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

Show Details: April 2017

2017-04-01

NPR DB ID: 1001
Scorekeeper
Hey 007, I've got a license to Bill. Kurtis, is the name
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Luke Burbank
Correct: Luke Burbank
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, The Trump Dump, Bluff the Listener about someone who didn't get the memo, Not My Job about breakfast cereals, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Great Britain once it's finally single?

2017-04-08

NPR DB ID: 1002
Scorekeeper
You've found your thrill on Blueberry Bill
Panelists
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about an Uber driver having a bad day, Not My Job about exciting things scheduled for the year 2020, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be Pepsi's big comeback ad?
Notes

When Gov. John Hickenlooper was provided the three choices for the third Not My Job question, the audience started yelling out "C". That is the answer he went with and it was correct.

After the Listener Limerick Challenge contestant gave her introduction, Paula jumped in and was starting to go Columbo on the listener. Alonzo said that Paula had been set off by something that was said earlier and was in a mood.

Paula was stuttering and stammering through her prediction at the end of the show.

2017-04-15

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1003
Scorekeeper
I'm the anchor who guarantees a gold medal
Description
Best of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! revisiting favorite moments, including a few that never made the air, from recent shows
Notes

Jessi Klein was the guest host for the first segment and Tom Hanks was the guest host for the last two segments of this Best Of... show

2017-04-22

NPR DB ID: 1004
Scorekeeper
Don't eat at IKEA, try my Swedish meat-Bills
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Faith Salie
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a head of state upsetting their people with erratic behavior, Not My Job about footwear, The Trump Dump, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will Bill O'Reilly do next?
Notes

The listener contestant for the Who's Bill This Time? segment is a Latin adjunct instructor and was asked to say "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" in Latin and did so.

When Faith Salie read the quotes that she used in her Bluff the Listener story, she attempted a New Zealand accent that was closer to how Dick Van Dyke sounded in Mary Poppins. When revealing the correct answer, the New Zealander speaking in the recording had a very mild accent and that shocked Faith.

The answer to one of Faith's Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions was the Teresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mo Rocca's Bluff story was about... Teresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

2017-04-29

NPR DB ID: 1005
Scorekeeper
I hope you're not feeling ill, but I do hope you're feeling Bill
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Bodett
Correct: Tom Bodett
Description
Who's Bill This Time?, Bluff the Listener about a very modern crime, Not My Job about underwear briefs, Listener Limerick Challenge, Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big blue jean technology?