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Show Details: January 2024

2024-01-06

Best Of NPR DB ID: 1358
Host
Guest: Negin Farsad
Scorekeeper
I'm the anchorman everyone wants to kiss when the ball drops
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Tom Papa
Correct: Tom Papa
Description
Best Of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! featuring new interviews for the new year
Notes

The Not My Job segment with Bob Woodruff and the Panel Round segments were from the show recorded in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 2023-09-01.

Peter Sagal gave Bob Woodruff a second chance to answer the third Not My Job question after Bob chose "C". Bob changed his answer to "B", which was correct.

The Bluff the Listener and Not My Job segment with Rachel Maddow were from the show recorded in New York City, New York on 2023-12-15. Since the Bluff the Listener segment hasn't been aired before, both the chosen and correct stories have been recorded.

2024-01-13

NPR DB ID: 1359
Scorekeeper
Don't worry Patriot fans, I'll be your new coach. Call Me Bill Bill-ichick
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a fairy tale come to life; Not My Job about Big Ben; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next fad to sweep the country?
Notes

In the edited version of the show, Joyelle Nicole Johnson was asked four Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank questions and answered two of them correct. When Peter Sagal asked Bill Kurtis how Joyelle did, Bill said that Joyelle had answered three correct for a total of 10 points. The third question that Joyelle answered correct was most likely one that was edited out.

2024-01-20

NPR DB ID: 1360
Scorekeeper
Don't go out in the cold. Stay inside and curl up in front of my voice
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Faith Salie
Correct: Faith Salie
Description
Who's Bill This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about a company doing unusual things to save money; Not My Job about games played by rolling balls; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next big theory of relationship success?
Notes

After Peter Sagal read the choices for David Oyelowo's second Not My Job question, the audience shouted out "B" while David chose "C". Faith Salie provided a hint that the correct answer was "B". David changed his answer to "B", which was correct. Someone in the audience shouted out "A" after Peter read the choices for the third Not My Job question, which David chose and was correct.

When Peter asked Bill Kurtis how David did, Bill said, "In the final tally, I think David's got all three" even though David only answered two correct. An exception has been noted.

2024-01-27

NPR DB ID: 1361
Scorekeeper
I'm the man who's been making the NPR Wine Club sound cool since 2022
Panelists
Guests
Bluff(s)
#1
Chosen: Dulcé Sloan
Correct: Shane O'Neill
Description
Who's Chioke This Time?; Panel Questions; Bluff the Listener about someone being roped into one last job; Not My Job about items people bring to Antiques Roadshow; Panel Questions; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next hot toy for billionaires?
Notes

Another instance where all three choices for the third Not My Job question were correct.