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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U.S. Soccer Star Abby Wambach Plays Not My Job
October 27, 2012 Since Wambach sounds kind of like wombat, we've invited Abby to answer three questions about the cuddly marsupials. Our game will take about four minutes ... and will probably have more scoring than 90 minutes of soccer.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Plays Not My Job
October 20, 2012 In January 2007, Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to be sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives. We've invited her to answer three questions about men who've broken gender barriers.
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Musician Ben Folds Plays Not My Job
October 6, 2012 Years ago, musician Ben Folds started a band with his two friends and called it the Ben Folds Five. Ben Folds went on to have a solo career, but he's gotten the band back together and their new album is The Sound of the Life of the Mind. Folds plays a game called "I'll Be Back!"
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Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe Plays Not My Job
September 29, 2012 We're pretty sure Kluwe is either the nerdiest player in the NFL, and/or the most athletic nerd in history. We've invited him to answer three questions about the Ig Nobel awards, which honor some of the more ridiculous breakthroughs in science.
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CDC Director Thomas Frieden Plays 'Not My Job'
September 22, 2012 We've invited the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to play a game called "Try to stop these viruses!" Three questions about viral marketing campaigns gone awry.
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'Thrones' Author George R.R. Martin Plays Not My Job
September 15, 2012 The author of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones takes a quiz called Game of Trombones. Three questions about things that rhyme with thrones.
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Singer-Songwriter Bonnie Raitt Plays Not My Job
September 8, 2012 We've invited legendary blues musician Bonnie Raitt to answer three questions about a guy named Donnie Raitt. (It's amazing what you find sometimes just by mistyping your search terms into Google.)
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Ambassador Peter Westmacott Plays Not My Job
August 25, 2012 We do what damage we can on this show, but it's not often we get the chance to cause a real international incident. So we're very excited that Sir Peter Westmacott, Great Britain's ambassador to the U.S., has agreed to play our quiz.
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Comedian Mike Birbiglia Plays Not My Job
August 18, 2012 Mike Birbiglia gained fame with his monologues on This American Life. Now, along with TAL host Ira Glass, he's made one of his stories into a new movie called Sleepwalk with Me. He answers three questions about Julia Child, who would have turned 100 on Wednesday.
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Not My Job: We Quiz NASA Engineers On Mars Candy
August 11, 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.
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Dax Shepard And Kristen Bell Play Not My Job
August 4, 2012 We ask the real-life Hollywood couple about legendary star pair Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: Three questions about a Hollywood pair who knew how to live large.
