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

its NPR's hour of puzzles, word games, and trivia, ask me another.

I'm Jonathan Colton.

Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.

Thank you, Jonathan.

We have a great show for you.

Our brilliant contestants are here to play our nerdy games.

Their backstage breaching data, and only one of them will be our big winner.

Our guest is Nantare Guma Umbaho Mouine.

You might know him from his role in Trume, based in New Orleans, or as Ronnie on the shy,

based in the south side of Chicago.

So my strongest memory of Chicago is going to the Miramaise on Navy Pier and having a total

panic attack, because I could not find my way out.

Have you ever seen your own failure reflected back to you in a hundred different directions?

I have.

In our first game, we'll imagine bad video games based on movies like Steven Spielberg's

Super Mario Bridge of Spies, or my favorite world of war horse.

But first, let's meet our contestants.

First up, Lauren Gerard on buzzer number one.

You're studying drama therapy at NYU.

Welcome.

Thank you, excited to be here.

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