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I Just Play One On Television

play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:37repeat 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. OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: 

Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists, Vanessa, who makes bacon for her friends, and Jere, who went undercover as a cab driver and found out that people are terrible.

(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)

EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away.

ART CHUNG: Thanks, Ophira. Vanessa and Jere, your final round is called I Just Play One on TV. I'm going to give you a TV show and the name of one of its characters. You tell me what that character's job is. So if I said, Tony Soprano from "The Sopranos," you would say, mob boss.

We're playing this round like a penalty shootout. You'll each get up to eight questions. The contestant² who scores the most points will be our big winner.

Your prize is an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube and, from "Stranger Things," a mug that says coffee and contemplation and a signed poster of Jim Hopper in the style of Shepard Fairey's Obama poster. But instead of saying hope, it says hop³.

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: We flipped⁴ a coin backstage. And Vanessa, you are going first. Here we go. Meredith Grey from "Grey's Anatomy⁵."

VANESSA KONKEL: She's a doctor.

CHUNG: She's a doctor - a surgeon. Correct.

CHUNG: Jere, Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex And The City."

JERE HESTER: A journalist.

CHUNG: That's right. She's a newspaper columnist⁶. We'll accept that. Vanessa, Murphy Brown. Three seconds. Any - just guess.

KONKEL: He's also a doctor, isn't he?

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: Murphy Brown - I'm sorry - she's a TV journalist or reporter. Jere, Ally McBeal.

HESTER: A lawyer.

CHUNG: She's a lawyer. Correct.

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: Vanessa, from "Friends," Ross Geller.

KONKEL: He's a geologist⁷ or paleontologist.

CHUNG: I'm sorry. Your first answer, geologist, was incorrect. He was a paleontologist. Sorry. Jere, Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory."

HESTER: Scientist.

CHUNG: Yeah, he's a scientist or physicist⁸. That's correct.

(APPLAUSE)

CHUNG: Vanessa, Eric Taylor from "Friday Night Lights."

KONKEL: Football player (laughter)?

CHUNG: That's not his - no, he's a football coach.

KONKEL: OK (laughter).

CHUNG: Sorry. You keep getting close. Jere, Ray Barone from "Everybody Loves Raymond."

HESTER: He is a sportswriter.

CHUNG: He is a sportswriter. That's correct.

(APPLAUSE)

CHUNG: We are at the halfway⁹ point. And Jere is in the lead 4 to 1. Vanessa, from "The X-Files," Dana Scully.

KONKEL: She's a cop?

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. She's an FBI agent specifically. All right. The situation is Jere's up 4 to 1. Jere, if you get this question right, you're our big winner. Jenna Maroney from "30 Rock."

HESTER: She's an actress.

CHUNG: That is correct. Congratulations.

(APPLAUSE)

EISENBERG: That's our show. Thanks for playing. 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 jolt¹⁰ a cannon¹¹.

EISENBERG: Our puzzles were written by Ellen Tidal (ph), Danielle Thompson (ph) and senior writers Karen Lurie (ph), J. Keith van Straaten and Kyle Beakley. ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Mike Katzif, Travis Larchuk, Julia Melfi, Danny Shin, Rommel Wood and our intern¹², Camila Salazar, along with Anya Grundmann.

We're recorded by Bill Moss¹³, Noriko Okabe and David Hurtgen (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzem and Jesse Baker¹⁴. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Bell House...

CHUNG: Hot heel blues¹⁵.

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 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 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。

3 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

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 anatomy   

n.解剖学，解剖；功能，结构，组织

参考例句：

• He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals.在动物解剖学方面，他有过许多发现。
• The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex.对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。

6 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

7 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。

8 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

9 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。

10 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。

11 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。

12 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。

13 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

14 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。

15 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。