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March 18, 2006

Welcome to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR's weekly news quiz program. Find out how well you know your news by playing the interactive online version below. You can also listen to this week's show with host Peter Sagal.

Who's Carl This Time?

Quote 1

CARL: "Here's how it works: "It starts at... 64, then 32, then 16. It's just like Bush's approval rating."

That's David Letterman comparing the president's poll numbers to what sporting event that started this week?

Hint: In this case, it's 64 games, then 32 and so on.

• Answer 1

Quote 2

CARL: "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem -- and he's cashed plenty of checks -- with our show making fun of Christians."

That's South Park co-creator Matt Stone lashing out at one of his stars who quit this week, supposedly over the show's treatment of religion. Who?

Hint: He's rewritten his biggest hit so it goes, "That L. Ron Hubbard is a bad mother…" SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

• Answer 2

Quote 3

Carl: "Forgive me imam, Anwar Sadat says... his words not mine... you are a 'lunatic.'"

That's perhaps the most famous question asked by someone who announced he would be retiring after decades of tough interviews... Who?

Hint: tick, tick, tick, tick..

• Answer 3

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