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.

Below is a list of shows that have recently aired and the next show that will air.

2023-12-09

NPR DB ID: 1354
Host
Guest: Negin Farsad
Scorekeeper
Happy Chanukah. Light the anchorman-orah
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Eugene Cordero
Correct: Eugene Cordero
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a crime being solved; Not My Job abojt Shaq; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenger; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what the Word of the Year be in 2024?
Notes

After Fred Schneider chose "A" for the first Not My Job question, Negin Farsad asked Fred what his other choice would have been. Fred then chose "B", which was the correct answer.

Luke Burbank was in the middle of asking the Listener Limerick Challenge contestant about napping penguins when Negin had to stop Luke from finishing his question. The reason is that it was the topic of the third limerick.

Eugene Cordero could not think of Boris Johnson's last name for his second Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question and answered "Boris British". Negin accepted his answer and Eugene got credit for it. For his fourth question, Eugene could not think of the word "recession" and Negin would gave the point to Eugene.

2023-12-02

NPR DB ID: 1353
Scorekeeper
Is that angel singing in three-part harmony? No, it's just me, Bill Kurtis
Panelists
Guests
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about unusual marketing tricks; Not My Job about North and South Dakota; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hit show for seniors?
Notes

After Dakota Johnson incorrectly answered the first two Not My Job questions, Peter Sagal made the third question an all-or-nothing where Dakota would win if she correctly answered the question. Dakota answered the question correctly and won the voicemail greeting for the listener contestant.

In the edited version of the show, only five of Alonzo Bodden's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions were included. Of those five questions, Alonzo answered four correct; meaning, the fifth correct answer would have been for one of the three questions that were edited out. The listed score for Alonzo is based on what Bill Kurtis stated on the show.

2023-11-25

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1352
Scorekeeper
I'm the guy who makes a black hat with a buckle look sexy. I'm your Bill-grim
Description
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite moments from the past 25 years, part eight
Notes

The Not My Job segments with Jane Curtin, Muffet McGraw, and Adam Savage had Carl Kasell as scorekeeper.

2023-11-18

NPR DB ID: 1351
Scorekeeper
I'm your Maine squeeze
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Roy Blount, Jr.
Correct: Roy Blount, Jr.
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about attempts to restore a reputation; Not My Job about jelly beans; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what's next for the perfume industry?
Notes

The listener contestant for the Bluff the Listener segment disliked Spirit Airlines and initially chose Maeve Higgins' story to Peter Sagal's disbelief. After Peter asked the listener if she wanted to stick with Maeve's story, she said "It can't be Spirit" and chose Roy Blount Jr.'s story; which, was the correct story.

Maeve answered her third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Dollars" and Peter enthusiastically accepted the answer as being close enough to "inflation". Peter also enthusiastically accepted Maeve's answer of "baseball" for her fourth Lightning question as being close enough to "Cy Young Award".

When Peter asked Bill Kurtis how Roy did answering the Lightning questions, Bill said, "Roy is the champion this week" without stating how many questions Roy answered correctly or the Roy's total score. Roy's scoring is based on the questions that made it into the edited version of the show, in which Roy answered five correct and two incorrect.

2023-11-11

NPR DB ID: 1350
Scorekeeper
I'm the voice so beautiful, I can walk into any grocery store and use the intercom without asking
Panelists
Guests
Bluff
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone getting a good deal; Not My Job about empty houses; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Listener Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what we will later learn the actors won in their new contract?