Show Details: September 2011
2011-09-03
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Rank:
First:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Austan Goolsbee Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about American heroes, Not My Job about Soul Train, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what big news will come out of President Barack Obama's jobs speech?
All three of the panelists (and the Not My Job guest) have a first initial of "A"; which may just be coincidence considering there is question whether or not the nation's debt rating may not be "AAA" for too long.
2011-09-10
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Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Henry Winkler Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about three athletes having problems, Not My Job about Ponzi schemes, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will the US Postal Service save itself?
Just so Henry Winkler would get to do the Fonzie's trademark "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaay", all of the correct answers in the Not My Job were "A".
2011-09-17
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 19
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Colin Meloy Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the unusual origins of what are common items, Not My Job about obscure protests, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: where will authorities find the $2 billion dollars UBS lost to a rogue trader?
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! came back to Portland, Oregon for the third time. I attended the show and re-outed myself as the Wait Wait Stats Page maintainer during the post-show Q&A session.
2011-09-24
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Brian Babylon
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Jessi Klein
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- Jane Goodall Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about occupational hazards, Not My Job about Nicholas Cage, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next apology to come from a major company?
This show's panel consists of three comedians.