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Peter Sagal

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. On the Web, you can play along too.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Prediction

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 11:58 am

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PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Now, panel, what surprise picture will the government find? P.J. O'Rourke.

P.J. O'ROURKE: Oh, they're not going to find anything as a matter of fact because the system was going great. They're getting just all sorts of terrific horrible images from all of the stuff that we've done. And they're going down through all of us by alphabetical order and they got to Anthony Wiener and it crashed.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: Roxanne Roberts.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
5:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Who's Bill This Time

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 11:58 am

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BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, the NPR News quiz. I'm legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell.

(LAUGHTER)

(APPLAUSE)

KURTIS: And here's your host at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill

(APPLAUSE)

(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

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5:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 11:58 am

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PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Tom, "Man of Steel" is the new Superman movie coming out soon. It hasn't been released. Fans are already up in arms. They claim that the director of the movie, Zack Snyder, has left out something essential, what?

TOM BODETT: The last Superman movie there was a complaint about his costume.

SAGAL: This is also a complaint about his costume.

BODETT: Costume. Well, it's not the - I saw the trailer, so it's not the S.

SAGAL: It's not the S.

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5:48 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 11:58 am

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BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ-Chicago, this is WAIT, WAIT...DON'T TELL ME the NPR News quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis, filling in for Carl Kasell. We're playing this week with Tom Bodett, P.J. O'Rourke, and Roxanne Roberts. And here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.

PETER SAGAL, HOST:

Thank you, Bill.

(APPLAUSE)

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Prediction

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

Our panelists predict who will be the next big bromance.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Who's Bill This Time

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "When Barry Met Christie, Up In Smoke, The Bread Ceiling."

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Panel Round One

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Slacker Attacker.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Panel Round Two

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

More questions for the panel: Mount Effortless, Door-to-Shore Delivery.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Limericks

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Checking Your Work, Skyhound, Grilled Salmonella.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
4:59 am
Sat June 1, 2013

Lightning Fill In The Blank

Originally published on Sat June 1, 2013 9:52 am

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

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