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Show Details: May 2016
2016-05-07
- First: Tom Bodett 18 (2 / 8)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Helen Hong 14 (2 / 6)
During the Who's Bill This Time? round, P.J. O'Rourke announced that he was endorsing Hillary Clinton for President.
During the Not My Job round, after Rachel Bloom was given an opportunity to change her answer for the third question, Helen Hong "quietly" provided a strong hint at the correct answer. Rachel Bloom changed her answer to the correct one.
After Tom Bodett answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Bill Kurtis mentioned that "no one does it". There have been, at minimum, 30 instances where a panelist has answered all 8 questions correctly. Before this show, Tom Bodett has done so, at minimum, 3 times.
2016-05-14
- First: Mo Rocca 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Amy Dickinson 15 (3 / 6)
All of the correct answers to the Not My Job questions were "B".
In the edited version of the show, Peter Grosz was asked seven questions and answered six of those correctly. Bill Kurtis stated that Peter answered seven correct, meaning that the question that was edited out was answered correctly.
2016-05-21
- First: Adam Felber 15 (3 / 6)
- Second: Faith Salie 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 8 (2 / 3)
Paula Poundstone laced her Bluff the Listener story with sounds of cats hacking up hairballs.
2016-05-28
- First: Roxanne Roberts 18 (2 / 8)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank 10 (2 / 4)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. 10 (4 / 3)
All three of the Not My Job questions had the correct answer of "C".