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Show Details

1998-10-24

NPR DB ID: 336

Location

Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL)

Host

Peter Sagal

Scorekeeper

Carl Kasell

Panelists

First: Roxanne Roberts 18 (4 / 7)
Second: Charlie Pierce 9 (3 / 3)
Third: Nell Benjamin 6 (2 / 2)

Guests

Brooke Gladstone 3

Bluff(s)

            #1
        
            Chosen:
                Roxanne Roberts
        
            Correct:
                Nell Benjamin

Description

Week in Review; Who's Carl This Time?; Historical Reenactment Theatre; Not My Job about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Listener Limerick Challenge; Week in Review; Listener Bluff; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Predicting Next Week's Headlines

Notes

Charlie Pierce sung a portion of Elton John's "Rocket Man" as a hint for the second question of the first Who's Carl This Time?.

For the Listener Bluff segment, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Nell Benjamin's answer was correct.

Charlie stated that Roxanne's win of 18 points by answering seven questions correct was the all-time Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank record. On the 1998-08-15 show, Roxanne had won with 20 points (started with 8 points and answered six correct).