Show Details: May 2016
2016-05-07
I'm the Mother's Day present your mom really wantsBill Kurtis
- First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Helen Hong Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a politician finally being celebrated for something they did, Not My Job about well-known crazy ex-boyfriends, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will Donald Trump choose as his running mate?
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
Billy Jean is not your lover, but Billy Kurtis isBill Kurtis
- First: Mo Rocca Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an expert getting something wrong, Not My Job about real islands, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big product to be renamed and why?
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
I'm the newest member of The Avengers: AnchormanBill Kurtis
- First: Adam Felber Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Faith Salie Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new way people are being nice to their pets, Not My Job about Richard Gere, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Hillary Clinton convince Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race?
Paula Poundstone laced her Bluff the Listener story with sounds of cats hacking up hairballs.
2016-05-28
You're kind of cute, but I'm adora-BillBill Kurtis
- First: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 8)
- Second Tied: Luke Burbank Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Second Tied: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unique forms of car problems, Not My Job about Zima, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will people do with their mornings now that we don't have to eat breakfast?
All three of the Not My Job questions had the correct answer of "C".