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You have questions. I have some answers. Q: I saw a TV show in the ‘50s or ‘60s where a man bets another man he could not light a cigarette lighter a number of times in a row. If he did it, he would win a lot of money. If he didn’t, he would lose a finger. I think it was an “Alfred Hitchcock” episode, but I can’t find anyone else who remembers it. A: That was indeed an installment of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” — twice. The first version, called “Man from the South,” aired on the anthology series in 1960 and starred Steve McQueen and Peter Lorre. It was redone for the 1985 revival of “Hitchcoc…