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Wait, wait-- don't tell me! : the oddly informative news quiz / foreword by Roy Blount, Jr.

LIBRA GV1507.Q5 W35 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Blount, Roy, Jr., 1941- writer of foreword.
Sagal, Peter, writer of preface.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wait, wait-- don't tell me! (Radio program).
National Public Radio (U.S.).
Radio quiz shows.
Radio scripts.
Radio programs--United States.
Radio programs.
American wit and humor.
radio scripts.
United States.
Genre:
Radio programs.
Radio scripts.
Radio quiz shows.
FAQs.
Physical Description:
xiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Distribution:
[New York, N.Y.] : St. Martin's Press.
Place of Publication:
[Emmaus, Pennsylvania] : Rodale, [2002]
Summary:
Includes the quiz material featured on NPR's weekly quiz show, testing readers' knowledge about everything from animals to criminals.
Contents:
Animals : weird wild kingdom / introduction by Sue Ellicott
Business : capitalist fools / introduction by Adam Felber
Education : Why Johnny can't read but feels really, really good about himself anyway / introduction by Roxanne Roberts
Entertainment : the outer reaches of narcissism / introduction by Adam Felber
Foreign news : global warming / introduction by Sue Ellicott
Politics : adventures with windbag politicians / introduction by P.J. O'Rourke
Science : blinded by the pursuit of knowledge / introduction by Roxanne Roberts
Stupid criminals : favorite felonious citizens / introduction by Charles P. Pierce
Miscellaneous : all the news that doesn't fit / introduction by Peter Sagal.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
1579546536
9781579546533
OCLC:
50091866

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