Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Stats Page

Show Details

1998-02-07

NPR DB ID: 557
Host
Dan Coffey
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Margo Kaufman
Correct: Peter Sagal
#2
Chosen: Margo Kaufman
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
#3
Chosen: Peter Sagal
Correct: Margo Kaufman
Description
Week in Review; Bonus Phrase: Cybersquatting; We'll Wait, You Tell Us about a new bill pushed by the West Virginia legislature; We'll Wait, You Tell Us #2 about modern names for mutual funds; Lightning True or False; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; Double Point Bonus Round; News Etymology: Mir; Wait Wait I'm Pontificating; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, both listener contestants chose Margo Kaufman's respective answer, but Peter Sagal had the correct answer for the first one and Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer for the second.

For the first time, all three panelists answered all three Lightning True or False questions correct.

Peter seemed to have been skipped during the Double Point Bonus Round, at least in the version that was aired.

For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Peter's answer, but Roxanne had the correct answer.

Roxanne had a total of 21.5 points and Peter had a total of 23.5 points. Both scores have been rounded up to 22 and 24 points, respectively, as the Wait Wait Stats Database currently has the scores defined as integers.