwright or director then a noun. You give the adjective that completes a famous title by that person. For example, if we said F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby, you would say great.

EISENBERG: Great.

CHANESKI: Great.

(LAUGHTER)

CHANESKI: That was pretty good, as in "The Great Gatsby." Now, we're playing this spelling bee style, so one wrong answer and you're out. You'll only have a few seconds to give us an answer. The last person standing is our grand winner. Here we go. Olivia, Nathaniel Hawthorn's letter.

OLIVIA BUMGARDNER: Scarlet.

CHANESKI: That's correct.

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CHANESKI: Andy, Tennessee Williams' menagerie.

ANDY COHEN: Glass.

CHANESKI: Glass is right.

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CHANESKI: Liz, Raymond Chandler's sleep.

LIZ KASH STROPPEL: Big.

CHANESKI: Big is right.

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CHANESKI: Mark, Dante's comedy.

MARK KUJAWSKI: Divine.

CHANESKI: It was divine.

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CHANESKI: I loved it. Very good. Kiki, Sebastian Younger's storm. Three seconds.

KIKI TURNER: Big.

EISENBERG: No, not the big storm. Let's see if Olivia knows the answer. Olivia, Sebastian Younger's storm.

BUMGARDNER: Perfect.

CHANESKI: Perfect is right. Thank you for joining us, Kiki. Sorry.

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CHANESKI: Andy, Ingmar Bergman's seal.

COHEN: Seventh.

CHANESKI: Seventh is right.

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CHANESKI: Liz, Dashiell Hammett's falcon.

STROPPEL: Maltese.

CHANESKI: Maltese is right.

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CHANESKI: Mark, Ian Fleming's daylights.

KUJAWSKI: Living.

CHANESKI: Living is right, very good.

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CHANESKI: Olivia, J. K. Rowling's vacancy.

BUMGARDNER: Oh, no.

CHANESKI: Oh, no. Three seconds.

BUMGARDNER: The non-Harry Potter one.

CHANESKI: I'm sorry. Let's see if Andy knows it. Andy, J. K. Rowling's vacancy.

COHEN: Casual.

CHANESKI: Casual is right.

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CHANESKI: Thank you for joining us, Olivia, nice work. Liz, Thomas Mann's mountain.

STROPPEL: Magic.

CHANESKI: Magic is right.

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CHANESKI: Mark, Tony Morrison's eye.

KUJAWSKI: Beloved.

CHANESKI: Not beloved.

(LAUGHTER)

CHANESKI: Let's see if Andy knows it. Andy, Tony Morrison's eye.

COHEN: Bluest.

CHANESKI: Bluest is right.

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CHANESKI: Thank you for joining us, Mark. We are now down to two contestants, Liz and Andy. Okay, Liz, Rachel Carson's spring.

STROPPEL: Eternal.

CHANESKI: Not eternal. Let's see if Andy knows it. Andy, Rachel Carson's spring.

COHEN: Silent.

CHANESKI: Silent is right. Andy, you win the game. Way to go.

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EISENBERG: Andy, congratulations. You're our ASK ME ANOTHER big winner. And your prize is your very own customized chess lesson from Maurice Ashley.

COHEN: I could use that.

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EISENBERG: Tailored to your abilities. Well done, congratulations, Andy. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.