Show Details: On This Day
This page provides a list of shows that have aired on past years on this month and day.
2005-05-14
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First Tied:
Adam Felber
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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First Tied:
Kyrie O'Connor
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 1 Correct: 6
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Third:
Sue Ellicott
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Don LaFontaine Score: 1
Carl Kasell's Countdown, Bluff the Listener about new ways to do things which are better than new-fangled ways, Not My Job about a new Steve Wynn casino resort, Listener Mailbag, Who's Carl This Time?, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the new Homeland Security alert system?
Although Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! has recorded several live shows at the Bank One/Chase Auditorium, this is the first regular live show from the Bank One/Chase Auditorium as their new home for shows taped in front of a live audience.
Start of the "666"/"616" debacle, in which Peter noted that the 616 area code was for Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kyrie made a funny sound after missing a Lightning Fill In The Blank question
2011-05-14
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First:
Paula Poundstone
Total: 14
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 6
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Second:
Mo Rocca
Total: 13
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 5
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Third:
Tom Bodett
Total: 10
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 4
- Michael Pollan Score: 2
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about green technology, Not My Job about high tech toilets from Japan, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next world-changing, earth-shattering invention?
2016-05-14
Billy Jean is not your lover, but Billy Kurtis isBill Kurtis
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First:
Mo Rocca
Total: 17
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 7
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Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 16
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 7
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Third:
Amy Dickinson
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
- Gina Raimondo Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an expert getting something wrong, Not My Job about real islands, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big product to be renamed and why?
All of the correct answers to the Not My Job questions were "B".
In the edited version of the show, Peter Grosz was asked seven questions and answered six of those correctly. Bill Kurtis stated that Peter answered seven correct, meaning that the question that was edited out was answered correctly.
2022-05-14
Hey there, newlyweds. Here comes Pachel-Bill's CanonBill Kurtis
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Rank:
First:
Faith Salie
Total: 15
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 6
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Second:
Peter Grosz
Total: 9
Lightning Start: 3 Correct: 3
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Third:
Laci Mosley
Total: 6
Lightning Start: 2 Correct: 2
- Hannah Einbinder Score: 2
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about about bad apologies, Not My Job about stupid life hacks, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next bonkers thing people will invest in?
The show was recorded remotely.
Another instance in which the highest score is equal to the sum of the other two scores.