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Show Details: January 2004

2004-01-03

NPR DB ID: 157
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Second Tied: Mo Rocca Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Mo Rocca
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about historical facts that were supposed to be set in stone, Not My Job about poet Martin Tupper, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what historical figure will be found to have been wrong about all along?

Notes

This is the first time that Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! recorded in front of a live audience at the Bank One/Chase Auditorium in downtown Chicago. They would later make it their regular home for live tapings starting with the show that aired on 2005-05-14.

2004-01-10

NPR DB ID: 158
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Adam Felber Total Score: 20 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 8)
  • Second Tied: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Adam Felber
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about machines becoming too smart, Not My Job about changes in the game called life, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered about Britney Spears' wedding and annulment?

2004-01-17

NPR DB ID: 159
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Third: Sue Ellicott Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen P.J. O'Rourke
Chosen Sue Ellicott
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about products and services for the lonely, Not My Job about the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Listener Mailbag, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the Mars rover find on Mars?

2004-01-24

NPR DB ID: 160
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Adam Felber Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Third: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Adam Felber
Chosen Adam Felber
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things people do but shouldn't, Not My Job about running a company into the ground, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Howard Dean make people forget about his "scream"?

2004-01-31

NPR DB ID: 161
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 20 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 8)
  • Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
Description

Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about innovative criminal defenses, Not My Job about Ann Miller, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the most talked about Super Bowl ad?