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Aug. 21, 2004

Welcome to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's weekly news quiz program. Find out how well you know your news by playing the interactive online version below. You can also listen to this week's show with host Peter Sagal.

Who's Carl This Time?

Quote 1 (Listen)

CARL: "Attendance... is so bad that al Qaeda operatives were caught scalping tickets half-price so they'd have enough fans to attack."

That was Craig Kilborn on CBS's The Late Late Show, commenting on all the empty seats... where?

Hint: People don't go in person, because if you're there, you can't get the heartwarming human-interest stories every three minutes.

• Answer 1

Quote 2 (Listen)

CARL: "They're coming, and they need a front porch, and they need one in Springfield."

That's Springfield, Ore., resident Claire Krosner recounting a desperate call from someone seeking a suitably homey looking front porch. Who made the call?

Hint: It needed to have a high clearance for his hair.

• Answer 2

Quote 3 (Listen)

CARL: "I can have an open mind, but I'm really too opinionated. If I was on the other side, I wouldn't pick me."

That's a woman who, despite her opinionated nature, did get picked for jury duty in Chicago this week. Who?

Hint: She's the only celebrity Chicago's got.

• Answer 3


Who's Carl This Time? Round II

Quote 4 (Listen)

CARL: "It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach... you can go shopping, maybe replace those sneakers worn out on a whole day's march."

That's New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He's offering restaurant and hotel discounts to protesters coming to his city for what?

• Answer 5

Quote 5 (Listen)

CARL: "No!" and "Absolutely not!" and "Get lost!"

Those are three separate responses given to a woman collecting signatures to get a certain man on the presidential ballot in Ohio? Who?

• Answer 5

Quote 6 (Listen)

CARL: "If they find out Tinkerbell is mine, they'll hold (her) for ransom. Everyone knows I'm rich, so they'll want millions."

That's what a very, very, very rich, very media savvy young woman told In Touch magazine after she lost her Chihuahua. Who feared that this week she'd been a victim of dognapping?

Hint: Life was not so simple for her this week.

Hint: She was named after a certain hotel in a certain city.

• Answer 6


There are no limericks this week...

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