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.
'Wait Wait' for May 18, 2024: With Not My Job guest Maya Hawke
Maya Hawke broke out in 2019, with a role in Stranger Things and her first single. Now, she's got a new album and a new movie in the same month, but can she answer our questions about birdwatchers?
Lightning Fill In The Blanks
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Limericks
Bill reads three news-related limericks ... Hot Head Pose, Electrolux Loafers, Tub Pub. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel ... Lord of the Things. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Not My Job: We Quiz Gymnast Simone Biles On The History Of The iPhone
Just in case the Olympic gymnast hasn't won enough already in life, we're giving her yet another shot at glory. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists read three stories about improving workplace morale, only one of which is true. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news ... The Allure of Politics. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Who's Bill This Time?
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Yellow Journalism, The Goodbye Guy, Soft Core Ceremony. Originally broadcast Jan. 14, 2017.
Not My Job: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Gets Quizzed On 2020
We'll ask the governor three questions about exciting things scheduled for the year 2020, that definitely aren't the next U.S. presidential election. Originally broadcast April 8, 2017.
Panel Question
World's Dumbest Profession, Potty Mouth School Kids, Poober.
Not My Job: Actor Daniel Radcliffe Gets Quizzed On Chia Pets
We've invited Radcliffe to play a game called "Sure, you're Harry Potter, but what do you know about hairy pottery?" Originally broadcast Nov. 1, 2014.
Not My Job: 'Good Wife' Star Alan Cumming Gets Quizzed On Bad Wives
Cumming plays Eli Gold on the TV series The Good Wife, so we'll see how much he knows about bad wives. Originally broadcast Dec. 3, 2016.
Not My Job: We Ask Stephen Colbert 3 Questions Meant For Lena Dunham
A February snowstorm prevented Dunham from joining us, so Colbert, the host of Late Night jumped in at the last minute to answer questions we had prepared for her. Originally broadcast Feb. 11, 2017.