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>>>>And to really institute some thread drift: On the Groucho Marx show, when a contestant said the "secret word", they won $200 and a duck (looking very much like Groucho) dropped down on a string from above. The question is, "What was the significance of the duck?"
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>>>Hooo.. You got me on that one. Don't have a clue...
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>>As Craig mentioned, there was the film "Duck Soup". But there's also an exchange between Groucho and Chico. Ask, "Why a duck?"
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>Okay, I'll ask...why a duck?

In the exchange, Chico says, "Why a duck? Why not a chicken?" (It'll help to think in the way Chico spoke in the films.)