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April 4, 1998
Host: Dan Coffey
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
In studio players this week:
•Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post Style Section (Washington, DC)
•Peter Sagal, Playwright (New York)
•Margo Kaufman, Hollywood Correspondent for Pug Talk Magazine (Los
Angeles)
Round 1: Week in Review
Therapeutic Touch Tempest, Why Do We Laugh....Really, Sweetener For the
Millenium and more...
"Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Joseph Rantisi, general manager of the Capitol Hotel in Little Rock, AR.,
four
blocks from the Courthouse where the Paula Jones trial would have taken
place.
He says business is severely affected this week by news of the Jones case
dismissal.
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•An American Product Under Siege!
•NPR April Fool
"Lightning True or False"
Kids: The Most Effective Parental Nags Revealed, Plastic Currency In the
Works?, An Unplanned Moment for The BBC and more...
"Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)
TV for the Pre-verbal, Vienna Choirboys Makeover, Israel's Answer to the
Spice Girls and more...
Round 3: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Arlyn Hackett--chef, food writer, and cooking instructor. He is
touring the U.S. teaching a class on the first and third class menus from
the
Titanic's last day at sea.
Triple-Point Bonus Round
•La Giaconda Vants to Be Alone
•Give That Man Some Teeth!
Round 4: "Why Should We Know Who You Are? (mystery newsmaker)
Dr. Nicholas Christenfeld, associate professor of psychology at the
University
of California, San Diego. Dr. Christenfeld and collegues have released a
study
on the positive or negative labelling effects of one's initials--finding
that
people with initials that spell 'JOY' or 'ACE' seem to live longer,
healthier
lives than those with monograms such as 'BUM' or 'PIG'.
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