Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details

2011-12-24

NPR DB ID: 725

Location

Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)

Host

Peter Sagal

Scorekeeper

Carl Kasell

Panelists

First: Nick Hancock 16 (6 / 5)
Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 15 (3 / 6)
Second Tied: Alonzo Bodden 15 (5 / 5)

Guests

Neil Gaiman 3

Bluff(s)

            #1
        
            Chosen:
                Nick Hancock
        
            Correct:
                Nick Hancock

Description

TV: Carl's Holiday Letters, Panelist Round 1 about big news of 2011 in which social media claims another victim, Panelist Round 2 about big news of 2011, Not My Job about the Royal Wedding, Panelist Predictions: How exactly will the world end in 2012? Radio: Carl's Holiday Letters, Opening Panelist Round about big news of 2011 in which social media claims another victim, Bluff the Listener about health care in the UK, Not My Job about the Royal Wedding, Panel Round Two about the big news of 2011, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: How exactly will the world end in 2012?

Notes

"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: A Royal Pain In The News" BBC America TV special aired on 2011-12-23.

The TV version did not have the Bluff the Listener or Listener Limerick Challenge segments. For the radio version of the show, contestants are chosen from the studio audience rather than the usual listeners. In both versions, the Carl's Holiday Letters round were played by the panelists and not the a studio audience member or a listener contestant.