Limerick (poetry) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

On the weekly NPR news quiz program "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!", there is a segment called the "Listener Limerick Challenge" in which news-related limericks are read. The final word or phrase is left off for the contestant to guess.

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