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September 17, 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: "We only have four names left on the list this year: Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma."
That was a worried government official... turns out we're running out of names for what?
• Answer 1
Quote 2 (Listen)
CARL: "My friend said, 'Hey dude, something's wrong with our plane. We're on TV.'"
That's an airline passenger named Jorge Santiago talking to the Los Angeles Times about his harrowing experience Wednesday evening. What was wrong with his plane?
• Answer 2
Quote 3 (Listen)
Carl: "It's a heck of a lot of money to go less boldly where we have been before."
That was The Salt Lake Tribune, responding somewhat coolly to a new proposal to spend $104 billion just to go someplace we've already been. Where?
• Answer 3
Opening Panel Questions
Question 1
A lot of people have noticed that well, there seem to be a lot of really destructive hurricanes hitting the U.S. these days. Scott Stevens, the meteorologist for KPVI TV in Pocatello, Idaho, thinks he knows why. He attributes the recent surge in violent hurricanes to what?
Hint: "Nice little coastal region you've got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it."
Hint: "Leave the gun -- take the Doppler radar."
• Answer 1
Question 2
As a symbol of how deep and broad the support for Hurricane Katrina's victims is, everybody is opening their hearts and wallets -- including, as of this week, the makers of what highly successful film series?
Hint: Their plea to donors is "Show us your charitees!"
• Answer 2
Question 3
A chartered jet carrying 289 Gambians to Lima, Peru made an emergency landing in the town of Piura instead. The pilot said the aircraft was low on fuel, but the truth was what?
Hint: Chanting "ole ole ole ole" in the plane isn't nearly as fun.
• Answer 3
Limerick Challenge
Limerick 1: (Listen)
I might be an extra large prig.
Though my size is plus, I'm no pig.
When I shop at the mall
You can see that I'm tall.
But I would rather not be called ________.
•Answer 1
Limerick 2: (Listen)
No hops, barley, or malt, have no fear.
Our brown bottles ain't what they appear.
Just like cigarette gum
Our drink's funny to some.
It's a soda that looks just like ________.
•Answer 2
Limerick 3: (Listen)
In our sleep, we don't dream as we please.
See, our psyche works out its unease.
Or, perhaps, mark my words
It's digesting some curds
And our dreams are directed by ________.
•Answer 3
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