NPR

Oct. 22, 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: "Insufficient... inadequate... insulting!"

Those were some of the reactions given to some homework handed in by an important person in the news. Who was told to go back, and get it right this time?

Hint: The teachers who were upset were the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Answer 1

Quote 2 (Listen)

CARL: "I've been wearing my best clothes and waiting for the court since 9 a.m."

That was just one of the many complaints made by a man who was dragged into court this week as he trial began. Who?

Hint: He hates to leave his spider hole until he absolutely has to.

Answer 2

Quote 3 (Listen)

Carl: "Houston, we have a series."

That's how a man named Phil Garner announced, for the first time ever, Houston would be part of what series?

Hint: In Chicago, they're saying, "Houston, You Have a Problem... The White Sox."

Answer 3