Ask Me Another

By NPR

Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coa... more

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Number 1: 111: The Big, Mean, and Green
Can you tell the difference between a Harry Potter spell, a prescription drug, and a piece of IKEA furniture? This week, some brainy contestants have the chance to befriend both Gore Vidal and Dracula, while our Mystery Guest, a Rhodes Scholar-turned-filmmaker and comic book scribe, is put to the test in this hour of puzzles and trivia.
July 13, 201250min
Number 2: 105: The Maverick of the Twitter Set
What if horror film characters ran personal ads on dating sites, and musicians wrote songs like...Wake Up, Little Herman? Our puzzle gurus imagine such a world, while our Mystery Guest, a 21st-century political darling, tells us what makes America sexy, and shows us that the good life is but a tweet away.
June 01, 201250min
Number 3: 103: They Had Me At Hello
“Radio is a sound salvation,” sang Elvis Costello, and it’s also the theme of Jonathan Coulton’s euphonious music quiz. Speaking of music, our Mystery Guest is a Broadway superstar, put to the test on her musical theater know-how. Plus, mutated movie titles, a double name game, and an etiquette test from the 1960s. Got a light?
May 18, 201250min
Number 4: 102: What Not To Wear On The Radio
What do you get when you throw Leonard Bernstein, a 19th-century murderer, and the CEO of Goldman Sachs in a room together? Perhaps the best R.E.M. song ever. In this hour, contestants create horrific hybrids like Dr. Moreau, rewrite some outdated Cole Porter lyrics, and join this week's Mystery Guest to evaluate their own signature flourish.
May 11, 201250min
Number 5: 101: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Way Too Much.
So you think you’re a TV buff—but how well do you know your shows by their episode titles? This week’s contestants are put to some pop culture challenges, like deciphering breakfast cereal haikus and a remixed nursery rhyme. Plus, a certain brainiac shares a few of his favorite apocalyptic prophesies.
May 04, 201249min