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July 29, 2006

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?

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Peter plays the president, and Carl plays the special guest. And keep in mind that the word "Na'am" means "Yes" in Arabic.

Peter: "I'll start."
Carl: "Na'am."
Peter: "Okay, you start."
Carl: "Na'am."
Peter: "You want to start? Go ahead."
Carl: "Na'am! Na'am!"

Who was the special guest who couldn't quite get his message across to President Bush?

Answer 1

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Carl: "Oh, say it ain't so, Floyd... say it ain't so."

That was a blogger named Bob LeDrew... one of the many people expressing dismay at the news that a man named Floyd Landis may have cheated when he did what?

Answer 2

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Carl: "Holy cow! I know he was spotted at a gay bar with a friend a few weeks ago, but I thought he was just there for fun. *Crushed*."

That was Korin Miller of The Washington Post, one of the many young women devastated to hear that a particular boy band member revealed that he was gay. Who?

Hint: He's a former member of 'N Sync.

Answer 3