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Show Details: February 2022
2022-02-05
- First: Tom Papa 15 (3 / 6)
- Second Tied: Adam Burke 14 (2 / 6)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone 14 (2 / 6)
When Peter Sagal asked Paula Poundstone did during Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, Bill Kurtis said "Paula has 6 right for 13 more points, and has 14". Answering 6 right would add 12 points and if Paula had 13 more points, her total would have been 15 (as she started the round with 2 points). 14 is the correct point total.
The gong sound didn't play until after Adam Burke answered the last question was asked.
2022-02-12
- First: Bobcat Goldthwait 12 (4 / 4)
- Second: Hari Kondabolu 6 (2 / 2)
- Third: Maeve Higgins 2 (2 / 0)
The show was recorded remotely.
Patti Smith initially chose "B" for her third Not My Job question, but Peter Sagal nudged her to change her answer. She then switched to "A", but Peter inferred that it wasn't the correct answer. Patti changed her answer to "C", which was the correct answer.
When Peter asked Bill Kurtis how Maeve Higgins did in Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, Bill said, "She set a new record, as far as my tenure here. She had none right". Maeve answered zero questions correctly back on the show that aired 2019-11-16. A record was set for the lowest total score (for shows airing after January 1, 2000) with a total of 20.
2022-02-19
- First Tied: Ashley Ray 14 (2 / 6)
- First Tied: Negin Farsad 14 (4 / 5)
- Third: Peter Grosz 10 (2 / 4)
The show was recorded remotely.
After the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Peter Sagal memorialized P.J. O'Rourke, who passed away on February 15, 2022.
2022-02-26
The Bluff the Listener segment comes from the show that aired on 2021-12-11.
A portion of the tribute to P.J. O'Rourke came from the "Wait Wait: Naked and Ashamed" series of podcast specials that aired as part of the show's 20th anniversary in 2018.