Being a fan of the NPR program, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and knowing that one of their live tapings would fall on my birthday (this past Thursday), I sent an e-mail to NPR trying to be picked as a listener that could get Carl Kasell's voice on my voice mail. Well, I was one of the listeners that was selected, but instead of answering at least two of three news questions or limericks correctly, or to try to find the true story in the Bluff the Listener round... I was selected for the Not My Job segment (of which the chances of winning isn't very good) with tennis legend Monica Seles. Unfortunately, Monica came up with goose eggs when trying to answer questions about the Guinness Brewing Company. So... I won't be getting Carl Kasell's voice on my voice mail this time (which would have been great as a birthday present, of sorts). Instead, for the consolation prize, I get my name mentioned on the show by both Carl and Monica. |
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Lousy Scorekeeping
On the show of July 11, 2009, Adam Felber was credited with 6 points prior to the lightning fill-in-the-blank round. He actually had only 2 correct answers, plus he won the Bluff the Listener round. That makes a total of 3 points, not 6.
Did he bribe Carl Kassel that day?
Questions and Points
The reason why the points mentioned before the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank don't always add up is that the show that we get to listen to (be it broadcast or podcast), is that the show is edited down to fit into ~45-50 minutes. I have been to a live taping of a show and there were panelist questions that were cut from the show (and yes, the points did add up for the live taping).