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June 11, 2005
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: "You're still the first dog."
That's a state governor speaking to her prized Pomeranian. She was reacting to a judicial decision that upheld her razor-thin victory in last fall's election. This is good news for the first pet of what state?
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen)
CARL: "A new American auto boom is ours to win or lose. There's great opportunity for all of us. Let's not screw it up."
That's a leader of an American car company sounding the call two years ago. This week he pretty much acknowledged that his company is screwing it up. What company?
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen)
CARL: "Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you're trying to tell me?"
That's the most famous line in a certain actress' long and illustrious career. She died this week at age 73. Who?
• Answer 3
Panel Questions
Question 1
This week the insurgents in Iraq began using a new weapon against Iraqi forces. They're now armed with... what?
Hint: Incoming! Honeydew!
• Answer 1
Question 2
This month, our overweight kids are getting a new fitness guru. An ad icon who now sports a form-fitting yellow jumpsuit and who snowboards and shoots baskets in a whir of activity. Who is this newly reinvented Richard Simmons for the under-five-feet set?
Hint: It must be hard to rock climb in those big floppy red shoes.
Hint: And the Grimace is getting his stomach stapled.
• Answer 2
Question 3
A cautionary tale: Judging from the recent experience of a thief in New York state, when siphoning stolen gasoline in the middle of the night, it's best not to check on your progress by doing what?
• Answer 3
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