Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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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.

Lyndon Barrois Sr. poses with some of his gum wrapper sculptures.

Arts

'Wait Wait' for May 4, 2024: With Not My Job guest Lyndon Barrois

9:23am May 04, 2024

Lyndon Barrois is artist and animator who's found fame making beautifully detailed sculptures out of gum wrappers. He sculpts in miniature, but what does he know about GIANT sculptures?

Panel Questions

"Bleak Appointment," "Miss Dromedary 2018," "Cranky Old Teenager"

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about a former kids TV star doing something new, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

Snark Attack!

Prediction

Our panelists predict, now after Hawaii, what will be the next big false alarm to freak everyone out.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: No More Tears, Same Bad Breath Fluffy Sniffy and Gravy Wallbanger.

Panelist Game

That's not entertainment, big pretty bird.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about someone elsewhere in the world having a unique immigration problem, only one of which is true.

Panel Questions

Space Couture.

Who's Bill This Time

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "President's fitness challenge," "Shutdown Town" and "Hawaii Def-con 5-0." e

Arts

Not My Job: TV Weatherman Al Roker Gets Quizzed On Coldplay

Rian Johnson appears at the world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in late 2017.

Arts