Show Details: March 2024
2024-03-02
Now that Bill's here, it's Austin City No LimitsBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Karen Chee Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Peter Grosz Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Alzo Slade Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a winner suffering a setback; Not My Job about Dan Brown; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will Merrian-Webster allow us to do next?
This is the first show to be taped on a leap day. The first show to be aired on a leap day was on 2020-02-29.
Peter Grosz initially answered his first Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank question with "Devil" but changed his answer to "Senate Minority Leader" as Peter Sagal was saying "Senate Minorty Leader". Peter received credit for the answer. In the edited version of the show, Peter was asked 7 questions and answered 5 correct while Bill Kurtis said that Peter had answered 6 correct. The other question may have been edited out for time. The scoring data entered for Peter reflects the scoring kept by Bill.
Karen Chee answered her sixth Lightning question with "Eggs" while the correct answer was "Groceries". Peter Sagal gave her credit for her answer. Karen answered her seventh Lightning question with "Disneyland" while the correct answer was "Disney World". Peter also grave Karen credit for her answer.
2024-03-09
My voice is so loud, they named the deci-Bill after meBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- First Tied: Josh Gondelman Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Maeve Higgins Total Score: 3 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 0)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone going above and beyond for love; Not My Job about Tom Stuker, the most traveled airline passenger in history; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what are Spring Breakers going to do, now that they can't go to Florida?
2024-03-16
I'm the illegitimate son of Bill KurtisGuest: Andy Richter
- First: Adam Burke Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Andy Richter This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about the letter D in the news; Not My Job about WAGs, wives and girlfriends of famous athletes; Panel Questions / Have All the Pilots Stayed Awake While Flying Planes This Week?; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprising beauty trend?
Another instance in which all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.
2024-03-23
Hey Mario and Luigi get a load of these pipesBill Kurtis
- First Tied: Helen Hong Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- First Tied: Adam Felber Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Third: Hari Kondabolu Total Score: 9 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about an upgrade that was a downgrade; Not My Job about misers; Panel Questions / Did All The Flight Attendants Avoid Hitting The Button That Makes the Plane Plunge 1000 Feet This Week?; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will happen when the sun disappears during the eclipse?
For the third Not My Job question, Laurene Powell Jobs asked the audience what they thought the answer was and the consensus was "A", which Laurene chose. It was another instance where all three choices were correct.
For Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, Hari Kondabolu was credited with three correct answers. In the version of the show that aired, seven of the questions were included and Hari answered two correct. The third correct answer would have been for the question that was edited out.
When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis how Hari did, Bill stated, "Well, Hari got three, which is more than Maeve usually does." Hari responded by saying, "That's mean to me!"
2024-03-30
I'm the man with a voice so rich and smooth, you're not allowed to listen on Good FridayBill Kurtis
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Spring Break Edition with some favorite guests
Josh Gondelman was the guest host for the 2023-03-04 show which featured Malala Yousafzai as the Not My Job guest.
The segment with David Axelrod comes from his second appearance as a Not My Job guest on 2023-03-25.
Alzo Slade was the guest host for the 2023-05-13 show which featured Gabrielle Dennis as the Not My Job guest.