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Sunday, December 02, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
Untangle An 'Act Of God'
December 2, 2012 Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase in the form "____ of ____." The letters in the first and last words of each phrase are rearranged. You give the phrases. For example, "Cat of Dog " becomes "Act of God."
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Jake Tapper Of ABC News Plays Not My Job
December 1, 2012 We've invited ABC's longtime chief White House correspondent to answer three questions about a real tapper: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
A Puzzle More Delicious Than A Chard Shard
November 25, 2012 Every answer consists of a made-up two-word phrase in which the first word starts with CH, and the second word is pronounced the same as the first except with an SH sound at the start. (The spelling may or may not change.) For example, given the clue "some Central African fish," the answer would be "Chad shad."
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Economist Paul Krugman Plays Not My Job
November 24, 2012 Paul Krugman — a professor at Princeton, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and author of many books — has been called "the Mick Jagger of political/economic punditry." We'll ask him three questions about diplomatic gift giving.
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Astrophysicist Adam Riess Plays Not My Job
November 24, 2012 Before he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Adam Riess had already won a MacArthur "genius" grant, and just about every prize there is to win in his field. So there's really only one place left for him to be victorious: the Not My Job game.
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Not My Job: We Quiz NASA Engineers On Mars Candy
November 24, 2012 On Sunday night, while the rest of us were ooohing and aahing over gymnastics, a bunch of propeller heads at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory were flawlessly steering a billion-dollar robotic space laboratory the size of a minivan to a landing on Mars.
Monday, November 19, 2012
The Salt
Sandwich Monday: Breathable Chocolate
November 19, 2012 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try Le Whif breathable chocolate. It's a great way to get your chocolate fix without all the pesky chewing. It's also the perfect thing if you've been meaning to start smoking but want to ease your way in.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
Being Initially Famous
November 18, 2012 Each clue is a two- or three-word description of a famous person in which the initial letters of the description are also the initials of the person. For example, given the clue "Motown great," the answer would be Marvin Gaye.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Brewery Owner Randy Sprecher Plays Not My Job
November 17, 2012 We've invited the founder of Milwaukee's Specher Brewing Company to answer three questions about Carrie Nation, the famously violent prohibitionist.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
Saluting The Flag
November 11, 2012 Sunday is Veterans Day, so we have a game of categories based on flags. Given some categories, for each one name something in the category beginning with each of the letters F, L, A, G and S.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Martha Stewart Plays Not My Job
November 10, 2012 For the past 30 years, the homemaking guru has taught people to be classy, useful and elegant, frequently employing her trademark line, "It's a good thing." We've invited her to play a game called "It's a bad thing." Three questions about terrible do-it-yourself craft projects.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Sunday Puzzle
What's In A Name?
November 4, 2012 Every answer today consists of the names of two famous people. The last name of the first person is an anagram of the first name of the last person. Given the nonanagram parts of the names, you identify the people.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Smithsonian's Wayne Clough Plays Not My Job
November 3, 2012 The Smithsonian Institution is often called The Nation's Attic, which makes Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian, the crazy guy up in the attic hoarding all that stuff. Since he's in charge of the stuff that's worth keeping, we'll quiz him on all the stuff people collect that isn't.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monkey See
What Makes A Horror Game Go Bump in the Night?
October 31, 2012 Harold Goldberg says that in horror-themed games, sometimes you're the frightener and sometimes you're the frightened. But manipulations of horror and terror can work on you either way.
