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===Opening tease===
As with other NPR programs, ''Wait Wait'' offers a one-minute top-of-hour billboard teasing the program that will follow the network's hourly newscast (which traditionally starts at 1 minute past the hour). In this minute, the host offers a humorous comment on the week's news, mentions the identity of the week's interview guest, and sets up an out-of-context reading by the announcer (Bill Kurtis since 2014, though [[Chioke I'Anson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/wait-wait-for-dec-24-2022-with-not-my-job-guest-sarah-polley/|title='Wait Wait' for Dec. 24, 2022: With Not My Job guest Sarah Polley|publisher=[[WNYC]]|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref> and [[Lakshmi Singh]] have substituted<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/04/1198908185/dr-rae-wynn-grant-talks-bear-attacks-and-gummy-bears|title=Large carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant talks black bears and gummy bears|publisher=NPR|date=November 4, 2023|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref>) of a quote or game title from the episode.
===Who's Bill This Time?===
The contestant is asked to identify the speaker or explain the context of three quotations from that week's major news stories as read by the announcer (usually Bill Kurtis). Each answer is followed by a humorous discussion of the story by the host and the panelists. Two correct answers constitute a win for the contestant. Prior to Kasell's retirement, the segment was known as "Who's Carl This Time?" and he read the quotations.
===Panel questions===
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===Listener Limerick Challenge===
Kurtis (or the announcer) reads three [[Limerick (poetry)|limericks]] connected to unusual news stories, leaving out the last word or phrase of each. The contestant wins the prize by correctly completing any two of them. The limericks are written by Philipp Goedicke.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/features/2001/011116.limerick.html Limerick Lesson by Philipp Goedicke] Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.</ref>
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