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April 28, 2001
Welcome to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's weekly news quiz
program. Find out how well you know your news by playing the interactive
online version below. You can also listen to this week's show.
Who's Carl This Time?
Quote 1 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "The current... frenzy threatens to surpass the Y2K lunacy in anniversary annals."
That was curmudgeonly columnist William Safire of the New York Times, complaining about the hyperbole being thrown around concerning what faux historical landmark this week?
HINT: In the tradition of Y2K, Safire called this one: D1C.
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Answer 1
Quote 2 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "I can't wait to tell Daddy about this. It's gonna be real interesting the next time y'all want some legislation passed."
That was Chip Lott, son of Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, threatening airline employees after they didn't allow him to do what?
HINT: After he threatened them, he called the ASPCA, the American Kennel Club, and Lassie.
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Answer 2
Quote 3 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "We will not accept materials of a prurient quality."
That warning is part of a call for submissions on the official Web site dedicated to the legacy of what historical figure?
HINT: For example: no cigars, no berets.
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Answer 3
Who's Carl: Section II
Quote 4 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "Like, sometimes I make snacks for my sister and I pretend to be like a restaurant person and, let's see, lots of times I guess I read. I read to my sister. I read to myself. My sister reads to me. We fight. That took up some of the time."
That was Lidia Jean Kott, a 5th grade resident of Washington, D.C., who told NPR's Morning Edition about the ways she was filling extra time this week. What's the one thing she isn't doing?
HINT: If you don't do it, what do you talk about the next day at the water cooler?
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Answer 4
Quote 5 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "Action star is a bully pulpit for now, but serving America in the specific capacity of a public official independent of special interests is a longtime dream of mine."
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Answer 5
Quote 6 (14.4 | 28.8)
CARL: "A friend of mine said this was like the Cincinnati Bengals playing the San Diego Chargers at Hooters."
That was a fan summing up, for the New York Times, an experiment in professional sports that came to an ignominious end last weekend... what?
HINT: Now only Minnesotans will have to be irritated by Jesse Ventura for a while.
HINT: In case you're not a fan, the Bengals and Chargers are really bad at playing football.
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Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (14.4 | 28.8)
Oh, Canada has few believers
In dam building over achievers.
"Our national symbol
Is simply too nimble.
We're pelted by too many __________."
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Answer 1
Limerick 2: (14.4 | 28.8)
We once were a nation of Chaucers,
But now we're just cynical tossers.
There's been a reduction
In alien abduction,
And nobody's seen any __________.
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Answer 2
Limerick 3: (14.4 | 28.8)
The movie fan says he's exhaust'n her.
With flicks about that feisty Bostoner.
"He stank as the postman,
Now he's cleaning the coast, man.
I've just had enough Kevin __________.
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Answer 3
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