-We're about to play "Hey Robot."
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-♪ Hey, hey, robot ♪
♪ Hey, robot ♪
-I'm going to need some help, so joining me now
is the star of the new film "Nightmare Alley,"
which is in theaters now.
Please welcome the one and only Cate Blanchett!
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[ Laughs ]
Cate, here's how the game works.
Okay, this is based on a real board game called "Hey Robot"
that you can play at home.
It's like the classic game "Password,"
but your partner is a smart speaker.
Okay, so first, I will pick a card with a word on it,
and then we'll take turns -- -That looks like a sex aid.
[ Laughter ]
That doesn't look like -- What is that?
I know I'm on Zoom, but what is that?
-No, no. [ Laughter ]
It's not -- Your kids can see this.
This is totally -- This is a smart speaker.
-Okay. -This is a smart speaker.
-A "smart speaker." -That's correct.
[ Laughter ] -Okay, whatever.
-I'll pick a card with a word on it.
[ Laughs ] -Okay.
-And we are going to take turns asking a question, okay?
And all we want is to get the speaker
to say that word somewhere in its answer.
Okay? And if it does, you get a point.
We can't say the word, obviously.
Okay? I'll start. You'll see.
Here we go. -Okay.
-Alright, here we go.
Oh. Alright, so, I have to get it to say the word "rubber."
Okay.
Alexa, what are tires made of?
-Here's something I found on the web.
According to servicecity.com, the main materials
for the production of tires are rubber, which is --
[ Ding! ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I don't know if I'm going to make it through the whole game.
-This has nothing to do with the "smart speaker."
This has to do with -- This is the Olympiad, isn't it?
-That's exactly right. -I'm meant to do some sort of
physical, active -- my physical prowess --
-That's correct. Exactly. New Year's resolution.
Yeah, even if you -- So, you're up.
And you have to get the smart speaker, which is what it is,
to say the word "mushrooms."
-Apar-- Alexa, apart from beef, what is in beef Stroganoff?
-Here is what I found.
According to cooksinfo.com,
beef Stroganoff is a dish consisting of thin slices
of cooked beef and sliced mushrooms.
[ Ding! ] -Oh, come on!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yes!
You're good.
We got to take this on the road!
Oh! Oh, my God!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, my God! [ Laughing ]
It is my turn again.
Unfortunately, I have to get it to say -- Oh.
"Walrus." [ Laughter ]
Alright.
The walrus was...
Alright.
Alexa, according to the Beatles, who was Paul?
-Here's what I found from the Web.
Sir Paul McCartney has been hailed as a genius
by St. Vincent for his work with the new remix of his song.
The Beatles legend asked 39-year-old Annie Clark,
real name Annie Clark, to appear in the remix of his song
"Women and Wives," from this year's "McCartney III Imagined"
compilation, which features a new version of his song.
Was that helpful? -No.
No, that wasn't -- -Thanks for your feedback.
-Yeah, you're welcome.
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That wasn't helpful. Now it is your turn,
my partner, Cate, whenever you're ready.
-Oh, gosh.
Alexa, in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland,"
who was on the beach?
-Sorry, I don't have an answer for that.
-Oh, well, that's not my problem.
[ Laughter ]
-Let me start. Let me say it.
-Alexa, according to Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland,"
who was on the beach?
-Here's something I found on the web.
According to sea.edu, on the beach,
terror strikes Robinson Crusoe,
the first of many castaways to confront destiny on the sand.
-Yep.
[ Laughter ] -This is going well.
-That's fantastic. [ Buzzer ]
Ready? Here we go. Ready?
Alexa, what are the top three animals with tusks?
-According to an Alexa answers contributor, elephants.
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[ Buzzer ]
-So close. I'm skipping that one, okay?
-Okay, one more. -Alright, try one more.
Here we go. This is it.
-Alexa, can you name an animal with tusks that begins with W?
-Sorry, I don't know that.
[ Laughter and applause ]
[ Buzzer ]
-Ah, nice try.
[ Laughs ]
What? -She knows even less than I do.
-She's like, "I don't know -- welephant?"
[ Laughter ]
Alright, here we go.
The last one, let's make this work, here we go.
Alright, I have to make the smart speaker say...
"oink." [ Laughter ]
I think I can do this, right?
Alexa, what sound does a pig make?
-Okay. Here's animal noises.
A pig goes -- [ Pig oinking ]
[ Laughter ] Which would you like next?
-Does that count, judges?
[ Dinging ]
That's it, we did it! Alright!
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Cate Blanchett!