PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Now it is time for our final game, Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our panelists now has sixty seconds to answer as many fill in the blank questions as they can. Each question now worth two points. Carl, can you give us the scores?
CARL KASELL: Brian Babylon has the lead, Peter. He has five points. Roxanne Roberts and Peter Grosz are tied for second; they both have two points each.
SAGAL: Okay.
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SAGAL: We have flipped a coin. Peter has elected to go first, so here we go. Fill in the blank. This week Seal Team 6 staged a raid and rescued two hostages being held in blank.
PETER GROSZ: Somalia.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Memorial services were held at Penn State for former coach blank who died last weekend at age 85.
GROSZ: Joe Paterno.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: On Tuesday morning, the movies "Hugo" and "The Artist" received the most blank nominations.
GROSZ: Academy Award nomination.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: Saying it's more like a divining rod, since it features no maps, a technology firm released a new app that will point users in the direction of blank.
GROSZ: Gold.
SAGAL: The nearest taco.
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SAGAL: Heidi Klum announced this week that she and her husband, singer blank were separating.
GROSZ: Seal.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: You're out.
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SAGAL: Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler drew anger from fans for his performance of the blank last Sunday.
GROSZ: Oh, of the national anthem.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: The board of a new high school in Utah rejected the mascot blank because it was deemed too offensive to middle aged women.
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GROSZ: The hot flash.
SAGAL: No.
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SAGAL: No, the Cougars.
GROSZ: Oh, of course.
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SAGAL: It didn't matter...
GROSZ: I should have thought about that for more than a second.
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GROSZ: Probably would have come up with the answer.
SAGAL: It didn't matter that students overwhelmingly voted to call themselves the Corner Canyon Cougars, the school board rejected the term, perhaps fearing the wrath of angry PTA moms, or Madonna.
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SAGAL: Instead the school board decided on Corner Canyon Old Broads.
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SAGAL: Carl, how did Peter do on our quiz?
KASELL: Peter had five correct answers, for ten more points. He now has twelve points, and Peter has the lead.
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SAGAL: Very well done, all right. Roxanne, you are up next. Fill in the blank. To emphasize President Obama's new tax plan known as the Buffett Rule, Warren Buffet's secretary was seated next to Michelle Obama during the blank.
ROXANNE ROBERTS: State of the Union.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: On Thursday, Iranian president Ahmadinejad said that he is open resuming talks with the West about Iran's blank program.
ROBERTS: Nuclear.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: With the conference championships concluded, the New England Patriots and New York Giants prepared to meet next weekend at the blank.
ROBERTS: Super Bowl.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: The Supreme Court ruled this week that it is a Fourth Amendment protected search if police install a blank on a suspect's car.
ROBERTS: GPS.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: A Florida fire department is honoring a 7 year old Florida girl who saved her unconscious mother by blanking and calling 911.
ROBERTS: Hitting her with a pizza slice.
SAGAL: Indeed, that's what helped.
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SAGAL: On Tuesday, 45 hours of personal recordings made during the last three months of President blank's life were released.
ROBERTS: JFK.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: After asking twitter users to post their best McDonald's memories, McDonald's was surprised that they posted blank instead.
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ROBERTS: Burger King memories.
SAGAL: No.
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SAGAL: They posted really horrible memories of eating McDonald's food.
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GROSZ: Of course.
SAGAL: Of course. No, McDonald's wanted people to post things like, "Oh, I had the best McFlurry ever." But instead, they got messages like, "Hair in my Big Mac!"
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SAGAL: The worst case scenario though, those were people's best McDonald's memories.
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SAGAL: Carl, how did Roxanne do on our quiz?
KASELL: Roxanne had six correct answers, for twelve more points. Roxanne now has fourteen points and she has the lead.
SAGAL: Well done, all right.
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SAGAL: How many then does Brian Babylon need to win this thing?
KASELL: Five correct answers.
SAGAL: All right, here we go, Brian, this is for the game. On Wednesday, Arizona representative blank resigned to focus on her recovery.
BRIAN BABYLON: Gabby Giffords.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: This week Michelle Obama and the Department of Agriculture announced new guidelines for school blanks.
BABYLON: Lunches.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: The Commerce Department announced Thursday that 2011 had been the worst year for blank sales on record.
BABYLON: Housing.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: Illinois Senator Mark Kirk underwent surgery Tuesday after suffering a blank last weekend.
BABYLON: Stroke.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Transportation officials in Manhattan corrected a school crossing mislabeled as blank.
BABYLON: Safe.
SAGAL: No.
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SAGAL: It was mislabeled as a Shcool Crossing.
BABYLON: Shcool.
SAGAL: Shcool. Monday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year's year of the blank.
BABYLON: Dragon.
SAGAL: Yes, year of the dragon.
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SAGAL: On Thursday, Media Takeout announced that Beyonce and Jay Z had selected blank to be their baby's godmother.
BABYLON: Apple's mom.
SAGAL: No. Oprah.
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SAGAL: A Kentucky state senate bill honoring an aquarium's stewardship of penguins was nearly derailed when blank.
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BABYLON: The real penguin showed up.
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SAGAL: No, when a penguin pooped on the senate floor.
BABYLON: Terrible.
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SAGAL: During a presentation about the penguins, Senate President David Williams looked down said, "Are we talking about the penguin that just defecated on the floor?" Williams was not thrown, he said - and this is true - he said, "Well let's see if Miss Kentucky can top that!"
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SAGAL: To which I say, no, let's not.
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SAGAL: Carl, did Brian do well enough to win?
KASELL: He needed five correct answers and he had five correct answers. So with fifteen points...
BABYLON: My first time.
SAGAL: Well done.
KASELL: Brian Babylon is this week's champion.
BABYLON: My first time. My first time.
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BABYLON: You know what, let me say, I have dreamed about beating Roxanne on WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! You have no idea. It's on my vision board.
SAGAL: Really?
BABYLON: Yeah.
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SAGAL: Hope you enjoy it.
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