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January 18, 2003
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)
CARL: "The problem is that he has the charisma of a dishcloth."
That is what one pundit said about the latest Democrat to announce his candidacy for president. Who is sure to grab the dishcloth vote?
HINT: True fact -- reporters visiting his headquarters were offered a "nosh" by his mother.
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "I look like a sack of dwarf's droppings, don't I?"
That self-deprecating statement is how a dictator in the news introduced himself to his favorite actress. Who's this "sack of dwarf droppings?"
HINT: For a self-described "sack of dwarf droppings," he's been a real pain in the butt the last few weeks.
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen with Real Audio)
CARL: "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm,
I've been kicked around since I was born."
That's Carl's tribute to a musical brother who passed away last weekend at age 53. Who?
• Answer 3
Panel Round
Question 1 (Sorry, there is no audio available for this question.)
According to YourDictionary.com what pre-eminent public speaker is leading a new wave of word-coining?
HINT: Some examples include "embetter," meaning to make somebody feel better, the opposite of embitter; and "resignate," a combination of resign and resonate.
HINT: And the classic -- "misunderestimate."
• Answer 1
Question 2 (Sorry, there is no audio available for this question. )
Despite their provocative nature and sexy appearance, they are asexual, and according to news reports this week, their very survival is now in question. What are we talking about?
• Answer 2
Question 3 (Sorry, there is no audio available for this question.)
The town of Soap Lake, Wash., has been struggling with hard times for decades. But now the city fathers have an idea that they think will bring the tourists by the truckload. Erecting a 60-foot __________ in the center of town?
• Answer 3
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen with Real Audio)
A junk was the first ocean liner,
With porcelain that couldn't be finer.
Columbus? Magellan?
What lies are you tellin'?
The new world was discovered by __________.
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Listen with Real Audio)
We don't care if it's rain-moistened mink
Or the fumes from your breath after drink.
If your airs bother us
Don't wave arms in a fuss,
Just get off of the bus cause you __________.
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen with Real Audio)
While airline price wars invite deals.
I long for food in skin-tight seals.
Yet "Chicken or beef?"
Gives airborne relief.
I'll pay for my own __________.
•Answer 3
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