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You're The Only Ten I See

play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:29repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser¹ to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. JONATHAN COULTON: From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from the War Memorial Auditorium² in Nashville, Tenn., it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton, and now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: 

Thank you, Jonathan. It is so great to be here in Nashville, and we have a wonderful show for you. Four brilliant contestants³ are backstage working on their demo tapes waiting to play our nerdy games, but only one will be our big winner. And we have two special guests - country music superstar Martina McBride and...

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EISENBERG: ...And someone who plays a country music superstar on the series "Nashville, Connie Britton.

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EISENBERG: Now, I'm sure you're all familiar with that old joke, what happens when you play a country song backwards⁴? You get your wife, your truck and your dog back. Obviously, that is not true. But what is true is if you play our show backwards, you get your dignity, your Prius and your pants back.

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EISENBERG: Let's get things started and meet our first two contestants. First up, Joshua Baldman (ph), you are a cellphone salesman and a knitting instructor⁵.

JOSHUA BALDMAN: Yes, ma'am.

EISENBERG: And what is the knitting project, like, the big thing you want to make?

BALDMAN: I want to knit a car cover.

EISENBERG: You want to knit...

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EISENBERG: A smart car or are you going...

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BALDMAN: RV.

EISENBERG: An RV (laughter).

BALDMAN: Yeah.

EISENBERG: (Laughter) Joshua.

BALDMAN: They get cold.

EISENBERG: They do get cold. Your opponent is Allen Sloan (ph) You told us you were in a small attorney firm that's less Nelson and Murdock and more Saul Goodman.

ALLEN SLOAN: Well, I - I don't know if I'd say that the practice is that way, but we're on the second floor of a coffee shop here in Nashville, so I'm like, yeah, there's a little more Saul Goodman-ish (ph) feel to the office some days.

EISENBERG: I don't know if you're a dog person or a cat person, but you are certainly a rabbit person.

SLOAN: I am.

SLOAN: How many rabbits do you have right now?

SLOAN: Two.

EISENBERG: OK. How many is the most you've had?

SLOAN: Five. They're all of the standoffishness of a cat without the extra ability that they take care of themselves.

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EISENBERG: So what's so fun about owning them?

BALDMAN: I don't know. They're adorable. I mean, I really - they really are. I mean, every pet is just basically a poop machine that you're putting money into. You might as well have one you enjoy looking at, you know.

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EISENBERG: I don't know if it's a Nashville thing or just specific to you two guys, but there is a logic⁶ you have about the way you run your life that is very direct. I like it. It makes perfect sense.

SLOAN: We're an earnest people, you know.

EISENBERG: Yeah, that's good. It's good. I mean, it - like, your choices make no sense, but you've made sense of them.

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BALDMAN: It's whiskey.

EISENBERG: (Laughter) Whiskey does it.

SLOAN: Yeah.

EISENBERG: OK, Joshua and Allen, the first of you who wins two games will move on to our final round at the end of the show. And we're in Tennessee, so we're going to start off with a guessing game called You're The Only 10 I See.

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EISENBERG: Right, a cheesy pick-up line. So in this game, the answer to every clue is actually more than 10 or fewer than 10.

COULTON: And Ophira and I will alternate reading clues to you so you don't need to buzz in. And the winner will be one step closer to the final round at the end of the show. Here we go.

EISENBERG: OK, Joshua, more than 10 or fewer than 10 - how many individual candies are there in a standard pack of Starburst?

BALDMAN: More than 10.

EISENBERG: That is correct, more than 10. Yes, there are 12.

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EISENBERG: I didn't know they came in packs. I thought people just threw them at you individually at Halloween. I didn't know you could get them all together.

BALDMAN: Only if you don't like the kids.

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EISENBERG: Well, that explains a lot about my childhood. Thanks, Joshua.

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COULTON: Allen, how many bones are there in a standard human ear? Standard human ear.

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COULTON: Not one of your fancier European ears.

EISENBERG: No, not one of your artisanal ears.

SLOAN: I'm going to go with less than 10.

COULTON: That's fewer than 10 bones. That's right, only three. That's correct.

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EISENBERG: Joshua, how many people have walked on the moon? Is it more than 10 or fewer than 10?

BALDMAN: Fewer than 10.

EISENBERG: I'm sorry. It is more than 10. Actually, it's a trick question. The answer is zero because it was faked.

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EISENBERG: But we're going with the answer of 12, all American, all dudes, all dudes.

COULTON: Audience not sure how to feel about that.

EISENBERG: Yep.

COULTON: Allen, how many seasons have there been of "NCIS?"

SLOAN: I'm really sad to know this but more than 10.

COULTON: That is correct, more than 10.

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COULTON: Fourteen in fact.

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EISENBERG: These are your last clues. Joshua, how many children did Marlon Brando have?

BALDMAN: More than 10.

EISENBERG: More than 10 is correct.

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EISENBERG: The fact I have written is at least 11.

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COULTON: She said archly.

EISENBERG: (Laughter) I know. Some sources say 16, and by that, I mean five other women.

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COULTON: Allen, how many buildings in the world are taller than the Empire State Building?

SLOAN: More than 10.

COULTON: Absolutely, more than 10, about 30. You're correct.

EISENBERG: Yeah.

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EISENBERG: Let's go to our puzzle guru Art Chung. Hi, Art.

ART CHUNG: Hey, Ophira.

EISENBERG: How did our contestants do?

CHUNG: They both did great, but, Allen, congratulations, you're one step closer to moving on to the final round.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

3 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

5 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

6 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。