Show Details: August 2012
2012-08-04
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Paula Pell
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unauthorized Olympics tie-ins, Not My Job about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: after alienating viewers with poor Olympics coverage, how will NBC win them back?
2012-08-11
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Rank:
First:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 5
- Bobak Ferdowsi and Adam Steltzner Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about office dangers, Not My Job about the candy company Mars, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will the Curiosity Rover find on Mars?
Peter mispronounced Bobak Ferdowsi's last name as "Ferdowski" when he introduced them at the beginning and end of the Not My Job segment. It doesn't seem like Peter is alone in mispronouncing Bobak's last name.
2012-08-18
Legendary AnchormanGuest: Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First Tied:
Luke Burbank
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
First Tied:
Faith Salie
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
- Mike Birbiglia Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about struggling businesses improving customer service, Not My Job about Julia Child, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will President Obama choose as his running mate if he were to drop Vice President Biden?
Another three-way tie. Although Paula did not win outright in this game, Paula's winning streak is now up to six games.
In the edited version of the show, they only included five of Paula's questions for Lightning Fill In The Blank; in which, Paula answered four of those correctly.
2012-08-25
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Rank:
First:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Tom Bodett
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Third:
Jessi Klein
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
- Sir Peter Westmacott Score: 2
The Magna Carl-A, Bluff the Listener about political adversaries coming together, Not My Job about strange doings in school halls of power, Tippecanoe And Carl Too, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will finally make Republicans and Democrats come together?
Special topic show with a look at politics, here and abroad, past and present.
In the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, Tom Bodett didn't get the "correct" and a ding on the sixth correct answer; but, Carl did count it as correct in the score. When Carl was asked how many questions Charlie Pierce need to answer correctly to win, Carl said seven. In fact, Charlie would have only needed six to win: Tom Bodett had 15 points and Charlie started with 4, meaning answering six questions correctly would add 12 points for a total of 16 points. 16 > 15. Either way, Charlie did answer seven questions correctly.