Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: April 2012
2012-04-07
NPR
DB ID: 741
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First Tied: Adam Felber 17 (3 / 7)
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts 17 (3 / 7)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 12 (2 / 5)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways plants are like humans, Not My Job about James Cameron's movie "The Titanic", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprise ruling from the US Supreme Court?
2012-04-14
NPR
DB ID: 742
Location
Wang Theatre (Boston, MA)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Alonzo Bodden 16 (4 / 6)
- Second Tied: Jessi Klein 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Mo Rocca 14 (2 / 6)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about life before the Internet, Not My Job about people who really know how to cheat, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen offend residents of Miami next time?
Notes
Another uncommon instance in which all three panelists answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last three times that this has happened have been on 2011-06-11, 2010-06-04 and 2009-09-12.
2012-04-21
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
- Jack Gantos 2
- Tom Robbins 2
- Susan Orlean 3
- Mary Roach 1
- Carl Hiassen 2
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite authors recently featured as Not My Job guests
2012-04-28
NPR
DB ID: 744
Location
Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Host
Peter Sagal
Scorekeeper
Panelists
- First: Paula Poundstone 18 (2 / 8)
- Second Tied: Amy Dickinson 16 (2 / 7)
- Second Tied: Tom Bodett 16 (4 / 6)
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unfortunate celebrity endorsements, Not My Job about people who play cricket, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Newt Gingrich do now that he is no longer running for president?
Notes
After Paula answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Peter stated "that may not have ever happened before". Actually, it has. The last time that Paula answered all eight correctly was on 2009-11-21; in which, Paula also got a total of 18 points and won.