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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 shows.

2026-05-02

NPR DB ID: 1480
Scorekeeper I am the anchorman, the anchor-myth, the anchor-legend Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • Rank: First: Alzo Slade Total: 13
    Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Second: Paula Poundstone Total: 12
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Third: Eugene Cordero Total: 9
    Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Eugene Cordero
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a surprising silver lining in the news; Not My Job about famous sailors; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will King Charles III bring back as a souvenir from his trip to the US?

Notes

This is the first time a Not My Job guest has not answered two or more questions correct since the 2024-09-21 show where Gary Oldman answered zero questions correct.

2026-04-25

NPR DB ID: 1479
Host Guest: Tom Papa
Scorekeeper Screw you, seasonal allergies. I'm the voice so fine, even my sneezes sound like music Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • Rank: First Tied: Shantira Jackson Total: 14
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
  • Rank: First Tied: Katie Nolan Total: 14
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
  • Rank: Third: Josh Gondelman Total: 8
    Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Correct Josh Gondelman
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a once in a lifetime job opening; Not My Job about stadium concessions; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next thing that robots beat us at?

Notes

For the third Who's Bill This Time? question, the listener answered with "Cooking" but Tom Papa said "Drinking?". Shantira Jackson commented by saying "Cooking. She said cooking.". Tom Papa then said "You said, 'cooking'? Drinking, you're right!".

2026-04-18

NPR DB ID: 1478
Scorekeeper I'm the guy they bring in when Bill Kurtis gets busted for claiming Peter as a dependent Guest: Alzo Slade
Panelists
  • Rank: First: Alonzo Bodden Total: 14
    Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Second: Adam Burke Total: 13
    Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
  • Rank: Third: Dulcé Sloan Total: 11
    Lightning Start: 5 Correct: 3
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Dulcé Sloan
Correct Dulcé Sloan
Description

Who's Alzo This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone missing a huge opportunity; Not My Job about National Historic Landmarks; The Trump Dump; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: after all the food left behind in fridges, what will be the next reason Airbnb is in the news?

2026-04-11

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1477
Scorekeeper I'm the seven-time winner of the Fort Lauderdale Wet Blazer Contest Bill Kurtis
Description

Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with special guests and favorite moments with the panel from the past year while we're on Spring Break

Notes

Alzo Slade was the guest scorekeeper for the 2025-12-06 show with Andy Richter as the Not My Job guest.

For the second clip included in the Panel Questions segment, Negin Farsad was the guest host for the 2026-04-04 show where the original audio would have come from.

For the third clip included in the Panel Questions segment, the panelists would be Paula Poundstone, Alonzo Bodden and Shane Torres when they were on the 2026-03-21 where the original audio would have come from. The NPR transcripts for this show lists the voices as being Peter Grosz's and Alzo Slade's.