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February 21, 1998
Host: Dan Coffey
Official Judge and Scorekeeper: Carl Kasell
In studio players this week:
•Roxanne Roberts, Style Section Writer, Washington Post (Washington,
D.C.)
•Peter Sagal, Playwright (New York)
•Margo Kaufman, Hollywood
Correspondent
for Pug Talk Magazine (Los Angeles)
Round 1: Week in Review
Iraq: CNN's Deployment, Banned in Alabama, Antartica's Convenient Banking
and more...
Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•Colombian Ordinance That Protects Citizens
•Which Spring Movie Will REALLY Be In Theatres Everywhere?
Round 3: Lightning True or False
HMOs Try Reverse-Psychology Advertising, Dress Code Legislation in
Peruvian Congress, Korean Singles Blood Drives
and more
Round 4: "Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)
1912 Version of TITANIC Resurfaces, Westminster Kennel Club champ, Pizza
Hut in Pakistan
Round 5: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Dr. Bruce Margon, professor of astronomy at the University of
Washington;
director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope-camera that will
produce
the most detailed maps of the
cosmos ever made.
Round 6: "Double Point Bonus Round" Round 7: "News Etymology"
Origin of "SALCHOW" (SAL-cow)
Round 8: "Wait Wait I'm Pontificating" (essay questions)
•Margo Kaufman: Lessons for the Organizers of the 2002 Winter Olympics
•Peter
Sagal: Definitive National Tobacco Policy
•Roxanne Roberts: How Not to Stage a Town Meeting
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