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Not My Job: Three Headless Chicken Questions For Alice Cooper()  

Alice Cooper

May 18, 2013 We've invited the heavy metal rocker to answer three questions about Mike, a chicken in the 1940s who lost his head and still went on to achieve fame and fortune.

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Plays Not My Job()  

Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google for 10 years. He is currently Google's executive chairman and the chairman of the board of The New America Foundation.

May 11, 2013 We use Google to search for just about everything, so we've invited Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt to answer three questions about things that are un-Googleable.

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Not My Job: Steve Martin Takes A Quiz About Boring People()  

Actor Steve Martin arrives at the American Idol season 8 grand finale in May 2009 in Los Angeles.

May 4, 2013 Steve Martin is a comedian, a playwright, an author, an art collector, an actor, a Grammy-winning banjo player, a composer and, as we all know, a "wild and crazy guy." So we've decided to ask him questions about the most mundane and dull guys we could find.

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Not My Job: Kal Penn Takes A Quiz On The Microbiome()  

Kal Penn

April 27, 2013 In honor of the colonies of bacteria and other critters alive in our bodies, we've invited Penn to play a game called "Ahhh! Get It Off Me!"

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Not My Job: Food Writer Mark Bittman Takes A Quiz About Batman()  

Mark Bittman

April 13, 2013 We've invited him to play a game called "Holy, Bittman, Batman!" We guessing Bittman gets mistaken for the Caped Crusader all the time, so we're going to ask him three questions about Batman.

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Rick Nielsen Of Cheap Trick Plays Not My Job()  

Rick Nielsen

April 6, 2013 Rick Nielsen formed Cheap Trick with three of his friends back in 1973 in Rockford, Ill., and since then they've traveled the world and put out more than 16 albums. He'll play a game called "BAAAAAAAA." Three questions about sheep tricks.

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R&B Singer Aaron Neville Plays Not My Job()  

Aaron Neville

March 30, 2013 One of Neville's big hits was "Don't Know Much," so we've invited him to play a game called "I Do Know Much!" Three questions about Jeopardy! champions.

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Professional Pickpocket Apollo Robbins Plays Not My Job()  

Apollo Robbins

March 23, 2013 Sure he knows a lot about picking pockets, but what does he know about Hot Pockets? We'll ask Robbins three questions about microwavable turnovers.

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Singer Huey Lewis Plays Not My Job ()  

Huey Lewis

March 16, 2013 We invite the lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News to play a game called "You call yourself a newsman?" Three questions about mistakes in the actual news.

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Secretary Of Education Arne Duncan Plays Not My Job()  

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan addresses the opening session of the first federal Bullying Prevention Summit on Aug. 11, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

March 9, 2013 We've invited Duncan to play a game called "Now, don't be fresh ... I just take dictation!" Three questions for the secretary of education about the education of secretaries.

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Sportscaster Jon Miller Plays Not My Job()  

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Jon Miller during a ceremony to celebrate his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

March 2, 2013 A Hall of Fame broadcaster who did the play-by-play on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for 20 years, Miller is the voice of the San Francisco Giants. He answers three questions about strange food.

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Al Gore Plays Not My Job()  

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore delivers a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on Dec. 15, 2009.

February 16, 2013 Back in 2011, Gore's former boss Bill Clinton appeared on Wait Wait and correctly answered three questions about the My Little Pony children's TV show. We're going to ask Gore three questions about Shetland ponies.

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Singer Erykah Badu Plays Not My Job()  

Erykah Badu performs as part of the Sugar Water Festival at the Greek Theatre on Aug. 9, 2005, in Los Angeles, Calif.

February 9, 2013 Valentine's Day is coming up, and if you don't have a date — don't worry. There's help for everybody out there. Everybody. We've invited Badu to answer three questions about super-specialized dating sites.

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Astronaut Mae Jemison Plays Not My Job()  

Mae Jemison

February 2, 2013 In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to fly in space when she served as a science mission specialist on the space shuttle Endeavour. We've decided to ask the space pioneer three questions about a truly unpredictable vehicle — the airport shuttle.

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Tech Guru Guy Kawasaki Plays Not My Job()  

Guy Kawasaki

January 26, 2013 Thirty years ago, Kawasaki went to work for a computer company that was trying to change the business with a product named after a fruit. Since helping launch the Macintosh computer, Kawasaki has been a venture capitalist, author and business consultant. We ask him three questions about Scientology.

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Melinda Gates Plays Not My Job()  

Melinda Gates

January 19, 2013 The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plays a game called "But I meant well, your Majesty." Three questions about gifts given to Queen Elizabeth II.

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Actor Jeff Bridges Plays Not My Job()  

Actor Jeff Bridges arrives at the premiere of Crazy Heart in December 2009 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.

January 12, 2013 Bridges has been in dozens of films but will always be known for his defining performance as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. He recently co-wrote a book called The Dude and the Zen Master. We'll ask Bridges three questions about The Bridges of Madison County.

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Actor And Comedian Fred Armisen Plays Not My Job()  

Actor Fred Armisen in New York City on Jan. 31, 2011

December 22, 2012 We've invited the Saturday Night Live and Portlandia star to answer three questions about journalistic retractions inspired by the Poynter Institute's list of the best/worst journalistic errors of 2012.

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Hugh Bonneville Of 'Downton Abbey' Plays Not My Job()  

Actor Hugh Bonneville speaks onstage in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July 2012.

December 8, 2012 We've invited Bonneville to play a game called "Welcome to America, Lord Grantham": three questions about the TLC show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

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Jake Tapper Of ABC News Plays Not My Job()  

Jake Tapper

December 1, 2012 We've invited ABC's longtime chief White House correspondent to answer three questions about a real tapper: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

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