Thursday, January 11, 2018

Correct, unique: 2 points

Correct, repeated: 1 point

Incorrect: 0 points

Player doubled the category

Name an American syndicated television series that sells national advertising (thus eliminating The Simpsons), airs Monday through Friday, and had a weekly household rating of 1.7 or higher from December 4 - 10, 2017.
	Choyon	Dan	Greg	Not given
	Seinfeld	Ellen	Jeopardy!	The Big Bang Theory; Dr. Phil; Inside Edition; Modern Family; Hot Bench; Live with Kelly and Ryan; Relationship Court; Family Guy; The Goldbergs; Last Man Standing; Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
	Wheel of Fortune	Dr. Oz	Family Feud
	Judge Judy	Entertainment Tonight	The Steve Harvey Show
	Judge Mathis	TMZ	The People's Court
ROUND 1	4	4	6

In 1988, Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Beloved. Name a female author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction prior to that.
	Dan	Greg	Choyon	Not given
	Willa Cather	Pearl Buck	Edna Ferber	Edith Wharton; Margaret Wilson; Julia Peterkin; Margaret Ayer Barnes; Caroline Miller; Josephine Winslow Johnson; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Ellen Glasgow; Shirley Ann Grau; Katherine Anne Porter; Jean Stafford; Alice Walker; Alison Lurie
	Anne Rice	Harper Lee	Margaret Mitchell
	(pass)	Eudora Welty	Lillian Hellman
	(pass)	Donna Tartt	Shirley Jackson
ROUND 2	2	12	4
TOTAL	6	18	8

Name a duo or group with at least one female member that has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
	Greg	Choyon	Dan	Not given
	The Supremes	The Bangles	The Shirelles	The Platters; Ike & Tina Turner; Sly & the Family Stone; The Grateful Dead; Martha & the Vandellas; Gladys Knight & the Pips; Jefferson Airplane; Velvet Underground; Fleetwood Mac; Staples Singers; Talking Heads; Pretenders; Blondie; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
	The Mamas and the Papas	Bananarama	The Marvelettes
	Heart	Joan Jett & The Heartbreakers	Joan Jett & The Heartbreakers
	ABBA	B-52's	The Runaways
ROUND 3	8	0	2
TOTAL	26	8	8

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Choyon	Dan	Greg
was the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs first released?	1937	1937	1939	1937
did the first episode of the television series The Jeffersons first air?	1975	1977	1975	1976
was the Bob Dylan album Highway 61 Revisited first released?	1965	1968	1967	1964
did the New York Rangers win their most recent Stanley Cup?	1994	1995	1995	1991
was William Golding's Lord of the Flies first published?	1954	1954	1953	1954
did the only voyage of the RMS Titanic take place?	1912	1912	1918	1914
was Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope, becoming Pope Benedict XVI?	2005	2004	2012	2005
did the first IBM personal computer go on sale?	1981	1981	1982	1980
HALFTIME		7	10	7
TOTAL		15	18	33

Name a movie released in 2016 that, according to Box Office Mojo, grossed at least $140 million in North America. There were twenty.
	Choyon	Dan	Greg	Not given
	Batman vs. Superman	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Zootopia	The Jungle Book; Deadpool; Suicide Squad; Sing; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; Dr. Strange; Hidden Figures; Jason Bourne; Star Trek Beyond; X-Men Apocolypse; Trolls; Kung Fu Panda 3
	The Secret Life of Pets	La La Land	Moana
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Moonlight	Captain America: Civil War
	Iron Man 3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Finding Dory
ROUND 4	4	4	8
TOTAL	19	22	41

As of 2016, the American Gem Trade Association and Jewelers of America have identified twenty gemstones as primary or alternate birthstones associated with people born in a particular month. Give me the name of one of those gemstones.
	Dan	Greg	Choyon	Not given
	emerald	opal	diamond	alexandrite; bloodstone; citrine; moonstone; peridot; spinel; tanzanite; tourmaline; zircon
	ruby	sapphire	garnet
	jade	turquoise	topaz
	aquamarine	amethyst	pearl
ROUND 5	6	8	16
TOTAL	28	49	35

Name someone currently in the United States presidential line of succession that is eligible to assume the Presidency.
	Greg	Choyon	Dan	Not given
	Mike Pence	Paul Ryan	Rex Tillerson	Jeff Sessions; Ryan Zinke; Sonny Perdue; Wilbur Ross; Alex Acosta; Eric Hargan (as acting HHS Secretary); David Shulkin; Kirstjen Nielsen (Elaine Chao holds a position in the line of succession, but is ineligible to the Presidency.)
	(Steven) Mnuchin	(James) Mattis*	Orrin Hatch
	Ben Carson	Mitch McConnell	Rick Perry
	Betsy DeVos	Scott Pruitt	(Linda) McMahon
ROUND 6	8	4	6
TOTAL	57	39	34
(* Choyon's second response seemed to sound like "Mathis" on the recording.)

GRAND FINALE

Category: Highways & Byways
Unsurprisingly, it's over the length limit for funding that was set aside for it. According to the Federal Highway Administration, how many miles of Interstate highway exist in the United States?
Answer and bounds	Dan	Choyon	Greg
51,564 46,876 42,188	30,527,500	413,000	50,000
WAGER	10	16	1½
FINAL SCORE	24	23	58½
Winner: Greg Peterson