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All My Exes Live In Texas 

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It's now time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists - Marcie, the future owner of the Austin Humidities...

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EISENBERG: ...And Stephanie, who's going to settle this on the slopes.

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EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away.

ART CHUNG: Thanks, Ophira. Marcie and Stephanie, your final round is called All My Ex's Live in Texas.

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CHUNG: Every correct answer in this round will contain the letters E X in that order, but not necessarily at the beginning of the answer. So, for example, if I said, it's our neighboring country to the south - it's Mexico. We're playing this round like a penalty shootout. You'll each get up to eight questions. The contestant 2 who scores the most points will be our big winner, and you'll win an ASK ME ANOTHER Rubik's Cube signed by Brooklyn Decker. We flipped 3 a coin backstage, and Stephanie, you are going first.

Stephanie, it's an overnight package delivery company.

STEPHANIE HAGADORN: FedEx.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, a Microsoft spreadsheet program.

MARCIE VERASTIQUI: Excel.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Stephanie, the branch of government that includes the president.

HAGADORN: Executive (laughter).

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, when you want to convert the value of one currency to another, you look at this.

VERASTIQUI: Exchange.

CHUNG: Yes, right, the exchange rate. We'll take that.

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CHUNG: Stephanie, the short-armed king of dinosaurs 4.

HAGADORN: The tyrannosaurus rex.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, this 1992 song by Right Said Fred took a stand against torso coverings.

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CHUNG: Three seconds - we're going to have to give you three seconds.

VERASTIQUI: I don't know.

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CHUNG: Sorry, the answer we were looking for was "I'm Too Sexy" for this shirt.

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CHUNG: Stephanie, a 1973 movie about a girl who's possessed 5 by the devil.

HAGADORN: "The Exorcism."

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Oh.

HAGADORN: Exorcist? Exorcist? Can we take that? I'm sorry.

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. Our judges are saying that's incorrect. You said exorcism first. I'm sorry, we were looking for "Exorcist." Tough call.

HAGADORN: Sorry.

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CHUNG: Marcie, a TV series about a serial 6 killer 7 starring Michael C. Hall.

VERASTIQUI: "Dexter."

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: We're at the halfway 8 point and the game is tied at 3 points each. Stephanie, in math, the power to which a number is raised.

HAGADORN: An exponent 9.

HAGADORN: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, a large, Texas-based gas and oil company.

VERASTIQUI: Exxon.

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CHUNG: Could you be more specific?

VERASTIQUI: ExxonMobil.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Stephanie, a brand of hard, heat-resistant glass used in ovenware.

HAGADORN: Pyrex.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, it's a material most hospital gloves are made of.

VERASTIQUI: Latex.

CHUNG: That's right.

(SOUNDBITE OF BELL, APPLAUSE)

CHUNG: Stephanie, the brain's outer layer made of folded gray matter. Three seconds.

(SOUNDBITE OF BUZZER)

CHUNG: No, we were looking for cerebral 10 cortex.

HAGADORN: Yep. Yep, that's it.

CHUNG: Yeah, we're getting tougher.

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: Marcie, it's an instrument once used by sailors to measure distances between objects. Any guess?

VERASTIQUI: Exterior 11.

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: No, I'm sorry. Stephanie is squirming there. Stephanie, no points, but did you know the answer?

HAGADORN: It's a sextant.

CHUNG: That is a sextant was the answer.

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CHUNG: The score is tied. And we're on to the last question for each of you. Stephanie, it's the luxury vehicle division of Toyota.

HAGADORN: Lexus.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: Marcie, you need to get this question right to stay in the game. A rotating spindle of index cards with contact information.

VERASTIQUI: Rolodex.

CHUNG: That's right.

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CHUNG: We are tied, so hands on your buzzers 12. This is for all the marbles. An elastic 13, synthetic 14 fiber 15 that workout clothes might be made of.

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CHUNG: Stephanie.

HAGADORN: Spandex.

CHUNG: That's right. Congratulations. You win.

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EISENBERG: What's a close game. Marcie, thank you so much. Congratulations, Stephanie. Enjoy your Rubik's Cube.

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EISENBERG: And that's our show. Thanks so much for playing. For bonus games and stuff that's too hot for radio, look us up on Facebook and Twitter. And subscribe 16 to our podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher. ASK ME ANOTHER's puzzle guru is Art Chung.

CHUNG: Hey, my name anagrams to Narc Thug.

EISENBERG: Our house musician is Jonathan Coulton.

JONATHAN COULTON: Thou jolt 17 a cannon 18.

EISENBERG: Our puzzles were written by Matt Foster, David Letzler and senior writers Greg Lightman and Karen Lurie (ph). ASK ME ANOTHER is produced by Mike Katzif, Travis Larchuk and Julia Melfi, Denny Shin, Rommel Wood and our intern 19 Camila Salazar, along with Anya Grundmann. We are recorded by Damon Whittemore. ASK ME ANOTHER was created by Eric Nuzum and Jesse Baker 20. We'd like to thank of Megan Kilgore, Jackie Boyer and the staff at KERA.

CHUNG: Rake.

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EISENBERG: The Majestic 21 Theater.

CHUNG: The rich jet seatmate.

EISENBERG: And our production partner, WNYC.

CHUNG: CYNW.

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EISENBERG: I'm her ripe begonias...

CHUNG: Ophira Eisenberg.

EISENBERG: ...And this was ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.

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