Show Details: July 2005
2005-07-02
- First: Adam Felber 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Second Tied: Mo Rocca 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Scott This Time?, Bluff the Listener about hardware men to the rescue, Not My Job about Charles William Donaldson, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: how will the Department of Justice drapes covering a naked statue be used for next?
2005-07-09
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! showcasing favorite moments from 1999 to the present
According to the show page on NPR.org, this show is a repeat of the Best Of show that aired on 2004-12-25.
2005-07-16
- First: Paula Poundstone 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Roy Blount, Jr. 14 (Start: 4 / Correct: 5)
- Third: P.J. O'Rourke 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about fact beating out fiction, Not My Job about opening day of Disneyland, Are You an NPR Geek?, Panelist Predictions: what will be revealed in the next Harry Potter book?
Paula Poundstone had her first outright win on the show
2005-07-23
- First: Mo Rocca 17 (Start: 3 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Third: Charlie Pierce 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about attempts to cashing in on past glories, Not My Job about a recent Real and Possible Nations summit, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the White House deflect attention away from Karl Rove?
2005-07-30
- First: Adam Felber 18 (Start: 4 / Correct: 7)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts 16 (Start: 2 / Correct: 7)
- Third: Richard Roeper 11 (Start: 1 / Correct: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Not My Job about retirement communities for apes, Who's Carl This Time? Round II, Panelist Predictions: what unfavorable information will be discovered about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts?