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August 2, 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)
CARL: "The noose is tightening."
"We're connecting the dots."
"He's on the ropes."
These were the mixed metaphors favored by the U.S. military this week to describe their efforts to do what?
HINT: The gist of these statements is, "there are only so many relatives who'll put this guy up."
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen)
CARL: "He posed for nude photos. He skipped his father's funeral to attend a bodybuilding competition. He smoked pot. Not to mention the alleged boorish behavior with women. Who could be a better candidate for California governor?"
That's The San Francisco Chronicle's Robert Salladay on the man now said to be leaning against running in California's gubernatorial recall election. Who is he?
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen)
CARL: "I feel very humble. But I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
That is one of literally thousands of self-effacing jokes made by a man who died this week at age 100. Who is he?
• Answer 3
Who's Carl This Time? Round II
Question 4 (Listen)
CARL: "We had to make a Wal-Mart run, because one of the senators' pants were falling down, and some people had forgotten cellphone batteries and underwear and stuff like that. It was the biggest mess."
That's a man named Harold Cook in The New York Times talking about some Texans who went on the lam to an Albuquerque, New Mexico hotel and didn't have time to pack. Who are these Texans?
• Answer 4
Question 5 (Listen)
CARL: "In the 60s, all the teenagers... knew the sound of (its) engine... a sort of loud cough interrupted by burps, rising to a desperate rasp when it approached 60 miles per hour."
That's Serge Schmemann of The New York Times in an appreciation of the best-selling car in history, the last of which came off a Mexican assembly line this week. What is it?
HINT: The unique thing about the engine: it burped from where the trunk usually goes.
HINT: Think Love Bug.
• Answer 5
Question 6 (Listen)
CARL: "When I first heard [him], I knew, No. 1, that his voice was very unusual. I also knew that it needed a lot of work."
That was a man named Sam Phillips who died this week at the age of 80. He is considered one of the founders of rock 'n' roll, and the man who discovered which legendary performing artist?
• Answer 6
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen)
The Depression saw profits grow littler,
But he was still Germany's vittler.
Take stock tips from Adolf.
Then kick back and play golf.
Make long-term investments, like __________.
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Sorry, there is no audio available for this limerick.)
We took thick-necked, white-collar guys, right.
And told them to cinch up their ties. Tight.
And then we all gawped
Because retinas popped.
We find: pressure might harm your __________.
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen)
The aerialist said, "Cut the crap, please!
I got bruises and also scrapped knees.
I don't use a net
And insurance guys fret
For young men on the flying __________.
•Answer 3
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