Complete the List, Episode 31
I Just Don't Trust The Drinkers Of America
Thursday, December 14, 2017 |
Contestants: Harris Stutman, Gord Reid, Andrew Thomas |
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Categories |
Kermit Doesn't Count | A Slightly Less Contentious Category for This Topic |
I Thought This List Would Be Longer | That Is So Cold |
Not a Lot of Say | Hoop Dreams Fizzled |
The Really Potent Potables | Two of the Answers Are Band Names |
Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Harris - Hoop Dreams Fizzled
Name a basketball movie released in 1982 or later that grossed at least $10 million in North America, not accounting for inflation. |
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| Harris | Gord | Andrew | Not given |
| White Men Can't Jump | Hoosiers | Space Jam | Like Mike; Glory Road; Semi-Pro; Love and Basketball; He Got Game; Just Right; The Air Up There; Rebound; Above the Rim; O; The Sixth Man; Juwanna Man; Sunset Park |
| The Basketball Diaries | Blue Chips | Coach Carter |
| (pass) | Air Bud | Hoop Dreams |
| Air Bud 2 (Golden Receiver) | Eddie | Angels on the Hoop |
ROUND 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
ROUND 2Gord - Kermit Doesn't Count
Listener-submitted by Andre Cormier.
According to a 2016 Yahoo! ranking, name any of the twenty most popular Muppet regulars on Sesame Street to appear on the series between 1969 and its 2015 move to HBO. |
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| Gord | Andrew | Harris | Not given |
| Gonzo | Bert | Cookie Monster | Oscar the Grouch; Count von Count; Guy Smiley; Prairie Dawn; Murray; Mr. Johnson; Slimey; Rosita; Sherlock Hemlock; Harry; Roosevelt Franklin; Abby Cadabby |
| Swedish Chef | Ernie | Grover |
| Big Bird | Elmo | Animal |
| Snuffleupagas | Telly | Sam the Eagle |
ROUND 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
TOTAL | 12 | 20 | 10 |
ROUND 3Andrew - The Really Potent Potables
Listener-submitted by Lisa Wolfisch.
Name one of the top twelve most ordered liquor brands in U.S. bars and restaurants in the first six months of 2017. (The brands could originate anywhere.) |
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| Andrew | Harris | Gord | Not given |
| Jack Daniel's | Jim Beam | Captain Morgan | Tito's Vodka; Ketel One; Patrón; Bullitt; Don Julio; Absolut; Maker's Mark; Deep Eddy |
| Smirnoff | Bombay | Hennessey |
| Tanqueray | Crown Royal | Grey Goose |
| Jose Cuervo | John Jameson | Jägermeister |
ROUND 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
TOTAL | 22 | 14 | 14 |
HALFTIME
0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Harris | Gord | Andrew |
was the Best Picture Oscar-winning Ben-Hur first released? | 1959 | 1958 | 1952 | 1959 |
did the first episode of The A-Team first air? | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1982 |
did the Taylor Swift song "Blank Space" reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? | 2014 | 2012 | 2015 | 2014 |
were the Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany? | 1936 | 1936 | 1936 | 1936 |
was Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games first published? | 2008 | 2004 | 2009 | 2008 |
did Ronald Reagan receive his first electoral vote for President? | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 |
did the Tet Offensive occur? | 1968 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 |
was the International Space Station launched? | 1998 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 |
HALFTIME | | 6½ | 6½ | 8 |
TOTAL | | 20½ | 20½ | 30 |
ROUND 4Harris - I Thought This List Would Be Longer
Listener-submitted by Hunter York.
Name any men's Division I basketball team that has won the NCAA national championship in 1990 or later. |
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| Harris | Gord | Andrew | Not given |
| Duke | North Carolina | Villanova | UNLV; Arkansas; UCLA; Arizona; Michigan State |
| Connecticut | Kentucky | Syracuse |
| Louisville* | Florida | Florida |
| Maryland | Kansas | Indiana |
ROUND 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
TOTAL | 28½ | 36½ | 35 |
* This episode was recorded and released before the NCAA Committee on Infractions ruling that vacated Louisville's 2013 championship. |
ROUND 5Gord - Two of the Answers Are Band Names
Name a Prince song that went to No. 10 or higher on the Billboard Hot 100. |
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| Gord | Andrew | Harris | Not given |
| Purple Rain | Little Red Corvette | When Doves Cry | Delirious; I Would Die 4 U; Pop Life; Sign o' the Times; U Got the Look; I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man; Alphabet St. Batdance; Theives in the Temple; Diamonds and Pearls; 7; The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
| 1999 | Let's Go Crazy | Raspberry Beret |
| Kiss | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Kiss |
| Cream | Cream | Cream |
ROUND 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
TOTAL | 42½ | 40 | 34½ |
ROUND 6Andrew - That Is So Cold
Listener-submitted by Michael Simon.
Of the 92 naturally occurring elements on the periodic table, thirteen have a melting point below 0 °C at standard pressure. Give me the name of one of those elements. |
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| Andrew | Harris | Gord | Not given |
| mercury | carbon | neon | bromine; chlorine; flourine; krypton |
| oxygen | helium | hydrogen |
| nitrogen | xenon | argon |
| radon | radon | lithium |
ROUND 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
TOTAL | 48 | 39½ | 48½ |
GRAND FINALE
Category: Sports Venues |
It's the largest sporting venue in the United States not used for motor racing. What is the permanent seating capacity of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky? |
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Answer and bounds | Harris | Andrew | Gord |
132,000 120,000 108,000 | 122,000 | 120,047 | 145,000 |
WAGER | 10 | 8 | 16 |
FINAL SCORE | 49½ | 56 | 32½ |
Winner: Andrew Thomas |