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Show Details: April 2012

2012-04-07

NPR DB ID: 741
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Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Adam Felber
Correct: Adam Felber
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about ways plants are like humans, Not My Job about James Cameron's movie "The Titanic", Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next surprise ruling from the US Supreme Court?

2012-04-14

NPR DB ID: 742
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#1
Chosen: Alonzo Bodden
Correct: Alonzo Bodden
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about life before the Internet, Not My Job about people who really know how to cheat, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: how will Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen offend residents of Miami next time?
Notes

Another uncommon instance in which all three panelists answered six Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly. The last three times that this has happened have been on 2011-06-11, 2010-06-04 and 2009-09-12.

2012-04-21

Best Of NPR DB ID: 743
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Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring favorite authors recently featured as Not My Job guests

2012-04-28

NPR DB ID: 744
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Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Paula Poundstone
Description
Who's Carl This Time?, Bluff the Listener about unfortunate celebrity endorsements, Not My Job about people who play cricket, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Newt Gingrich do now that he is no longer running for president?
Notes

After Paula answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions correctly, Peter stated "that may not have ever happened before". Actually, it has. The last time that Paula answered all eight correctly was on 2009-11-21; in which, Paula also got a total of 18 points and won.