Complete the List, Episode 59
I Was Hoping You Were Going to Try Moriarty
| Contestants: Courtney Smith, Cory Harris, Sean Cauley |
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| Categories |
| It Was the Summer of '69 | There's a Unit For That |
| Nothing but Net | Youthful Leaders |
| Mare Nostrum | Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die |
| Doing Double Duty | Twice Upon a Time |
| Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Courtney - It Was the Summer of '69
| Between 1969 and 1992, baseball's National League consisted of twelve teams. Name those twelve teams as they were between 1969 and 1992. |
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| Courtney | Cory | Sean | Not given |
| Boston Red Sox | Pittsburgh Pirates | Chicago Cubs | San Francisco Giants |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Philadelphia Phillies | New York Mets |
| Cincinnati Reds | Atlanta Braves | Houston Astros |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Montreal Expos | San Diego Padres |
| ROUND 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
ROUND 2Cory - Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die
Listener-submitted by Dan Sweatt (slightly modified by Andy).
Name a baseball movie released since 1982 that has grossed at least $20 million in North America.
[Archivist's note: as usual, the list comes from Box Office Mojo, and the box office gross totals are not adjusted for inflation.] |
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| Cory | Sean | Courtney | Not given |
| Major League | Field of Dreams | The Sandlot | 42; Moneyball; The Rookie; The Benchwarmers; Bull Durham; Hardball; Million Dollar Arm; Trouble with the Curve; For Love of the Game; Mr. 3000; Mr. Baseball |
| Major League II | The Natural | Angels in the Outfield |
| Rookie of the Year | Little Big League | Fever Pitch |
| Bad News Bears (2005) | A League of Their Own | The Sandlot 2 |
| ROUND 2 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 24 | 22 | 12 |
ROUND 3Sean - Nothing but Net
Listener-submitted by Jeff Henderson.
| In January 2017, Time magazine published a list of the twenty-five most influential Super Bowl ads of all time. Name a company with an ad featured in this list. |
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| Sean | Courtney | Cory | Not given |
| Apple | Budweiser | Coca-Cola | Snickers; Chrysler; Beyoncé; NO MORE; Nike; E*Trade; Always; Noxzema; Old Spice; Volkswagen; Wendy's |
| Pepsi | Pepsi | McDonald's |
| Monster.com | Nationwide | GoDaddy.com |
| Doritos | Doritos | Pets.com |
| ROUND 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 30 | 16 | 30 |
HALFTIME
| 0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
| IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Courtney | Cory | Sean |
| was the film The French Connection first released? | 1971 | 1956 | 1973 | 1971 |
| was KJ Apa, star of the television series Riverdale, born? | 1997 | 1996 | 1996 | 1999 |
| was +, Ed Sheeran's debut studio album, first released? | 2011 | 2013 | 2013 | 2012 |
| was the first WrestleMania held? | 1985 | 1984 | 1985 | 1984 |
| was the Stephenie Meyer novel Breaking Dawn first published? | 2008 | 2005 | 2006 | 2009 |
| were the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered? | 1947 | 1945 | 1948 | 1937 |
| was the Gemini 5 space mission, where Ed White became the first American to walk in space? | 1965 | 1978 | 1961 | 1966 |
| was the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA first announced? | 1953 | 1965 | 1957 | 1953 |
| HALFTIME | | 3½ | 5½ | 6½ |
| TOTAL | | 19½ | 35½ | 36½ |
ROUND 4Courtney - Doing Double Duty
Listener-submitted by Dan Sweatt.
| Name one of the twenty-two performers that has been inducted twice or more into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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| Courtney | Cory | Sean | Not given |
| Paul McCartney | Ringo Starr | Goerge Harrison | Clyde McPhatter; Jimmy Page; David Crosby; Stephen Stills; Curtis Mayfield; Paul Simon; Johnny Carter; Jeff Beck; Sammy Strain; Graham Nash; Rod Stewart; Ronnie Wood; Lou Reed; Gregg Rolie |
| John Lennon | Peter Gabriel | Eric Clapton |
| Phil Collins | Diana Ross | Dave Grohl |
| Lionel Richie | Neil Young | Michael Jackson |
| ROUND 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 27½ | 41½ | 42½ |
ROUND 5Cory - Twice Upon a Time
| Name someone who has officially portrayed the Doctor on the BBC television series Doctor Who, also receiving the title "___ Doctor." |
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| Cory | Sean | Courtney | Not given |
| Peter Capaldi | Matt Smith | Christopher Eccleston | William Hartnell; Patrick Troughton; John Pertwee; Peter Davison; Colin Baker; Sylvester McCoy; Paul McGann |
| David Tennant | Tom Baker | David Tennant |
| Harrison | Jodie Whittaker | Jodie Whittaker |
| Holmes | Watson | Wilson |
| ROUND 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 45½ | 48½ | 31½ |
ROUND 6Sean - There's a Unit For That
Listener-submitted by Eric Sutherland.
| In the International System of Units, there are seven base units: ampere, kelvin, second, meter, kilogram, candela, and mole. Those combine into twenty different derived units. Name them. |
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| Sean | Courtney | Cory | Not given |
| newton | newton | lumen | hertz; pascal; joule; coulomb; volt; farad; siemens; weber; tesla; henry; degree Celsius; lux; becquerel; gray; sievert; katal |
| foot-candle | foot-candle | degree Kelvin |
| watt | watt | watt |
| liter | mile | ohm |
| ROUND 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 52½ | 33½ | 50½ |
GRAND FINALE
| Category: Long Movies |
| 1939's Gone with the Wind is considered by IMDb to be the longest running Best Picture Oscar winner. According to IMDb, what is the running length, in minutes, of Gone with the Wind? This time includes all musical interludes in the beginning, middle, and end of the film. |
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| Answer and bounds | Courtney | Cory | Sean |
261 (4:21)
238 (3:58)
215 (3:35) | 198 (3:18) | 197 (3:17) | 245 (4:05) |
| WAGER | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| FINAL SCORE | 17½ | 34½ | 67½ |
| Winner: Sean Cauley |