Show Details: September 2013
2013-09-07
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Rank:
First:
Alonzo Bodden
Total: 16
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Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Adam Felber
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 4 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Neko Case
Total: 6
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 2
- Baz Luhrmann Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about people who are bad at their jobs, Not My Job about Austria, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will swimmer Diana Nyad cough up after all that time in the water?
Peter almost said "Fucking, Australia" instead of "Fucking, Austria" (which is coincidentally funny since the Not My Job plays on people confusing Australia and Austria). Baz came back and said "there's not Fucking in Australia". They decided to move on afterwards in case someone slipped and used the word in the other manner. And yes, the name/word "Fucking", along with the phonetic spelling "Fooking", made it into the transcript for the segment on NPR.org.
During the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment, Adam Felber whispered the correct answer to Alonzo Bodden for Alonzo's last question and Alonzo repeated it and he didn't get a bell ding for it nor did Carl consider it a correct response when totting up the points (started with 2, six correct for a total of 14 points). Alonzo Bodden did the same for Neko Case and she got points for it. Neko Case uttered an expletive for the answer to her last question. At the end of the segment, Carl stated that Alonzo had 16 points.
2013-09-14
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Rank:
First:
Faith Salie
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
P.J. O'Rourke
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Mark Leibovich Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a company revamping its public image, Not My Job about King Louis XIV, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Russian President Vladimir Putin write a column about next?
P.J.'s default answer for Lightning Fill In The Blank seemed to be "twerked" and for his panelist prediction. Faith's response to coconuts being investigated for vote rigging was "bananas". Faith ended up with a Lightning Fill In The Blank question whose answer was "twerking".
Part of Peter's explanation of Faith's last Lightning Fill In The Blank question had an expletive and was bleeped.
2013-09-21
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Rank:
First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Rank:
Second:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Third:
Jessi Klein
Total: 8
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 3
- Jeff Garlin Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a big change in the dance club scene, Not My Job about The Ig Nobels, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Google do after they conquer death?
In the radio/podcast version of the show, it appeared that Jessi only had answered two Lightning Fill In The Blank questions correct even though Carl noted she had answered three correct.
2013-09-28
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Rank:
First:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 12
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 5
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Rank:
Second:
Brian Babylon
Total: 11
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 4
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Rank:
Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
- James Carville Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a place that implemented a dress code, Not My Job about couple who are awfully lot alike, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be done with the new island off of Pakistan?