Show Details: September 2012
2012-09-01
- Jim Bouton Score: 2
- Barry Sonnenfeld Score: 2
- Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D Score: 2
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! end of summer special, featuring favorite Wait Wait moments, including questions about IKEA and when science fiction meets science non-fiction
2012-09-08
Legendary AnchormanGuest: Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Tom Bodett
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Third:
Jessi Klein
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
- Bonnie Raitt Score: 3
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about creative engagement proposals, Not My Job about Donnie Raitt, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be this election's October Surprise be?
Tom Bodett snapped Paula Poundstone's six game winning streak.
2012-09-15
Legendary AnchormanGuest: Bill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Roxanne Roberts
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Charlie Pierce
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- George R. R. Martin Score: 1
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people recycling things that we don't want recycled, Not My Job about things that rhyme with thrones, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next YouTube video to cause a riot?
2012-09-22
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Rank:
First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 18
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 7
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Rank:
Second:
Faith Salie
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Third:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 4
- Thomas Frieden Score: 1
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about things what we thought to have been true but aren't, Not My Job about viral marketing campaigns gone awry, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hidden video surprise?
In the edited version of the show, only six of Mo Rocca's questions was played even though he had answered seven questions correct.
2012-09-29
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Rank:
First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
First Tied:
Brian Babylon
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
- Chris Kluwe Score: 3
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about organizations forced to state the obvious, Not My Job about the Ig Nobel awards, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the big surprise at the first Presidential debate?
Another show that ended in a three-way tie. The last three-way tie happened on 2012-08-18, in which all three panelists also had 14 points each.