NPR

May 9, 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 Performer (New York)

"Lightning True or False"

Round 1: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
Who is Carl? Our listener must guess Carl's identity as he delivers memorable quotes from this week's news.

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
Stupid Judge Gaffes

"Week in Review"
Humans Are Not Mice, A Dearth of Chocolate?, After the Big Bang, a Somewhat Smaller Bang and much more...

"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
Unusual Bequests to Universities



Round 3: "NPR Guest Panelist"
If Robert Siegel, of All Things Considered, answers two out of three questions correctly, a lucky listener wins our Carl Kasell answering machine prize.

"Host Essay"

Round 4: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Richard Hannan, Deputy Chief of the Division of Endangered Species at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, DC. This week, the agency announced that it would begin the process of removing--or delisting--a number of species from the Endangered Species List. Among the species under consideration for removal are the grey wolf and the bald eagle.



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