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