Measure For Measure

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

John Flansburgh.

Let's crown this week's grand champion. Let's bring back from Law & Order: Fairy Tale's Keely Coffey. From Get Them To The E.R., Matt Accornero. From Born To Run And Fail, David Sibley. And from Pair It Down, Jessica Laquintano.

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EISENBERG: Our puzzle guru, Art Chung, will lead us in this final round titled Measure For Measure.

ART CHUNG, BYLINE: Thanks Ophira. For this final round every answer will include a unit of measurement. For example, if we said it's the nickname of London's Metropolitan Police Service, you would say Scotland Yard. We're playing this spelling bee style, so one wrong answer and you're out. You'll only have a few seconds to give me that answer. And the last person standing is our ASK ME ANOTHER grand winner. And for your prize, besides an autographed copy of "No Land's Man," Aasif Mandvi will teach you a few Michael Jackson moves right here on stage.

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CHUNG: Remember, every answer will include a unit of measurement. Here we go. Keely, at this popular athletic shoe store, the employees wear black-and-white referee uniforms.

KEELY COFFEY: Footlocker.

CHUNG: That is correct.

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CHUNG: Matt, it's another name for an animal shelter where stray canines are kept.

MATT ACCORNERO: Dog pound.

CHUNG: That is right.

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CHUNG: David, National Hockey League champions take this trophy around the rink for a victory skate.

DAVID SIBLEY: Stanley Cup.

CHUNG: Stanley Cup is right.

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CHUNG: Jessica, this jazz trumpet released a seminal album, "Kind of Blue."

JESSICA LAQUINTANO: Miles Davis.

CHUNG: You got it.

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CHUNG: We're back to Keely. This comedy studio in Chicago is a launching pad for Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey, among many others.

COFFEY: Second City?

CHUNG: That's right. Second is a unit of measure.

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CHUNG: Matt, despite its name, Stetson once admitted that this large piece of headwear only holds about three quarts of liquid.

ACCORNERO: A 10-gallon hat.

CHUNG: You got it.

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CHUNG: David, Drew and Nick Lachey were members of this boy band.

SIBLEY: 'N Sync?

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. That's incorrect. Step aside. Jessica, Drew and Nick Lachey were members of this boy band. You're shaking your head.

LAQUINTANO: Nine degrees or something like that? Yeah, OK, I got it wrong.

CHUNG: I'm sorry. I can't accept that. Keely?

COFFEY: Ninety-eight degrees.

CHUNG: That is correct.

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CHUNG: Thank you, David and Jessica. We're down to Matt and Keely. Matt, ASK ME ANOTHER VIP John Cameron Mitchell created and originated the lead role in this musical.

ACCORNERO: "Avenue Q."

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. Keely, if you know the answer, you're our grand winner.

COFFEY: "Hedwig And The Angry Inch."

CHUNG: You got it.

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EISENBERG: Congratulations, Keely. You're our ASK ME ANOTHER big winner. That's our show. Thank you so much for listening. If you would like to be a contestant, find us on Facebook or Twitter. Just look around for NPR ASK ME ANOTHER. And you can be a puzzle player anytime, anyplace by downloading our podcast from iTunes, Stitcher, or TuneIn. To see Aasif teach us how to moonwalk, check out our podcast at itunes.com/askmeanother. To see us live, just 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 John Flansburgh.

CHUNG: Shh, gnarl funjob.

EISENBERG: Additional puzzle writing by Kyle Beakley, Eric Feinstein (ph), David Israel, Natasha Lake (ph), Karen Lurie (ph) and James Ramsey (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER is produced by Jesse Baker, Josh Rogosin, Eleanor Kagan, Denny Shin and our intern, Aaron James, along with Portia Robertson Migas and Eric Newsom. We are recorded by Bill Moss, Kristen Mueller and David Herkin (ph). We'd like to thank our home in Brooklyn, N.Y., The Bell House...

CHUNG: Hot Heel Blues.

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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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