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Show Details: December 2022
2022-12-03
- First Tied: Josh Gondelman 11 (3 / 4)
- First Tied: Paula Poundstone 11 (3 / 4)
- Third: Skyler Higley 8 (2 / 3)
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
- First: Faith Salie 14 (2 / 6)
- Second: Peter Grosz 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Negin Farsad 10 (2 / 4)
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
- First Tied: Tom Papa 12 (2 / 5)
- First Tied: Adam Burke 12 (2 / 5)
- Third: Zainab Johnson 11 (3 / 4)
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 (2 / 5)
- Second Tied: Shane O'Neill 11 (3 / 4)
- Second Tied: Roxanne Roberts 11 (5 / 3)
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 Sill
The Bluff the Listener segment is from the show that aired on 2022-03-05 with Chioke I'Anson as the guest scorekeeper.