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September 7, 2002
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 with host Peter Sagal.
Who's Carl This Time?
Quote 1 (Listen with Real Audio)
"[He] did more to put Wisconsin on the map than all the cheese in the state!"
That was from a fan letter, sent to the editor of a Wisconsin newspaper in 1950. What famous Wisconsin senator ended up defining an entire era?
HINT: We suspect that he was not a big fan of Edam cheese, what with its red wax covering and all.
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "I didn't fire him because he was a dumb S.O.B., although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail."
That was President Harry Truman, reflecting on his reasons for his very public firing of what distinguished World War II general?
HINT: Even though this guy was famous for saying, "I shall return," this time, he didn't.
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "What we have in excess is women. So if you want, we can give a few of
those to you, some tens of thousands."
That was someone making a rather surprising offer to President Nixon back in 1973. Who was trying to trade his women for our industrial goods?
HINT: Each woman would have come carrying a little red book.
• Answer 3
Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Question 4 (Listen with Real Audio)
In 1934, auto magnate Henry Ford received a fan letter complimenting him on the "dandy car" he made. Here's part of it:
CARL: "I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got ever [sic] other car skinned."
What appreciative fan, who often liked to get away in Fords, sent that letter to Henry Ford?
HINT: His lady friend also liked the car, particularly the ease with which you could shoot at pursuing cops out the window.
• Answer 4
Question 5 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "Regardless of what we think of him as a man, we must give [him] credit for building a system of superhighways in his country which are second to none in the world today. "
That was representative Wilburn Cartwright of Oklahoma, chairman of the House Committee on Roads, giving credit -- in 1938 -- where credit was due. Who was the innovator of superhighways?
Even if you absolutely loathe superhighways, it was far from the worst thing this man did.
• Answer 5
Question 6 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "Utopian Turtletop; Mongoose Civique; Anticipator; Magigravure; Pastelogram; The Resilient Bullet."
Those were some names dreamed up by Poet Marriane Moore in 1955, who was asked by Ford to help them come up with a snappy handle for what new car?
HINT: If they had listened to her, then today, when we were describing an unmitigated disaster, we'd say, "Wow, what a Utopian Turtletop."
• Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen with Real Audio)
I know that your real curls are rare.
This looks like a large rodent's lair.
The powers of Rome
Won't save your lost dome.
I'll rip off that false head of __________.
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Listen with Real Audio)
I look like I've reined all my joys in.
I blanch at the mention of coy sin.
I like to look pale
You say that's not hale?
Well, that's 'cuz my powder is __________.
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen with Real Audio)
Hey Sammy, old friend, could you not dance?
You've got an unbearably taut prance.
That musketeer suit
Makes your buns look so cute
But I just can't get used to those __________.
•Answer 3
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