This is an encore episode

From NPR and WNYC coming to you from the Bellhouse in beautiful Brooklyn, New York

It's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia ask me in them. I'm Jonathan Colton and now here's your host

Ophira Eisenberg

Thank you

Thank you Jonathan

We have a great show for you for brilliant contestants are backstage entering the Hamilton ticket lottery and

Depending on how that goes they might come out and play some nerdy games with us

But only one will be our big winner and we've all already won on this show because our special guests are

Ridiculous

Starring as Alexander Hamilton in the Tony award-winning Broadway musical we have Javier Munoz and

Starring as police chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix series Stranger Things. We have David Harbour

Now both of these actors are in hugely popular shows shows that your friends won't stop asking you if you've seen and

They both take place in America's past one is set during a time when presidents were white males

Technology was antiquated and money equaled power and the other is a Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton

Let's get things started with our first two contestants first up Vanessa Conkel

You're applying to nursing school and you are really good at giving homemade gifts

I try to be okay

I just love these two things about you immediately you're taking care of people in every way

Let's let's talk about the gifts. What kind of gifts are you making? Well, I make a lot of candles

We've been making bacon

and meat products

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