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NPR

February 28, 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
CIA Coverup, Blumenthal Under Attack, Contraband Body Parts and more...

Round 2: "We'll Wait, You Tell Us" (Listener Segments)
•Myth of the Amimal Kingdom Debunked
•Which Obituary is, Unfortunately, Real?

Round 3: Lightning True or False
Kickboxing Transvestite, Japanese Heiress's Real Estate Woes, Beer Baths and more...

Round 4: "Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo" (people, entertainment news)
Connery Controversy, Paul Robeson Grammy, Castro's Visitors

Round 5: "Why Should We Know Who You Are?" (mystery newsmaker)
Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst at the National Security Archive and Director of its Cuba Documentation Project. He and colleagues recently obtained the declassification of the CIA's internal report on the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba IN 1961. The contents of the report have been top secret until now.

Round 6: "Double Point Bonus Round" Round 7: "News Etymology"
The First Use of "EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE"

Round 8: "Bonus: Why Should We Know Who You Are?"
Dr. John Gottman is professor of psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. His study finds that the most stable and happy marriages are those in which the husband yields to the wife's influence. The study was published this week in the Journal of Marriage and the Family.

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