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Nov. 26, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Author Clyde Edgerton

This Week's Panelists:

• Humorist and Author Roy Blount, Jr.
Washington Post 'Reliable Source' columnist Roxanne Roberts
• Writer for The Boston Globe Charlie Pierce

Round 1

Who's Carl This Time? (Listen)
It's one moustache you don't want to mock; We thought the police were there to serve and protect; A time when "Buy One Get One Free" wasn't everyone's idea of a bargain.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
John Quincy Adams' surprising contribution; Why Benjamin Franklin is a frat house darling.


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Colonial Williamsburg is so yesterday" -- three stories about very odd proposals for living history museums.

Not My Job (Listen)
Author Clyde Edgerton plays our game called "Of course you can trust me... I'm a Doctor" -- three questions about the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices.


Round 3

Panel Round 2 (Listen)
Our panelists answer questions about some pioneers and their unique experiences.

Listener Limericks (Listen)
Three limericks about the unlikely inventors of some very familiar items.

Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank (Listen)
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Panelist Predictions (Listen)
When all is said and done, what will be the most important invention of the 21st century?

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