Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.
Lose the lightning fill-in-the-blank round on Saturday? No worries! There's a second chance to hear Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! every weekend -- Sundays at 2 p.m.
'Wait Wait' for July 13, 2024: With Not My Job guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford and panelists Tom Papa, Paula Poundstone, and Emmy Blotnick
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about a controversy at this year's Grand Slam of Darts tournament, only one of which is true.
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "I'm Number One!" "Tailor-Made Tots" and "Alien Appliance."
Predictions
Our panelists predict, now that the new probe has landed on Mars, what will it find there?
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Eternal Knickers, The Plumb Tower and The Body's Building Block.
Not My Job: Bradley Whitford Of 'The Post' Gets Quizzed On The 'New York Post'
We've invited Whitford to play a game named after a famous headline: "Headless Body In Topless Bar." Originally broadcast Dec. 23, 2017.
Not My Job: Freestyle Skier David Wise Gets Quizzed On Normcore
Wise knows plenty about skiing freestyle — but what does he know about being free of style? Three questions about the so-boring-it's-hip approach of "Normcore." Originally broadcast June 23, 2018
Not My Job: Mayim Bialik Of 'Big Bang Theory' Gets Quizzed On Big Bangs
Three questions about hair metal bands of the 1980s. Originally broadcast May 12, 2018.
Not My Job: We Quiz Comedian Bassem Youssef On Tubers
Since Youssef got his start on YouTube, we're going to ask him three questions about actual tubers ... that is, potatoes. Originally broadcast July 22, 2017.
Not My Job: We Ask Singer Cyndi Lauper 3 Questions About The Titanic
Change two letters of the title of Lauper's musical, Kinky Boots, and you end up with "sinky boats." We'll ask her three questions about the Titanic. Originally broadcast May 19, 2018.
Predictions
Our panelists predict, now that Amazon has selected its new homes, what will be the next thing cities fight over.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.