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Show Details: April 2016
2016-04-02
If you mess with the bull, you get the horns. So why not mess with the Bill?
- First: Adam Felber 14 (4 / 5)
- Second: Amy Dickinson 13 (3 / 5)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 9 (1 / 4)
All three panelists have a first name that starts with the letter 'A'. The last time that happened was back in 2004-09-04 with Roy Blount Jr., Roxanne Roberts and Richard Roeper on the panel.
Each of the three Listener Limerick Challenge answers were either "pit" or "Pitt".
The Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round ended with a series of pee jokes in response to Adam Felber's last question of the (edited) round.
2016-04-09
- First: Tom Bodett 18 (4 / 7)
- Second: Peter Grosz 14 (2 / 6)
- Third: Paula Poundstone 12 (2 / 5)
Paula Poundstone's bluff included a mention of Peter "Segal" of "Wait Wait... Why Do I Care?" and studies.
For the Paula's last question of the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank round, Paula answered "dog and dead", though the correct answer was "cat and dead". With some pressure, Bill Kurtis accepted Paula's answer. For one of Tom Bodett's Lightning round questions, Tom answered with "Pfiffer" while the correct answer was "Pfizer". Peter Sagal said it was close enough and accepted the answer.
2016-04-16
- First: Roxanne Roberts 19 (3 / 8)
- Second: Luke Burbank 16 (2 / 7)
- Third: Mo Rocca 12 (2 / 5)
The audience continued the tradition of chanting "Luuuuuuke!".
After Roxanne Roberts correctly answered all eight Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions, Bill Kurtis mentioned that he didn't recall anyone doing that before. This is the third time Roxanne Roberts has answered all eight correct when Bill Kurtis was a scorekeeper.
2016-04-23
2016-04-30
- First: Faith Salie 17 (3 / 7)
- Second: Adam Burke 15 (3 / 6)
- Third: Alonzo Bodden 10 (2 / 4)