Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Reports

First Appearance Wins

This report provides a list of panelists that have won outright or were tied for first place on their first appearance on the show.

Please note that the information in this report does not include information for panelists that had that won on their first appearance prior to January 2000. This is due to the lack of scoring information for those shows.

Panelist Show Date Start Correct Total Score Rank
Alexandra Petri 2017-02-18 4 6 16 First
Ashley Ray 2022-02-19 2 6 14 First Tied
Cristela Alonzo 2021-05-29 3 5 13 First Tied
Evan Smith 2001-09-29 4 6 16 First
John Hodgman 2017-11-18 3 5 13 First Tied
Josh Gondelman 2019-11-02 3 5 13 First
Karen Grigsby Bates 2004-03-27 4 7 18 First
Ken Jennings 2013-06-01 4 6 16 First Tied
Kyrie O'Connor 2004-10-16 3 7 17 First Tied
Luke Burbank 2006-07-01 3 6 15 First
Moshe Kasher 2014-09-13 4 4 12 First
Negin Farsad 2017-03-18 3 5 13 First
Nick Hancock 2011-12-24 6 5 16 First
Ophira Eisenberg 2014-06-14 4 5 14 First
Patt Morrison 2000-07-08 4 5 14 First
Peter Grosz 2010-06-19 3 5 13 First
Peter Sagal 1998-01-03 - - 24 First
Phoebe Robinson 2017-06-24 4 4 12 First Tied
Robby Hoffman 2023-04-22 2 6 14 First
Sue Ellicott 1998-12-05 4 5 14 First
Tara Clancy 2018-03-10 3 7 17 First