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Eric Beeny – Family Feud


Eric Beeny

Family Feud


Alright.

Shake hands.

One hundred people
surveyed.

Top five answers
on the board.

Give me
the most popular
answer.

Name a finger
you’d use
to make
a fist

or clutch
a weapon
with.

 
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