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Sept. 30, 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: "Congress isn't driving the bus over a cliff -- that's what the administration asked for, but Congress refused. Instead they simply removed the guard rail, fired the traffic cops, gave the keys to a drunk driver, and closed their eyes."

That's blog commenter "Katherine" on Obsidian Wings describing a bill that made it through Congress regarding how the United States of America treats who?

• Answer 1

Quote 2

Carl: "It's four hours and back to your FEMA trailer."

That's filmmaker Spike Lee on ESPN harshing the mellow, as it were, of the people celebrating the festive re-opening of what building last Monday night?

Hint: It happened on national TV... on Monday night.

• Answer 2

Quote 3

Carl: "Whoa! OK, sir that's much too big! That's much larger than we allow."

That's an airport screener at Los Angeles International Airport talking to a passenger who broke the newly announced rules for carrying what on planes?

• Answer 3

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