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High Scoring Shows

This report provides a list of shows in which the total score for all three panelists is greater than or equal to 50, listed in descending order.

Total Score Show Date Location Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest
55 2004-11-13 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Mo Rocca: 20
  • Paula Poundstone: 18
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 17
 Phil Koeghan: 1
54 2020-04-18 Home/Remote Studios Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Peter Grosz: 20
  • Adam Felber: 19
  • Negin Farsad: 15
 Tom Hanks: 2
54 2019-10-05 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Tom Bodett: 19
  • Faith Salie: 18
  • Helen Hong: 17
 Danica Patrick: 2
53 2011-05-28 North Charleston Performing Arts Center (Charleston, SC) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Tom Bodett: 20
  • Faith Salie: 17
  • Adam Felber: 16
 Bob Waggoner: 2
52 2003-11-01 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Roxanne Roberts: 19
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 17
  • Paula Poundstone: 16
 Molly Ivins: 2
51 2021-01-16 Home/Remote Studios Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Roxanne Roberts: 20
  • Luke Burbank: 17
  • Negin Farsad: 14
 Phoebe Bridgers: 2
51 2018-11-17 Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (Orlando, FL) Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Mo Rocca: 19
  • Adam Felber: 17
  • Tara Clancy: 15
 Aaron Gordon: 2
51 2018-08-04 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Alonzo Bodden: 19
  • Roxanne Roberts: 18
  • Adam Burke: 14
 Uzo Aduba: 2
51 2017-11-11 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Roxanne Roberts: 21
  • Tom Bodett: 18
  • P.J. O'Rourke: 12
 Lee Unkrich: 2
51 2017-07-29 Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Bill Kurtis
  • Adam Felber: 19
  • Roxanne Roberts: 16
  • Mo Rocca: 16
 Ryan Dempster: 2
51 2006-03-11 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Adam Felber: 20
  • Kyrie O'Connor: 16
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 15
 Scott Simon: 1
51 2003-08-02 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Bill Radke Carl Kasell
  • Roxanne Roberts: 18
  • Adam Felber: 17
  • P.J. O'Rourke: 16
 Lisa Ling: 0
50 2014-03-29 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Mike Pesca Carl Kasell
  • Tom Bodett: 17
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 17
  • Kyrie O'Connor: 16
 Itzhak Perlman: 3
50 2012-04-28 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Paula Poundstone: 18
  • Amy Dickinson: 16
  • Tom Bodett: 16
 Barry Sonnenfeld: 2
50 2007-07-21 Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Adam Felber: 19
  • Roxanne Roberts: 17
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 14
 Patrick Fitzgerald: 1 *
50 2006-02-11 Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Korva Coleman
  • Adam Felber: 18
  • Kyrie O'Connor: 17
  • Roxanne Roberts: 15
 Sally Jesse Raphael: 0
50 2005-10-29 Sangamon Auditorium (Springfield, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Adam Felber: 20
  • Mo Rocca: 16
  • Paula Poundstone: 14
 Ted Allen: 0
50 2005-01-15 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Brian Unger Carl Kasell
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 19
  • Kyrie O'Connor: 18
  • Mo Rocca: 13
 Rulon Gardner: 0
50 2004-12-18 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 18
  • Adam Felber: 17
  • Sue Ellicott: 15
 Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne: 1
50 2004-12-11 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Adam Felber: 19
  • Kyrie O'Connor: 16
  • P.J. O'Rourke: 15
 Ruth Reichl: 0
50 2004-01-10 Chicago Public Radio/WBEZ (Chicago, IL) Peter Sagal Carl Kasell
  • Adam Felber: 20
  • Paula Poundstone: 15
  • Roy Blount, Jr.: 15
 Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil: 2
Total Score Show Date Location Host Scorekeeper Panelists Guest