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Peter Sagal

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We meet America's robo-teachers and take a nap in coach

Hannah Taylor of Savannah, Georgia.

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Are we ready to do this?

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I'm ready.

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Here you go.

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First question.

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At the annual Kerkpenar Festival in western Turkey, fighters come from all over that country to compete in a form of wrestling that has a particular twist.

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What is it?

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A. Wrestlers' arms are tied behind their back and their legs are tied together.

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B. Not only is poking in the eye allowed, it's the only thing allowed.

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Or C. All the wrestlers are covered in olive oil to make them more slippery.

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The audience of people are shouting C, olive oil, with a little too much enthusiasm.

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It is olive oil, in fact.

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Olive oil wrestling in Turkey goes back more than 600 years.

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It's a hallowed tradition.

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There you are.

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All right, here's your next question.

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You did that well.

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We meet America's robo-teachers and take a nap in coach

In the village high in the mountains of Peru, the people there celebrate an event called the Tecanaqui every Christmas day.

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What happens at the Tecanaqui?

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A, everybody tries to beat up everybody else to get them back for slights that happened during the preceding year.