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Show Details: September 2023

2023-09-02

NPR DB ID: 1340
Scorekeeper Me in Michigan? You got your wish-igan Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • First: Josh Gondelman Total Score: 17 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Second: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Third: Helen Hong Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Helen Hong
Description

Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a road trip, Not My Job about chess strategies, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next slang word to take off?

Notes

All three correct answers for the Not My Job questions were "A".

2023-09-09

NPR DB ID: 1341
Scorekeeper Call the plumber, because I've got some pipes Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • First: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: Peter Grosz Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Third: Maeve Higgins Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 2)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Maeve Higgins
Chosen Amy Dickinson
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone who will never forget the summer of 2023, Not My Job about the Concorde jet; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be discovered under all the mud once they clean up Burning Man?

2023-09-16

NPR DB ID: 1342
Scorekeeper I'm the voice that makes thunder hide under a blanket Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • First Tied: Josh Gondelman Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • First Tied: Faith Salie Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
  • Third: DulcĂ© Sloan Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Faith Salie
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the good sides of famous villains; Not My Job about computer-generated imagery (CGI); Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what's the next thing we'll learn about a drug?

Notes

Dulcé Sloan's answer of "White Man" for her first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round question was accepted. The official answer was "Mitt Romney".

2023-09-23

NPR DB ID: 1343
Scorekeeper I'm legendary anchorman, and today only, I'm legendary birthday boy Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • First: Tom Bodett Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: Joyelle Nicole Johnson Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
  • Third: Eugene Cordero Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Tom Bodett
Chosen Tom Bodett
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a new tourist attraction in Ireland; Not My Job about what not to do; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will we find in celebrity MRI scans?

Notes

Another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.

2023-09-30

NPR DB ID: 1344
Scorekeeper Hoorah for Bill-ywood Bill Kurtis
Panelists
  • First: Jessi Klein Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
  • Second: Maz Jobrani Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
  • Third: Karen Chee Total Score: 8 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 3)
Not My Job Guest(s)
Bluff
#1
Chosen Jessi Klein
Chosen Jessi Klein
Description

Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the origin of a name; Not My Job about Costco's Kirkland house brand; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: who will go on strike next?