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May 14, 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: "He came; He wiggled his hips; He conquered."
That was how Newsweek described someone's well-received trip to the country of Georgia this week. Who?
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen)
CARL: "People focus too much on colors. It could be numbers, it could be animals. The American public wants us to focus more on the information."
That was former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge this week, defending the most public aspect of his department's work. What?
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen)
CARL: ""(I Can't Get No) Metamucil,' "Brown Sweet'N Low," and "Let's Take a Nap Together."
Those were some of the New York Daily News' song suggestions for a band that just announced another world tour. Which old fogies are hitting the road... again?
• Answer 3
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen)
Since insecticides cannot defeat them,
They've suggested a new way to beat them.
They think that the grubs,
Might sell well in the pubs.
Yes, authorities say we should ________."
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Listen)
Did crustaceans ride in a blimp?
See, they fell from the sky, rather limp.
But we all know the score.
It's rained minnows before.
So it's no surprise that it rained ________.
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen)
By my package the girl fish are wowed.
Yes, my gonopod show draws a crowd.
But when predators crash,
Little fish sure can dash.
And I'm caught 'cause I'm too well ________.
•Answer 3
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