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Below is a list of shows that have recently aired and the next show that will air.
2022-06-25
- First: Helen Hong 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Adam Burke 11 (3 / 4)
After Peter Sagal gave the answer to the 2nd Listener Limerick Challenge limerick, Bill Kurtis tried to help the listener out (albeit a bit too late).
Helen Hong answered her 8th Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "thongs". Peter Sagal accepted the answer, as the correct answer was "wearing only their underwear".
2022-06-18
- First: Brian Babylon 15 (5 / 5)
- Second: Bobcat Goldthwait 13 (1 / 6)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 6 (2 / 2)
For Maeve Higgin's third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, she answered "weather" which Peter Sagal accepted. The correct answer was "high temperatures". For Maeve's fourth Lightning question, Bobcat Goldthwait helped her by whispering "BTS" but Maeve thought he was whispering "PTS". Bobcat whispered "BTS" a little clearer, which Maeve gave as her answer.
2022-06-11
- First: Luke Burbank 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Negin Farsad 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu 8 (2 / 3)
This is the first show taped at Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! new home, the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.
After Kenan Thompson chose "A" for the third Not My Job question, Peter Sagal questioned Kenan if he really thought that was the answer. Kenan said, "So, is that the answer?" The correct answer was "B".
2022-06-04
I'm the pamphlet that tells you the star you came to see won't be performing tonight. I'm the play-Bill
- Kacey Musgraves 2
- Audra McDonald 1 *
- Brian Cox 3
- Woody Hoburg 3 *