Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

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Welcome to the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page! Here, you'll find almost everything that you might want to know about NPR's weekly news quiz show.

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2023-06-03

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1324
Scorekeeper
Who needs a beach bod when you've got this Bill bod?
Notes

The two segments with Keegan-Michael Key as a panelist were from the shows that aired on 2010-03-27 and on 2010-07-24.

When Peter Sagal segued from Keegan-Michael Key being on the show as a panelist to Keegan-Michael Key being on the show as a Not My Job guest, Peter mentioned that 8 years had past. Keegan-Michael Key appearance as a Not My Job guest was on the show that aired on 2016-08-06 show, which would be 6 years. Keegan-Michael Key was a Not My Job guest on a Best Of show that aired on 2018-07-07.

The Not My Job segment was Regina King was from the show that aired on 2019-10-12 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper. The Not My Job segments with Keegan-Michael Key, Colin Hanks, Bobby McFerrin and Susan Orlean had Carl Kasell as the scorekeeper.

While introducing the Not My Job segment with Colin Hanks, Peter said that Tom Hanks was a Not My Job guest in 2005. Tom Hanks was the Not My Job guest on the show that aired on 2006-05-13. Peter then said that they had interviewed Colin Hanks 6 years later in 2011. It should be 5 years.

2023-05-27

NPR DB ID: 1323
Scorekeeper
Po'boy? I'm a po'man. A po'anchorman
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Mo Rocca
Correct: Mo Rocca
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about someone getting a big break, Not My Job about good dogs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next company to adopt a new name?
Notes

The listener contestant for Listener Limerick Challenge is a professional limerick writer.

2023-05-20

NPR DB ID: 1322
Scorekeeper
I'm the disembodied voice with a disembody that just won't quit
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Luke Burbank
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluf the Listener about a surprising TV hit, Not My Job about Dairy Queen, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the surprise cover model?
Notes

Another instance where all three panelists are tied at the start of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment

2023-05-13

NPR DB ID: 1321
Host
Guest: Alzo Slade
Scorekeeper
Are you there God? It's me
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Adam Felber
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about old sports that are still being played today, Not My Job about weird game show prizes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what annoyances will Washington take on next?
Notes

Another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.