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

Show Details: April 1998

1998-04-04

NPR DB ID: 565
Host
Dan Coffey
Scorekeeper
Guests
N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Peter Sagal
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
#2
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Margo Kaufman
Description
Week in Review; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; Bonus Phrase: Streamlined Broccoli; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; Why Should We Know Who You Are? #2; Lightning True or False; Why Should We Know Who You Are? #3; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the first listener contestant chose Peter Sagal's answer, but Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer. The second listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, but Margo Kaufman had the correct answer.

The show page on NPR.org listed the segment order as: Week in Review; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Lightning True or False; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; Who Should We Know Why You Are #2; Triple Point Bonus Round; Why Would We Know Who You Are? #3

The Triple Point Bonus Round was not included in the version of the show that was aired.

Even though the third Why Should We Know Who You Are? segment was the final segment, panelist scores were not stated at the start nor were total scores mentioned at the end. The only thing stated was that Peter was the winner again. Thus, the only scoring and ranking information recorded for this show was that Peter finished in first place.

1998-04-11

NPR DB ID: 566
Host
Dan Coffey
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Peter Sagal
Correct: Peter Sagal
#2
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Charlie Pierce
#3
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Week in Review; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; Bonus Phrase: Professional Goose Busters; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; We'll Wait, You Tell Us #2; Lightning True or False; News Etymology: The Easter Bunny; Wait Wait I'm Pontificating; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

For the first We'll Wait, You Tell Us segment, the listener contestant chose Peter Sagal's answer, which was correct.

For the second We'll Wait, You Tell Us segment, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, but Charlie Pierce had the correct answer.

For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Roxanne's answer, which was correct.

1998-04-18

NPR DB ID: 567
Host
Dan Coffey
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Charlie Pierce
Correct: Charlie Pierce
#2
Chosen: Roxanne Roberts
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
Description
Week in Review; Bonus Phrase: The Fanciful Properties of Yo-Yos; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; Lightning True or False; News Etymology: Napalm; Why Should We Know Who You Are? #2; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

For We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the listener contestant chose Charlie Pierce's answer, which was correct.

For News Etymology, the listener contestant chose Roxanne Roberts' answer, which was correct.

The winner of the second Why Should We Know Who You Are? received 5 points instead of the usual 3 points for that segment.

1998-04-25

NPR DB ID: 568
Host
Dan Coffey
Scorekeeper
Panelists
Guests
N/A
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Margo Kaufman
Correct: Margo Kaufman
#2
Chosen: Margo Kaufman
Correct: Roxanne Roberts
#3
Chosen: Peter Sagal
Correct: Peter Sagal
Description
Week in Review; Why Should We Know Who You Are?; Bonus Phrase: Virtual Chocolate; We'll Wait, You Tell Us; Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo; We'll Wait, You Tell Us #2; Lightning True or False; News Etymology: Hippocampus; Wait Wait I'm Pontificating; Predicting Next Week's Headlines
Notes

For the first We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the listener contestant chose Margo Kaufman's answer, which was correct.

For the second We'll Wait, You Tell Us, the listener contestant chose Margo's answer, but Roxanne Roberts had the correct answer.

For New Etymology, the listener contestant chose Peter Sagal's answer, which was correct.

This is the last show in which Dan Coffey is the host of the show.