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May 26, 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
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Who's Carl This Time?
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CARL: "The White House and the GOP generally will be guilty of professional malpractice if they don't punish [him]. I know that it's illegal to sew a half-starved weasel into his small intestine, but there are some other options."
That's Jonah Goldberg of the National Review outlining possible punishments for what wayward Republican?
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Answer 1
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CARL: "Oh God. Butterfly ballots and Elian, and now this. If this happens, it will be crazy around here all over again."
That's south Florida resident Mario Fernandez, quoted in the Miami Herald, reacting to someone's announcement of a possible run for public office and the accompanying media frenzy. Who is Mr. Fernandez so scared of?
HINT: This woman just drove her little red truck back to Florida after living in Washington for 8 years.
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Answer 2
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CARL: "To those who don't get you, you're the droning windbag who won't go away. To those of us who do, you provide a soundtrack to our lives."
That's writer Simon Cosyns summing up his 60th birthday tribute to the pride of Hibbing, Minnesota. Who turned 60 this week while showing no signs of slowing down his career?
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Answer 3
Who's Carl: Section II
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CARL: "To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be President of the United States."
Okay, who said that?
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Answer 4
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CARL: "Look at Titanic. If you don't have a love story, all you have is a sinking ship."
That's the director of a big new movie explaining to Newsweek why he inserted a love triangle into his historical panorama. What's the movie?
HINT: Witnesses to the real event also said that it wasn't as loud as the movie version.
HINT: Although the movie features lots of bombs, its makers desperately hope it won't be one.
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Answer 5
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CARL: "I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns.'"
That from Britain... what British mummy returned this week to buck up the Tories?
Hint: Unlike the movie mummy, this mummy is actually a mummy, among other things.
Hint: From now on, we guess she'll be called "The Iron Mummy."
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Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (14.4 | 28.8)
First, Singapore's ban must succumb.
Then I'll masticate 'til my jaw's numb.
Since oral fixation
Beats smoke inhalation,
They'll legalize nicotine __________.
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Answer 1
Limerick 2: (14.4 | 28.8)
At Monterey Firth, folks shall hearten
At good news for Ricky Martin.
They'll say "California
Let plaid cloth adorn 'ya,
And wear the official state __________."
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Answer 2
Limerick 3: (14.4 | 28.8)
The pilot says, "Bring the hot, wet rag
When things in the plane's kitchenette drag.
Flying through time zones
Has wacked out my hormones.
My brain has shrunk from too much __________."
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Answer 3
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