NPR

May 2, 1998



Host: Peter Sagal

Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell

In studio players this week:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section (Washington, DC)
•Charlie Pierce, Esquire Magazine (Boston)
•Adam Felber, Writer and Perform

"Headlines We Wish We'd Seen"

Round 1: Week in Review
Viagra, Take Me Away, A Tasmanian Devil is Eating My Leg, Show and Tell Napalm and much more...

Round 2: "Not My Job"
NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg fields questions not on her beat...BUT will she do well enough to win the Carl Kasell Answering Service for one lucky listener?

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•A New Website for Kids

"Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)


Round 3: "Lightning True or False"


"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•The origin of the word DERBY, in honor of the greatest two minutes in sports.

Round 4: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Dr. Nirmal Charan, chief of pulmonary and critical care at Veteran's Association Medical Center in Boise Idaho. Dr.Charan recently authored a study proving that wine does not "breathe"--or increase in oxygen content--when the bottle is opened.



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