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August 4, 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?
Jean Cochran is in for Carl Kasell this week.
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JEAN: "So now that I've kissed your [rear end], what do I have to do to get a deal?"
That was a particularly effective example of President Bush's famous personal charm, as somewhat sanitized by The Washington Post. The president's rear-end kissing apparently worked, because he was able to get a last-minute deal with Congressman Charles Norwood on what legislation?
HINT: According to this legislation, there will now be legal recourse for Mr. Norwood if his HMO refuses to treat the hickeys on his rear end.
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Answer 1
Quote 2 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: "It's one of those typical cases of limited time and a lot of content. It's what Chinese television decides. There's just a limit on the amount of time available to newsmakers."
That's a Chinese embassy spokesman explaining that it was journalism, not censorship, that forced Chinese television to edit an interview this week. An interview with whom?
HINT: Scott Suger of Slate.com said it this way: China Inserts Semi-Colin
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Answer 2
Quote 3 (14.4 | 28.8)
JEAN: "I love my teeth. I really love them. I took them to show my aunt and uncle. A lot of people are quite horrified by them... I find them endearing."
That's actress Helena Bonham Carter, who kept the teeth she wore while filming what big summer movie?
HINT: She did not get to keep her four opposable thumbs.
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Answer 3
Panel Questions
Question 1 (14.4 | 28.8)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has stopped a pair of business men from using his name to sell what?
HINT: The business's slogan could be "We love to see majority rule."
HINT: "Did someone say apartheid?"
HINT: "Would you like some Nobel fries with that?"
HINT: At least they didn't put Mandela's face on a chihuahua.
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Answer 1
Question 2 (14.4 | 28.8)
A new fashion magazine is being launched in the Netherlands. What kind of reader is this magazine designed for?
HINT: You might see these articles plugged on the cover: "Ten Ways to Cover Your Tracks!" "The Sallow, Wasted Look -- Make It Work for You!"
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Answer 2
Question 3 (14.4 | 28.8)
Have we got a home for you. Recently reduced from more than $7 million to about $5 million, it's got a retractable mirror over the bed, bedroom traffic lights that say "Love" and "Don't love," a pink velour "playroom," and a huge gold-tiled bathtub right by the bed with its own water heater -- "Because," the architect says, "we thought if it takes two hours for it to fill up, the spirit of the moment would be gone." Who was the original owner of this shag-a-delic pleasure pad?
HINT: It's also got a bedpost with 20,000 notches in it.
HINT 2: The ceilings are very, very high.
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Answer 3
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (14.4 | 28.8)
Say, why did you call the police?
My objections are not some caprice.
The preacher said, "speak now,"
I talked a blue streak. Now,
I'm jailed for not holding my __________.
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Answer 1
Limerick 2: (14.4 | 28.8)
"Ba-flump-bump-a-dump-ump" - Oh, bummer.
This solo could last the whole summer.
Despite difference in style,
I'll shut up and smile
For fear we might lose our last __________.
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Answer 2
Limerick 3: (14.4 | 28.8)
The young Marx might have gone to Aleppo,
But he stayed for a -tism called "nepo."
Sure, Harpo is quiet,
And Groucho's a riot,
But we'd like to celebrate __________.
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Answer 3
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