Show Details: July 2005
2005-07-02
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                            Rank:
                            First:
                        
                        Adam Felber
                        
                            Total: 17
                        
                        Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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                            Rank:
                            Second Tied:
                        
                        Roxanne Roberts
                        
                            Total: 12
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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                            Rank:
                            Second Tied:
                        
                        Mo Rocca
                        
                            Total: 12
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Wolf Blitzer Score: 2
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
- Ira Glass Score: 1
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
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                            Rank:
                            First:
                        
                        Paula Poundstone
                        
                            Total: 16
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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                            Rank:
                            Second:
                        
                        Roy Blount, Jr.
                        
                            Total: 14
                        
                        Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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                            Rank:
                            Third:
                        
                        P.J. O'Rourke
                        
                            Total: 12
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Chuck Klosterman Score: 0
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
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                            Rank:
                            First:
                        
                        Mo Rocca
                        
                            Total: 17
                        
                        Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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                            Rank:
                            Second:
                        
                        Amy Dickinson
                        
                            Total: 14
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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                            Rank:
                            Third:
                        
                        Charlie Pierce
                        
                            Total: 13
                        
                        Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Drew Curtis Score: 1
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
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                            Rank:
                            First:
                        
                        Adam Felber
                        
                            Total: 18
                        
                        Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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                            Rank:
                            Second:
                        
                        Roxanne Roberts
                        
                            Total: 16
                        
                        Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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                            Rank:
                            Third:
                        
                        Richard Roeper
                        
                            Total: 11
                        
                        Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
- Janet Evanovich Score: 2
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?