The Hills Are Alive

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Now we're going to crown this week's grand champion. Let's bring back, from Buffer the Consequences, Keith Hayes; from Sports Explicated, Steve Bahnaman; from State of Mind, Nadja Vielot; from the Actor Factor, Mel Umbarger; and from This, That or The Other, Rose Hollinshead. They will be competing in our Ask Me One More final round, and I will toss it over to our puzzle guru, Art Chung.

ART CHUNG, BYLINE: This final round is titled The Hills Are Alive, and we're giving a shout-out to another corner of the research triangle, Chapel Hill.

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CHUNG: Every correct answer in this game will contain the letters H-I-L-L in order. 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 ASK ME ANOTHER grand winner. And for your prize, John has autographed a set of limited-edition Mountain Goats albums on vinyl, which is the only way to listen to music in Durham.

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CHUNG: Here we go. Keith, this singer is best known as a member of the Fugees, as well as her own miseducation.

KEITH HAYES: Lauryn Hill.

CHUNG: Lauryn Hill is correct. Steve, on "Saturday Night Live," Amy Poehler did a killer impersonation of this former New York senator and secretary of state.

STEVE BAHNAMAN: Hillary Clinton.

CHUNG: Hillary Clinton, you got it. Nadja, this Texas-based animated series comes from the creator of "Beavis And Butt-head."

NADIA VIELOT: "King Of The Hill."

CHUNG: That's right.

CHUNG: Mel, this Grammy-winning artist, known for her song, "This Kiss," has spent a lot of time kissing fellow country singer and husband, Tim McGraw.

MEL UMBARGER: Faith Hill.

CHUNG: Faith Hill is correct. Rose, this retired pro basketball player, recently featured in an AT&T add, played college ball right here in Durham.

ROSE HOLLINSHEAD: Grant Hill.

CHUNG: Grant Hill, oh...

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HAYES: I'm glad she got that one.

CHUNG: The audience was about to riot on that one.

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CHUNG: Keith, don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes, was the cry of this early Boston Revolutionary War battle.

HAYES: Bunker Hill.

CHUNG: Bunker Hill is correct. Steve, this long-running WB and CW drama was set in a fictional Carolina town that starred Chad Michael Murray.

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CHUNG: Three seconds.

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BAHNAMAN: That's unbelievable.

CHUNG: I'm sorry, Steve. Hold on. Nadja, do you know the answer?

VIELOT: Is it "One Tree Hill"?

CHUNG: "One Tree Hill" is correct. Steve is out.

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CHUNG: Mel, you may be surprised to learn that this California hip-hop group's most popular song is titled "Insane In The Brain," not insane in the membrane.

UMBARGER: Cypress Hill.

CHUNG: You got it.

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CHUNG: Rose, she became a national figure when she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991.

HOLLINSHEAD: Anita Hill.

CHUNG: That's correct.

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HAYES: Go, Rose.

CHUNG: Keith, this cop drama from the '80s regularly ended its role call with let's be careful out there.

HAYES: "Hill Street Blues."

CHUNG: That's right. Nadja, this is a place in Somerset, England, and a song about that place by Peter Gabriel.

VIELOT: (Sighing).

CHUNG: Three seconds.

VIELOT: Got nothing.

CHUNG: Sorry, step aside. Let's see if Mel knows the answer - a place in Somerset, England, and a song about that place by Peter Gabriel.

UMBARGER: Under the hill.

CHUNG: Under the hill, no. I'm sorry, that's not correct. Let's see if Rose knows the answer.

HOLLINSHEAD: "Solsbury Hill."

CHUNG: "Solsbury Hill" is correct. Thank you, Nadja and Mel.

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CHUNG: We are down to our last two players, Keith and Rose. Keith, metaphorically, this phrase, named after a Greek mythological figure, refers to a fatal weak spot or vulnerability.

HAYES: Achilles' heel.

CHUNG: Achilles' heel is correct. Rose, this English comedian's long-running TV show usually ended with him being chased by cops and half-naked women to the tune of "Yakety Sax."

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HOLLINSHEAD: Benny Hill.

CHUNG: Benny Hill's right.

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CHUNG: All right, we've run out of questions, so here's your tiebreaker - hands on your buzzers. It's a stereotypical country bumpkin.

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CHUNG: Keith.

HAYES: A hillbilly.

CHUNG: Hillbilly's correct, and you're our grand winner.

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EISENBERG: Clearly a close match, but congratulations, Keith. How about another hand for our VIP, John Darnielle.

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EISENBERG: And that is our show. Thank you so much for listening. If you would like to be a contestant, just find us on Facebook or Twitter. Just look around for NPR ASK ME ANOTHER. And you could be a puzzle player anytime, anyplace by downloading our podcast from iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn. ASK ME ANOTHER's puzzle guru is Art Chung.

CHUNG: Hey, my name anagrams to ranch gut.

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EISENBERG: Our house musician is Jonathan Coulton.

CHUNG: Thou jolt a canon.

EISENBERG: Additional puzzle writing by Karen Laurie, Glenn McDonald and J. Keith van Straaten. ASK ME ANOTHER's produced by Jesse Baker...

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EISENBERG: We'd like to thank the Carolina Theatre.

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EISENBERG: Our production partner, WNYC and WUNC.

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CHUNG: Ophira Eisenberg.

EISENBERG: And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.

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