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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
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- 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
- Online:
- Publisher description
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