Show Details: May 2005
2005-05-07
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 19 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Not My Job about strange work-related lawsuits, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the first commercial endorsement for the Georgian "Runaway Bride"?
2005-05-14
- First Tied: Adam Felber Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Sue Ellicott Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new ways to do things which are better than new-fangled ways, Not My Job about a new Steve Wynn casino resort, Listener Mailbag, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the new Homeland Security alert system?
Although Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! has recorded several live shows at the Bank One/Chase Auditorium, they started using the auditorium as their new home for shows taped in front of a live audience.
Start of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter noted that the 616 area code was for Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kyrie made a funny sound after missing a question in the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round; First regular live show from Bank One/Chase Auditorium
2005-05-21
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
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Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about resolved incompatibilities, Not My Job about the history of the Pacific Island Nauru, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next retracted article for Newsweek?
Continuation of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter apologized to the audience but stated that "Beelzebub" could be found in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Live from Ypsilanti, Michigan
2005-05-28
- First: Richard Roeper Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second Tied: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 7)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about 911 emergency calls, Not My Job about the history of Senate filibusters, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what "extraordinary circumstance" will the Democrats use to filibuster a judicial nominee?
Conclusion of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter noted that President Bush was in Grand Rapids last week when the show aired and had to apologize to both President Bush... and to Beelzebub