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2007-12-15

NPR DB ID: 154
Scorekeeper Carl Kasell
Panelists
  • First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 2)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Amy Dickinson
Correct Amy Dickinson
Description

Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about unexpected medical warnings; Not My Job about eccentric British Lords, taken from an article in "Vanity Fair"; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what big changes will Major League Baseball make to clean itself up after the release of the Mitchell report on steroids?

Notes

During the Listener Limerick Challenge segment, one of the answers dealt with a computer program that interacts with people on Russian dating/romance sites. Upon hearing that, Amy twice cried out "No!" Paula had a lot of fun and ranted about the "love chat" bit. After Carl stated that the listener had correctly completed the three limericks, Paula exclaimed, "Brent was a genius!"