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You Do Know Jack¹

OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists Mary and Joey.

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EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away.

ART CHUNG: Mary and Joey, your final round is called, You Do Know Jack. In this round, every correct answer will contain the name Jack. For example, if I said, a person who cuts down trees, you'd answer, he's a lumberjack and be OK. We're playing this round like a penalty shootout. You'll each get up to eight rapid-fire questions and we'll alternate back and forth². The contestant³ who scores the most points will be our big winner. Your prize will be an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube and a tote bag of power swag, including the first two seasons on DVD. We flipped⁴ a coin backstage and Joey is going first. Joey - snack food in the song "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."

JOEY GUTMANN: Crackerjack.

CHUNG: Correct. Mary - a pumpkin⁵ with holes cut in it to look like a face.

MARY REZENDES: Jack-o'-lantern.

CHUNG: And correct. Joey - a garment used by escape artists such as Houdini.

GUTMANN: A straightjacket.

CHUNG: That's right. Mary - in the Christmas song, a wintery sprite who's nipping at your nose.

REZENDES: Jack Frost.

CHUNG: True. Joey - it's another word for a pancake.

GUTMANN: Flapjack.

CHUNG: You got it. Mary - the MTV series that kick-started the career of Johnny Knoxville.

REZENDES: "Jackass."

CHUNG: True. Joey - on TV's "Frasier," Eddie is this type of hunting dog breed.

GUTMANN: Jack Russell Terrier.

CHUNG: That is correct. Mary - it's the fairy tale of a boy who climbs a plant and steals gold.

REZENDES: "Jack And The Beanstalk."

CHUNG: Correct. We're halfway⁶ through our questions and the score is tied. Joey - it's a folding blade or type of dive.

GUTMANN: Jackknife.

CHUNG: Correct. Mary - a mild pale cheese named after the county in California where it originated. Three seconds.

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CHUNG: I'm sorry. We were looking for Monterey Jack. Joey - it's a Netflix animated⁷ comedy starring Will Arnett.

GUTMANN: "BoJack Horseman."

CHUNG: That is also correct. Mary - it's a mythical⁸ animal that looks like a rabbit with horns.

REZENDES: A jackalope.

CHUNG: Yep. Joey - it's a 2003 comedy about a marsupial⁹ who hopped¹⁰ away with 50 grand.

GUTMANN: Kangaroo Jack.

CHUNG: That's true. OK, here's the situation. Joey's in the lead 7 to 5. Mary, if you get any of your remaining questions wrong or Joey gets any of his correct, Joey wins the game. Mary - it's an edible¹¹ plant that stinks¹² but tastes great.

JONATHAN COULTON: Three seconds.

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CHUNG: I'm sorry, the answer we were looking for was jackfruit. That means Joey is our big winner.

EISENBERG: All right.

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EISENBERG: Fantastic job, Mary. Joey, congratulations...

GUTMANN: Thank you.

EISENBERG: You're an ASK ME ANOTHER big winner. Enjoy your prize.

EISENBERG: And that is our show. Thank you so much for playing. And for bonus games and stuff too hot for radio, look us up on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe¹³ to our podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher. And come see us live or be a contestant. Go to amatickets.org. ASK ME ANOTHER's puzzle guru is Art Chung.

CHUNG: Hey, my name anagrams to narc thug.

EISENBERG: Our house musician is Jonathan Coulton.

CHUNG: Thou jolt¹⁴ a cannon¹⁵.

EISENBERG: Our puzzles were written by David Letzler (ph), Adam Markowitz (ph) and senior writers Greg Lightman (ph) and Karen Lurie (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Mike Katzif, Travis Travis Larchuk, Julia Melfi, Denny Shin Rem Elwood (ph) and our intern¹⁶ Ashlyn Hatch along with Anya Grundmann (ph). We are recorded by David Whitmore (ph), Mike Cohn (ph) and Jeff O'Neil (ph). Portions of the final round not affecting the outcome were edited. ASKED ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker¹⁷. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Bell House...

CHUNG: Hot heel blues¹⁸.

EISENBERG: ...And our production partner, WNYC. I'm her ripe begonias.

CHUNG: Ophira Eisenberg.

EISENBERG: And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.

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1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 contestant   

n.竞争者，参加竞赛者

参考例句：

• The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket.公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
• The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count.参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。

4 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

5 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

6 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

7 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

8 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。

9 marsupial   

adj.有袋的，袋状的

参考例句：

• Koala is an arboreal Australian marsupial.考拉是一种澳大利亚树栖有袋动物。
• The marsupial has been in decline for decades due to urban sprawl from car accidentsdog attacks.这种有袋动物其数量在过去几十年间逐渐减少,主要原因是城市的扩张、车祸和狗的袭击。

10 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

11 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

12 stinks   

v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。

14 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

15 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

16 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

17 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

18 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。