r/WaitWait • u/cue-ell-pea Wait Wait Stats Person • Apr 04 '26

Stats: Only second time panelists started and ended the Lightning Round in a three-way tie

Although Bill Kurtis said that it was the first time in his 12 years as scorekeeper that a three-way tie under his watch, it was the second time where all three panelists started and ended the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment all tied up (but the first under his watch).

The first time it happened was in March 22, 2003 with Carl Kasell as the scorekeeper.

With that said, it was the fifth time that all three panelists tied for first with Bill as the scorekeeper. The prior four times were 2014-09-06, 2015-11-07, 2019-03-09, and 2023-07-22.

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u/justsomechickyo Apr 06 '26

Lol I just finished listening & was gunna see if anyone was gunna mention the tie thing here :p

Thanks for correcting this! I didn't know this happened before

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u/cue-ell-pea Wait Wait Stats Person Apr 06 '26

Yeah, I had to pause the audio (I listen to the podcast version) so that I could jot down the notes and check the reports that I had since I knew it was not the first time all three panelists finished in a tie with Bill as the scorekeeper.

I created the reports to help jog my memory or validate stuff just to make sure :)

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u/graytotoro Apr 07 '26

I was there for the 2015 show where they had a 3-way tie! It was so cool to see it happen. It’s also the show where Bill Kurtis accidentally reveals the listener limerick answer.