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Oct. 15, 2005

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HOST: Peter Sagal
OFFICIAL JUDGE AND SCOREKEEPER: Carl Kasell
NOT MY JOB GUEST: Bob Freer, of Everglades Outpost

This Week's Panelists:

Boston Globe writer, Charlie Pierce.
• Comedienne, Paula Poundstone
Washington Post Style section writer, Roxanne Roberts

Round 1

Who's Carl (Listen)
Three non-elected figures who had a big effect on U.S. political history.

Opening Panel Round (Listen)
A round on military history: why Spain has a hard time winning wars, especially in the afternoon; a different kind of military draft...


Round 2

Bluff the Listener (Listen)
"Oh! That explains it!" Three stories of early incidents that explain a famous person's path later in life.

Not My Job! (Listen)
Bob Freer, from Everglades Outpost (the go-to guy for South Floridians who find exotic animals in their backyards) plays a game called, "You look fabulous in those 40 pounds of rhinestones." Three questions about Liberace.


Round 3

Panel Round Two (Listen)
Three questions about those weirdos we know as European royalty; Russia's version of an R-rated reality show; inbreeding in the Hapsburgs; seven years exile for that?

Carl Kasell's Countdown (Listen)
Three songs and stories, from the 1970s. The man who suddenly needed to be "Treated Like A Lady;" an event that had Pennsylvanians singing, "You Light Up My LIfe;" and the religion that had a hard time finding people who were "Stayin' Alive."

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

Panelist Predictions (Listen)


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