Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page
Show Details: January 2017
2017-01-07
2017-01-14
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 17 (3 / 7)
- First Tied: Luke Burbank 17 (3 / 7)
- Third: Faith Salie 11 (1 / 5)
Tom Hanks used the phrase similar to "hands on buzzer" a couple of times. Tom Hanks also called Bill Kurtis "Bill Kurtis with a K" a couple of times as well.
Paula Poundstone used the last name "Swamu" again in her Bluff the Listener story.
2017-01-21
- First: Peter Grosz 13 (3 / 5)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 12 (4 / 4)
- Third: Roy Blount, Jr. 8 (2 / 3)
Daniel Handler chose the answer "C" for all three of his Not My Job questions
2017-01-28
- First: Mo Rocca 16 (4 / 6)
- Second Tied: Maz Jobrani 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Helen Hong 14 (2 / 6)
After the mention of the "Meow The Jewels" album during the Not My Job segment, cat meowing sounds can be heard in the background. Also, at the end of the Not My Job segment, Peter slipped and said "Run The Jews" instead of "Run The Jewels".
For Maz Jobrani's second Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question, he initially answered "NAFTA" and quickly changed it to "TPP" and Peter Sagal accepted it. All three panelists answered six Lightning round questions correct.