Show Details: April 2012
2012-04-07
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
First Tied:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
- Rachel Dratch Score: 2
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
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Rank:
First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Jessi Klein
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Mo Rocca
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Jim Bouton Score: 2
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?
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
- Jack Gantos Score: 2
- Tom Robbins Score: 2
- Susan Orlean Score: 3
- Mary Roach Score: 1
- Carl Hiassen Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite authors recently featured as Not My Job guests
2012-04-28
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 8
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second Tied:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 6
- Barry Sonnenfeld Score: 2
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?
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.