1999-01-09

Show Details

NPR DB ID: 345

Location Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, Illinois)

Host Peter Sagal

Scorekeeper Carl Kasell

Panelists

Rank: First Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
Rank: First Tied: Charlie Pierce Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
Rank: Third: Roy Blount, Jr. Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4

Not My Job Guest(s)

Laura Lorson, Sara Sarasohn and Rob Robinson Score: 2

Bluff

Chosen Roxanne Roberts

Correct Charlie Pierce

Description

Opening Round; Who's Carl This Time?; Not My Job about Elvis Presley; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Bluff the Listener about a Cold War diplomatic near-faux pas; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines

Notes

For the Not My Job segment, the three questions were split out so that Laura Lorson, Sara Sorasohn and Rob Robinson would be asked a question each. Both Laura and Rob answered their questions correct, but Sara did not.

Charlie Pierce was asked nine questions during the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment.