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Show Details: October 2021
2021-10-02
- First Tied: Negin Farsad 16 (4 / 6)
- First Tied: Josh Gondelman 16 (4 / 6)
- Third: Emmy Blotnick 15 (3 / 6)
- RZA 2
The show was recorded remotely.
RZA initially chose "C" for the second Not My Job question but Peter Sagal nudged him away from that choice. RZA then chose "A" but Peter continued to nudge him towards the correct answer. RZA then chose "B", which was the correct answer. RZA also initially chose "C" for the third Not My Job question and Peter hinted that it wasn't the correct answer and RZA changed his answer to "B", which was correct.
Another instance where all three of the correct Not My Job questions were "B".
2021-10-09
- First Tied: Adam Burke 14 (4 / 5)
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Helen Hong 12 (2 / 5)
The show was recorded remotely.
In the edited version of the show, of the 7 Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions that were included for Adam Burke, he answered 4 of them correct for a total of 12 points. When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis if Adam did enough to win, Bill stated that Adam answered 5 correct for 14 points. The score entered in for Adam reflects the scoring as stated by Bill.
2021-10-16
2021-10-23
- First: Karen Chee 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Maz Jobrani 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 10 (2 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
The Bluff the Listener contestant initially chose Alonzo Bodden's story but Peter Sagal nudged the listener to a different answer. The listener then switched to Karen Chee, who had the correct story.
Another instance where "C" was the correct answer for all three Not My Job questions.
2021-10-30
- First: Amy Dickinson 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Josh Gondelman 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Peter Grosz 5 (3 / 1)
The show was recorded remotely.
P.K. Subban initially chose "A" for his answer for the first Not My Job question, but Negin Farsad nudged him away from that answer and P.K. changed his answer to "C". For the second Not My Job question, P.K. initially chose "A" but changed his answer to "B" after some more nudging. Negin continued to nudge P.K. again and he switched his answer to "C". For the third Not My Job question, P.K. initially chose "B" but then Negin said "What if you minused B by one?". P.K. switched his answer to "A".
Peter Grosz answered his third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "methane" but Negin said that the correct answer was "greenhouse gasses". Methane is a potent greenhouse gas.