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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Saturdays at 11:00am and Sundays at 2:00pm

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.

Lose the lightning fill-in-the-blank round on Saturday? No worries!  There's a second chance to hear Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! every weekend -- Sundays at 2 p.m.

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Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Tears For Beers," "Universal Laughter" and "The Letter Diet."

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Hurricane Don," "Courting Trouble" and "Puppet Love."

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after Toad from Mario Kart, who will be the next video game character in the news.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Crustacean Inhalation; 8-Legged Smile and American Dressing.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about a mystery that begins: "Each night, a woman in Ipswich heard the sound of the nursery rhyme 'It's Raining, It's Pouring ..." only one of which is true.

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after Cynthia Nixon's bagel order fiasco, who will be the next person scandalized by food.