Show Details: December 2022
2022-12-03
Some say "soccer", I say "foot-Bill"Bill Kurtis
- First Tied: Josh Gondelman 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Third: Skyler Higley 8 (Start: 2 / Correct: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about the unusual way someone got on the cover of Sports Illustrated, Not My Job about steakhouses, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what their number one song will be on next year's Spotify Wrapped list?
Skyler Higley initially answered his third Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "inflation" but changed it to "Fed rate". Although Peter Sagal accepted, there was no bell ding sound confirming it. Skyler would finish the round with credit for 3 correct answers.
In the version of the show that was aired, Paula Poundstone was asked 6 questions during the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank segment and answered 5 questions correct (including with 5 bell ding sounds). Since Paula and Josh Gondelman started the segment with 3 points and both were credited for 4 correct answers a piece, this lead to both tied for first. If Paula was credited for all 5 correct answers, Paula would have won outright and Josh would finish in second place.
The scores listed reflect the official scores announced by Bill Kurtis.
2022-12-10
Welcome to the Big Ap-BillBill Kurtis
- First: Faith Salie 14 (Start: 2 / Correct: 6)
- Second: Peter Grosz 13 (Start: 3 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Negin Farsad 10 (Start: 2 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a new problem facing small business, Not My Job about weathermen, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next shocking documentary on Netflix?
For the third Not My Job question, Gayle King was trying to narrow her guess between "A" and "B". Peter Sagal reiterated that she was choosing between the Fish Cam and worst weatherman ever. Worst weatherman ever was actually "C" while the phrase "Go Fishing" meaning to predict the weather was "B". Gayle asked the audience for an assist and many shouted out "A", which is what Gayle chose as her answer. The correct answer was "C".
2022-12-17
I'm not Gen Z, I'm Gen BBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Tom Papa 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- First Tied: Adam Burke 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Third: Zainab Johnson 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a story that starts with "Kristina Was Face Down in a Bowl of Soup...", Not My Job about referees, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next scientific breakthrough?
The listener contestant for the Listener Limerick Challenge segment had his daughter with him and she correctly completed the first and third limericks.
Tom Papa initially answered his 4th Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "tornado" but changed it to "winter storm". Peter Sagal accepted the answer and gave Tom a point. Zainab Johnson answered her last Lightning question with "Mark Zuckerberg" which was not the answer they were looking for; but, Peter Sagal gave Zainab a point because Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse avatar was on New York Times' "93 Most Stylish People" list.
2022-12-24
- First: Adam Burke 12 (Start: 2 / Correct: 5)
- Second Tied: Shane O'Neill 11 (Start: 3 / Correct: 4)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 11 (Start: 5 / Correct: 3)
Who's Chioke This Time?, Bluff the Listener about awkward family gatherings this holiday season, Not My Job about parrots, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: who will be the next "nepo baby" to make it big?
Answer "B" for the first two Not My Job questions and answer "C" for the third Not My Job question were all about parrots attacking the subject of the question to establish dominance; which, Sarah Polley had a certain affinity for. She chose "B" for the first question and "B" again for the second question. Both Peter Sagal and Roxanne Roberts nudged Sarah to choose a diferent answer for her second question. She chose "C" and that was the correct answer. After Sarah chose "C" for her third question and with Peter and the panel urging her to change her answer, she chose "A". The correct answer for the third question was "B".
2022-12-31
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf. Get your windows ready for Bill on the SillBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite interviews from 2022
The Bluff the Listener segment is from the show that aired on 2022-03-05 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.