Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: February 1998
1998-02-07
- First: Peter Sagal 23.5
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 21.5
- Third: Margo Kaufman 21
For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, both listener contestants chose Margo Kaufman's respective answer, but Peter Sagal had the correct answer for the first one and Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer for the second.
For the first time, all three panelists answered all three Lightning True or False questions correct.
Peter seemed to have been skipped during the Double Point Bonus Round, at least in the version that was aired.
For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Peter's answer, but Roxanne had the correct answer.
Roxanne had a total of 21.5 points and Peter had a total of 23.5 points. Both scores have been rounded up to 22 and 24 points, respectively, as the Wait Wait Stats Database currently has the scores defined as integers.
1998-02-14
- First: Margo Kaufman 24
- Second: Peter Sagal 22.5
- Third: Roxanne Roberts 4.5
For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, both listener contestants chose Peter Sagal's answer, but Margo Kaufman had the correct answer for the first and Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer for the second.
The Double Point Bonus Round seemed to have been skipped for this show.
For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Margo's answer, who had the correct answer. The contestant also used the bonus phrase.
After Carl Kasell read the number of points the panelists had at the start of the Wait Wait I'm Pontificating round, Roxanne said the bonus phrase and added two points. Due to Roxanne being far behind on points, her was passed over and only Peter and Margo read their respective essay.
Roxanne had a total of 4.5 points and Peter had a total of 22.5 points. Both scores have been rounded up to 5 and 23 points, respectively, as the Wait Wait Stats Database currently has the scores defined as integers.
1998-02-21
- First: Roxanne Roberts 22
- Second: Peter Sagal 20
- Third: Margo Kaufman 15
For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the first listener contestant chose Roxanne Robert's answer, who had the correct answer. The second listener contestant chose Peter Sagal's answer, but Margo Kaufman's answer was correct.
For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, but Peter's answer was correct.
1998-02-28
- First: Peter Sagal 18
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 13
- Third: Margo Kaufman 10
For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the first listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Peter Sagal's answer was correct. The second listener contestant chose Margo Kaufman's answer, but Roxanne had the correct answer.
The usual Double Point Bonus Round was replaced with a Triple Point Bonus Round. It seemed like Roxanne was skipped.
For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Margo's answer and was correct. This is the first time the winning listener contestant was offered Carl Kasell leaving a message of their choice on their answering machine or voicemail.
For the second Why Should We Know Who You Are?, which replaced the previous Wait Wait I'm Pontificating segment, the panelist that guessed correctly would earn 5 points instead of the usual 3.