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Show Details: October 1998

1998-10-03

NPR DB ID: 333
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Adam Felber
#2
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Panel Questions (Who's Carl This Time?, Week in Review); Historical Reenactment Theatre; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about Major League Baseball playoffs; Listener Bluff; Week in Review; Listener Bluff #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

The first segment with panel questions was labeled as "Who's Carl This Time?" on the NPR show page, but consisted of a mix of questions.

The Not My Job questions did not follow the usual three multiple choice questions. Instead, Ketzel Levine was asked a true or false question, a fill-in-the-blank, and multiple choice question.

For the first Listener Bluff, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Adam Felber's was correct.

For the second Listener Bluff, the listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, which was correct.

1998-10-10

NPR DB ID: 334
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
#2
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Margo Kaufman
Description
Who's Carl This Time?; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Not My Job about deciphering news limericks; Listener Bluff; Week in Review; Who's Carl This Time? #3; Listener Bluff #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

The first Who's Carl This Time? segment was played by the panelists. The second and third Who's Carl This Time? were played by listener contestants.

For the first Listener Bluff, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, which was correct.

For the second Listener Bluff, the listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, but Margo Kaufman's was correct.

Roy Blount, Jr. and Margo started the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment with 1.5 and 2.5 points respectively. Their scores have been rounded up to the nearest whole numbers for the non-decimal score columns.

1998-10-17

NPR DB ID: 335
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
    N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Adam Felber
Description
Week in Review; Historical Reenactment Theatre; Who's Carl This Time?; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Listener Bluff; Mystery Newsmaker; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

The Listener Limerick Challenge segment made its debut on this show.

For the Listener Bluff segment, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Adam Felber's answer was correct.

The Mystery Newsmaker segment marks the return of the original Why Should We Know Who You Are? segment.

Roy Blount, Jr. and Roxanne started the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment with 2.5 and 4.5 points respectively. Their scores have been rounded up to the nearest whole numbers for the non-decimal score columns.

1998-10-24

NPR DB ID: 336
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Nell Benjamin
Description
Week in Review; Who's Carl This Time?; Historical Reenactment Theatre; Not My Job about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Listener Bluff; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

Charlie Pierce sung a portion of Elton John's "Rocket Man" as a hint for the second question of the first Who's Carl This Time?.

For the Listener Bluff segment, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Nell Benjamin's answer was correct.

Charlie stated that Roxanne's win of 18 points by answering seven questions correct was the all-time Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank record. On the 1998-08-15 show, Roxanne had won with 20 points (started with 8 points and answered six correct).

1998-10-31

NPR DB ID: 337
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Charlie Pierce
Description
Week in Review; Who's Carl This Time?; Week in Review; Not My Job about the weird and the supernatural; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Listener Bluff; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

Roy Blount, Jr. didn't know the answer for the first question of the Week in Review segment. Instead, both Charlie Pierce and Roxanne Roberts said the answer at the same time for half credit each.

For the Listener Bluff segment, the listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, but Charlie's answer was correct.

Roxanne and Charlie started the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment with 4.5 and 1.5 points respectively. Their scores have been rounded up to the nearest whole numbers for the non-decimal score columns.

An audio clip of an evil laugh with screaming people replaced the sound of a gong to note the end of the one minute for each of the panelists' time for Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank.

When Peter Sagal asked Carl Kasell how many questions Roxanne needed to win, Carl said three. Roxanne had 4.5 points while Roy had a total of 7 points. Thus, Roxanne would only need to answer two questions correct for a total of 8.5 points to win.