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Sept. 18, 2004
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: "Freedom is on the march, [in Iraq]."
That was someone's response to an intelligence report that was leaked this week... the report summarized the situation in Iraq as somewhere between bad and absolutely horrendous. Who still sees the glass as... completely full?
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen)
CARL: "I'll be there. First day. Make the collection complete.'"
That's a Michigan man happy that, because of the expiration of a certain law, he'll be able complete his collection of what?
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen)
CARL: "We got the coverage we needed."
That's a member of a fathers' rights group in England understating the effect of his group's astoundingly successful publicity stunt. For five hours, he was on live TV all around the world, as he did what?
Hint: He did it at Buckingham Palace.
Hint: Robin didn't make it.
• Answer 3
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen)
Nature's forces will not be rebuked.
And storms can't be threatened or spooked.
Still callers will threaten,
With powerful weapons.
They say hurricanes should be ________."
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Listen)
I've done some lip bitin' and squintin.'
And at my age heart troubles is hintin.'
I just had a shock.
So I ran to the doc,
For I fear I might be just like ________."
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen)
Those readers of Playgirl are loony.
Why should newscasters make them go swooney?
And, please, if the voice.
Were a part of the choice,
I think I would have beat Andy ________.
•Answer 3
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