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Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists. Andrea, who wants to visit to Australia so she can email people from the future, and Colleen, who carries blocks of cheese in her purse.

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EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away.

ART CHUNG: Andrea and Colleen, your final round is called Home Improvement. In this round, every answer will contain an item you would find in a home improvement store. So if I said he's the rapper who was too legit to quit, you'd say MC Hammer, as in a hammer. We're playing this round like a penalty shootout. You'll each get the same number of questions. The contestant who scores the most points will be our big winner. And your prize is an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube signed by Ti West and James Ransone. We flipped a coin backstage, and Andrea, you're going first. Andrea, he's a Jamaican sprinter who's the fastest man on earth.

ANDREA KEBALO: Usain Bolt.

CHUNG: Correct.

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CHUNG: Colleen, he's a 2016 primary challenger to Hillary Clinton.

COLLEEN CELSOR: Not MC Hammer.

CHUNG: I'm sorry, we were looking for Bernie Sanders.

CELSOR: Oh, OK.

CHUNG: A sander.

CELSOR: A sander.

CHUNG: Back to Andrea. It's the full name of the young protagonist in "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory."

KEBALO: Charlie - no - yes - Charlie Bucket.

CHUNG: Correct.

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CHUNG: Colleen. It's a 1940 Disney film with animated visuals set to classical music.

CELSOR: "Fantasia?"

CHUNG: That is correct.

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CHUNG: Fan is what we were looking for.

CELSOR: Oh.

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CHUNG: Andrea, it's a baseball pitch that breaks in the opposite direction of a curveball.

KEBALO: A breaker?

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. We were looking for a screwball. Colleen, a Christmas ballet scored by Tchaikovsky.

CELSOR: "Nutcracker."

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Back to Andrea. An industrial rock band founded by Trent Reznor.

KEBALO: Nine Inch Nails.

CHUNG: Correct.

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CHUNG: Colleen. He plays Frodo in "Lord Of The Rings."

CELSOR: Elijah Wood.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: We're at the halfway point, and the game is tied at three points each. Andrea, in a bra it's the thin piece of metal that helps with support.

KEBALO: Underwire.

CHUNG: That is correct.

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CHUNG: Colleen, it's someone who competes in foil, saber or epee competitions.

CELSOR: Mixed martial artist (laughter).

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. We were looking for a fencer.

CELSOR: Oh.

CHUNG: Those are all types of fencing. Andrea, the half-human, half-vampire played by Wesley Snipes.

KEBALO: Shaft.

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CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. We were looking for Blade.

KEBALO: Oh.

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CHUNG: Colleen, it's the startup company featured in the show "Silicon Valley" named for a folk tale about a man who exterminated rats.

CELSOR: The Pied Piper.

CHUNG: Correct.

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CHUNG: Andrea, in the Book of Genesis, it's pathway linking earth to heaven.

KEBALO: Jacob's Ladder.

CHUNG: Correct.

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CHUNG: Colleen, in the original Pokemon Game Boy game it's one of the three starter Pokemon, along with Squirtle and Charmander.

CELSOR: Bulbasaur.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: The score is tied. You have one question left. Andrea, it's a painful condition that affects some people who have had their wisdom teeth removed.

KEBALO: I'm going to say shingles, but that's not it.

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. The - we were looking for dry socket. Colleen, if you get this one right, you're our winner. It's an infection that may cause a painful rash for adults who once had chicken pox.

CELSOR: Shingles.

CHUNG: That is correct.

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CHUNG: Congratulations, Colleen. You won.

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EISENBERG: Congratulations, Colleen. And that's our show. 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 jolt a cannon.

EISENBERG: Our puzzles are written by Sean Kennedy, David Letzler and senior writers Kyle Beakley and Greg Lightman. ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Mike Katzif, Travis Larchuk, Julian Melfi, Denny Shin, Rommel Wood and our intern Camila Salazar, along with Steve Nelson and Anya Grundmann. We are recorded by Damon Whittemore, Noriko Okabe and Nate Kinsella (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker. We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Bell House...

CHUNG: Hot heel blues.

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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