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April 25, 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, Pug Talk Magazine (Los Angeles)

"Headlines We Wish We'd Seen"

Round 1: Week in Review
Namecalling of the Worst Sort, Very Small Rocks In Our Heads, Grasshoppers Where They Aren't Wanted and more...

"Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (Mystery Newsmaker)
Jane Silver, director of Public Policy for the American Foundation of Aids Research, or AMFAR. AMFAR has pushed tirelessly for support of scientific evaluation of needle exchange programs. This week, the Clinton Administration announced it will not allow federal dollars to be used to fund needle exchange programs, but declared that such programs do not encourage illegal drug use.

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•A New Personal Protection Device

"Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)


"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•A New Patent

Round 3: "Lightning True or False"


"We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•The origin of the word HIPPOCAMPUS

Round 4: "Essays"



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