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May 12, 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?
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CARL: "Now they will be able to lay people off and not have to run into (the laid-off workers) in the grocery store."
That's business author T.M. Sell in USA Today. Sell was explaining why a big U.S. company this week moved its big wigs to Chicago where they have no underlings to worry about. What's the company?
HINT: In Seattle, they're saying: "Going, going...gone."
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Answer 1
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CARL: "The twin has started lots of trouble for bars. Last week, 7 bars on this strip were raided after her. It used to be so relaxed, now the police are so uptight, thanks in part to the twin."
That's "Craig the bartender" at the Cheers Shot Bar in Austin, Texas, where a famous underage patron has caused some trouble for the bar. Who is this "Twin?"
HINT: It would have been poetic justice if she had been drinking "Billy Beer."
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Answer 2
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CARL: "I asked him the most important question, I think, that you could ask him -- if he'd ever seen Caddyshack."
That, of course, was the governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, talking during a radio interview about his important encounter with what world figure?
HINT: This person is actually mentioned in Caddyshack.
HINT: They both have shaved heads. Other than that, they have absolutely nothing in common.
HINT: The person must have been thinking, "Compared to this guy, Richard Gere is normal."
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Answer 3
Who's Carl: Section II
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CARL: "But wait! There's an obstacle to the clear-cutting path of the Bush machine. Two words designed to strike fear into the heart of any president. They are 'Jimmy Carter.'"
That's The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz talking about a national problem that helped bring Mr. Carter's term in office to an end. Kurtz says the return of this problem could create political troubles for President Bush. What's the problem?
HINT: Mr. Carter called it the "moral equivalent of war."
HINT: Carter's problem was that it cost a dollar. Bush's problem is that it now costs two dollars.
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Answer 4
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CARL: "I wouldn't go wtih a big, huge piece. Small, keep it small, kinda like Martha Stewart. Keep it simple."
That's Guiseppe Generoso of Brooklyn, offering advice to ABCNews.com on the art of buying a pinkie ring. It turns out that sales of pinkie rings are up, along with big cigars. What's the inspiration for this new fashion craze?
HINT: We're hoping that this craze does not extend to purple velour jogging suits and thick gold neck chains.
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Answer 5
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CARL: "A thorough appreciation of literature allows no shortcuts."
That's the standing introduction in the works of Clifton K. Hillegass, who died this week at 83. To many, Mr. Hillegass's works directly contradicted that statement of principle. What did Mr. Hillegass create?
NOTE HIS FIRST NAME: Cliff.
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Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (14.4 | 28.8)
The super store was a good call, Art.
Convenience plays more than a small part.
The RV is docked.
Let's shop 'round the clock.
There's nothing like camping at __________.
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Answer 1
Limerick 2: (14.4 | 28.8)
Though the cigarette girl's face is quite charmin',
Her rap Habanera's alarmin'
This hip hop Bizet
Done MTV's way
Went astray from the opera __________.
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Answer 2
Limerick 3: (14.4 | 28.8)
When Mickey dropped down upon his knee,
I thought, "he's proposing now, isn't he?"
But he squeaked, "Shh, don't talk.
And watch out for the hawk.
They're hunting the rodents at __________."
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Answer 3
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