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Interesting to see a spike in traffic on the Wait Wait Stats Page for a certain person's page during the NPR+ special event with Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis.
Not saying who it is as it's still under wraps, as it were. 🙃
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CW: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Spoilers
The last time that a Not My Job guest has not won the prize for the listener contestant was when Gary Oldman answered zero questions correct back in 2024-09-21.
On this week's show, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) only answered one question correct.
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CW: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Spoilers
At the end of the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment on this week's Wait Wait, all three panelists started and ended in a three-way tie.
Bill Kurtis said, "Well, in my 12 years here, we've never had a three-way tie."
Until today's show, Bill has been the scorekeeper on four shows where all three panelists ended in a three-way tie: 2014-09-06, 2015-11-07, 2019-03-09, and 2023-07-22.
Alzo Slade was the guest scorekeeper on the 2025-12-13 show where another three-way tie happened.
Lightning Fill In The Blank Ending in a Three-Way Tie: https://reports.wwdt.me/shows/lightning-round-ending-three-way-tie
I'll give Bill the benefit of the doubt here as this was the first time he's been a scorekeeper on a show where the panelists started and ended in a three-way tie.
Before Bill became a scorekeeper on the show, there was one instance of that back in 2003-03-22 when Carl Kasell was the scorekeeper.
Lightning Fill In The Blank Starting and Ending in a Three-Way Tie: https://reports.wwdt.me/shows/lightning-round-starting-ending-three-way-tie
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CW: Slight Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Spoilers
Joyelle Nicole Johnson said answering 5 Lightning Fill In The Blank questions correct was the most she's gotten right.
She has actually answered 6 questions correct three times before this week's show:
Nov 23 2024: https://stats.wwdt.me/shows/2024/11/23
Dec 14 2024: https://stats.wwdt.me/shows/2024/12/14
May 3 2025: https://stats.wwdt.me/shows/2025/5/3