Complete the List, Episode 5
I'd Like To Thank The Search for Tomorrow

Thursday, June 29, 2017


Contestants: Jeff Frank, Ben Ingram, Dren Rollins
Because Episode 4 spent longer than expected in the editing bay, this episode was released first.
Categories
Since I Was BornWho's Afraid of the Big Bad Category
Daytime HappeningsThey Can Shred
God Save the King (or Queen)Wordful Sketches by Boz
Panama Is a HatKnow Your Canada

Correct, unique: 2 pointsCorrect, repeated: 1 pointIncorrect: 0 pointsPlayer doubled the category


ROUND 1
Jeff - Daytime Happenings

Name a television series that has won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
JeffBenDrenNot given
The Young and the RestlessGuiding LightSanta BarbaraRyan's Hope; The Doctors; The Edge of Night
General HospitalDays of our LivesThe Bold and the Beautiful
All My ChildrenAs The World TurnsAnother World
One Life To LiveSearch for TomorrowLoving
ROUND 116612


ROUND 2
Ben - God Save the King (or Queen)

Name a name that has been used by an undisputed King or Queen of England since the Battle of Hastings.
BenDrenJeffNot given
WilliamElizabethVictoriaStephen; Philip
(An explanation of why Philip was an acceptable response was provided by Andy before the start of Episode 4. This dispute was recalled in the title of a category played in Episode 32.)
GeorgeHenryEdward
CharlesJamesRichard
JohnAnneMary
ROUND 2888
TOTAL142024


ROUND 3
Dren - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Category

Name any Disney animated feature film - that is, a film from Walt Disney Animation Studios - released prior to 1975.
DrenJeffBenNot given
BambiCinderellaSnow White and the Seven DwarfsSaludos Amigos; The Three Caballeros; Make Mine Music; Fun and Fancy Free; Melody Time; The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad; Peter Pan; The Sword in the Stone; The Aristocats; Robin Hood
Sleeping BeautyPinocchioDumbo
Fantasia101 DalmatiansThe Jungle Book
The RescuersAlice in WonderlandLady and the Tramp
ROUND 3688
TOTAL263222


HALFTIME
0-1 year away: 1 point2-5 years away: ½ point>5 years away: 0 points
The rules explanation for this halftime round stated that full credit would be awarded for responses within two years, and half credit for responses within ten years. (Perhaps a leftover piece of audio?) Nonetheless, it was scored as stated above, consistent with every other episode of CtL.

IN WHAT YEAR…Correct yearJeffBenDren
did the standoff known as the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?1962196219621962
was the first video uploaded to YouTube?2006200620051996
was Cher's song "Believe" the Billboard Hot 100 year-end No. 1 song?1999199919982000
did Harry Truman become President of the United States?1945194519451945
The musical Les Misérables has run continuously in London's West End since what year?1985198719871989
was F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby first published?1925192519251925
did Canada first host a Summer Olympics?1976197619761976
did the Charlton Heston movie The Ten Commandments premiere?1956195919561959
HALFTIME76
TOTAL3929½32


ROUND 4
Jeff - Since I Was Born

[Andy Saunders] was born on September 12, 1983. Name a team that has won a Stanley Cup in [his] lifetime.
JeffBenDrenNot given
Pittsburgh Penguins(New York) Rangers(Calgary) FlamesAnaheim Ducks; Tampa Bay Lightning; Dallas Stars
Detroit Red Wings(Chicago) Blackhawks(Edmonton) Oilers
Boston Bruins(Carolina) Hurricanes(New Jersey) Devils
Montréal Canadiens(Los Angeles) Kings(Colorado) Avalanche
ROUND 4888
TOTAL4737½40


ROUND 5
Ben - Panama Is a Hat

Name any country with land on the mainland of South America.
BenDrenJeffNot given
ColombiaBrazilArgentinaEcuador; France (via French Guiana, un département d'outre-mer); Uruguay
ChilePeruVenezuela
ParaguaySurinameBolivia
GuyanaFrench GuianaEcuador
ROUND 51668
TOTAL53½4655


ROUND 6
Dren - Wordful Sketches by Boz

Name a published work by Charles Dickens that is generally considered to be either a novel or a novella.
DrenJeffBenNot given
Bleak HouseA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsMartin Chuzzlewit; Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
(Barnaby Rudge was in Andy's list, and seems to fit the category, but was not read.)
The Old Curiosity ShopOliver TwistA Christmas Carol
The Mystery of Edwin DroodDavid CopperfieldThe Pickwick Papers
Little DorritNicholas NickelbyDombey and Son
ROUND 6888
TOTAL546361½


GRAND FINALE
Category: Television
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, how many episodes of The Simpsons have aired [through the end of its twenty-eighth season]?
Answer and boundsDrenBenJeff
679
618
557
616585617
WAGER16915
FINAL SCORE7070½78
Winner: Jeff Frank

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