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For a wacky and whip-smart approach to the week's news and newsmakers, listen no further than Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!, the oddly informative news quiz from NPR.

During each fast-paced, irreverent show, host Peter Sagal leads what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightening speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Listeners vie for a chance to win the most coveted prize in radio: having official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell record the outgoing message on their home answering machine.

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Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! is co-produced by NPR and Chicago Public Radio.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:18 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Prediction

Originally published on Sat March 30, 2013 11:15 am

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TOM BODETT, HOST:

Now, panel, how will that teenager blow his 30 million? P. J. O'Rourke?

P. J. O'ROURKE: Well, 30 million is about what college education costs for a kid these days. So he's going to spend it to get a college education so he can get a good job.

BODETT: Kyrie O'Connor?

KYRIE O'CONNOR: He's going to blow it on cars he can't drive, women he can't date and liquor he can't drink.

BODETT: And Adam Felber?

ADAM FELBER: He's going to wait two years and then he's going to buy Yahoo.

(LAUGHTER)

(APPLAUSE)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:18 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 30, 2013 11:15 am

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CARL KASELL: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with P. J. O'Rourke, Kyrie O'Connor, and Adam Felber. And, here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, and filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Bodett.

(APPLAUSE)

TOM BODETT, HOST:

Thank you, Carl. In just a minute, Carl leaves the rhyme on for you at Motel Limericks in our listener limerick challenge. Let me do that again, I don't think you heard it.

(LAUGHTER)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:18 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

Who's Carl This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 30, 2013 11:15 am

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CARL KASELL: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm Carl Kasell, and here's your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, filling in for Drew Carey filling in for Peter Sagal, Tom Bodett.

TOM BODETT, HOST:

Thank you Carl.

(APPLAUSE)

BODETT: Wow. Those are some big - and numerous - shoes to fill. And by the end of the show those shoes will be fuller than a preacher's pockets at a Sunday picnic. And by that I mean what, Carl?

KASELL: No clue, Tom.

(LAUGHTER)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Who's Bill This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 10:52 am

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Leave the gun, take the baklava; Extreme Makeover: GOP; Who's the Dodo now?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 10:52 am

More questions for the panel: Bazooka parenting, A Cure for Mornings

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 10:52 am

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PETER SAGAL, HOST:

We want to remind everyone to join us here most weeks at the Chase Bank Auditorium, and don't miss our May 2nd cinecast event, where you can see WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! live at your local movie theater. We've got Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, Tom Bodett and America's sweetheart, Mr. Carl Kasell.

Tickets are going fast. For information, go to wbez.org, and you can find a link at our website waitwait.npr.org. Right now, panel, time for you answer some questions about this week's news.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Who's Carl This Time?

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 10:29 am

Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news ... Moving on Up, Prez Charming, and Who's Big Gulping now?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 10:29 am

More questions for the panel: Speaking In Tongues, The Curse of Lipitor's Tomb, and Broad Appeal.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:41 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Limericks

Originally published on Sat March 16, 2013 10:29 am

Carl reads three news-related limericks: Licensed To Krill, A New Party Platform, and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
10:05 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

Limericks

Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 10:50 am

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PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Coming up, it's Lightning Fill in the Blank, but first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-Wait-Wait, that's 1-888-924-8924. You can click the contact us link on our website waitwait.npr.org.

There you can find out about attending our weekly live shows here at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago and our shows in Rockford, Illinois at the beautiful Coronado Theater there on April 4th. Hi, you're on WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!

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