Chuck Todd Bombs on 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'

For the NPR listeners in our audience, this is old news. But those of you who didn't tune in to this weekend's edition of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" need to brace yourself for a real shocker:

Chuck Todd has a lousy grasp of esoteric Iceland trivia.

Chuck and his dashing goatee called in to the popular public radio show on Saturday to answer questions in a segment called "Not My Job." This week's theme was "Well, it's never too late to go back to cod-fishing..." and before you ask, no, it wasn't a retirement plan for Congressman/tugboat captain Don Young (R-AK).

In fact, the segment concerned a Michael Lewis article in Vanity Fair about the collapse of Iceland's international banking industry.

And let's just say our old friend Chuck should stick to interviewing the President, aggregating polling data, and being a national authority on politics, okay? In a truly low point for NBC News, Todd revealed that he did not know that:

a) The major street hazard in Reykjavík today is getting hit by exploding Range Rovers.

b) Icelandic law requires that construction projects on the island cannot begin until the site is deemed clear of magical elves who might be living there. (We think Sen. Jim Bunning would approve.)

To be fair to Todd, he did correctly identify Iceland's chief finance minister as a veterinarian by trade, but it wasn't enough for a winning score.

Unfortunately for fans of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!", they're not going to get any real expertise until Sarah Palin appears on a Russia-themed episode or Tom Tancredo is quizzed about drug-dealing, child-raping Latinos pouring across our border faster than a machine gun can cut them down.