Show Details: January 2004
2004-01-03
- First: Charlie Pierce 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Second Tied: Mo Rocca 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
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?
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
- First: Adam Felber 20 (Start: 4 / Correct: 8)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
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
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. 16 (Start: 4 / Correct: 6)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Sue Ellicott 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
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
- First: Adam Felber 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
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
- First: Charlie Pierce 20 (Start: 4 / Correct: 8)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 15 (Start: 3 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
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?