Complete the List, Episode 80
List. Complete The List.
Contestants: Tom Minard, Addy Lewis, Brent Bollmeier |
First "themed" episode - the theme here being James Bond. Written by Andre Cormier, with the exception of the Round 4 category, which was written by Andy. At the end, Brent plugged his podcast, Sports Trivia Face-Off, which was seconded by Addy. |
|
Categories |
Bond. James Bond. | His Better Half |
Dropping the Hammer | Quality Matters, M'Dear |
I'll Huff and I'll Puff | No Odd Jobs Allowed |
Globetrotter | Behind the Camera |
Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Tom - Bond. James Bond.
Not counting stuntman Bob Simmons, who was the Bond who shot the gun in the opening gun barrel sequence in the first few Eon Bond films, twelve performers have portrayed Ian Flaming's James Bond in the media - that being film, television, or radio. Name them. (There is generally one Bond per film.) |
|
| Tom | Addy | Brent | Not given |
| Sean Connery | George Lazenby | Pierce Brosnan | Barry Nelson; Bob Holness; Michael Jayston; Christopher Cazenove |
| Roger Moore | Timothy Dalton | Daniel Craig |
| David Niven | David Niven | David Niven |
| Toby Stephens | Toby Stephens | Toby Stephens |
ROUND 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
ROUND 2Addy - No Odd Jobs Allowed
Name any of the twelve options available in the milti-player map screen for the original Nintendo 64 release of GoldenEye. |
|
| Addy | Brent | Tom | Not given |
| temple | temple | library | complex, caves; basement; stack; bunker; archives; Egyptian; random |
| facility | laboratory | jungle |
| cradle | cradle | silo |
| cavern | military base | satellite |
ROUND 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
TOTAL | 12 | 7 | 10 |
ROUND 3Brent - Globetrotter
Name a UN member state that is not a member of the G20 or European Union where James Bond's missions in the Eon Productions films have taken him. |
|
| Brent | Tom | Addy | Not given |
| Afghanistan | Kazakhstan | Bolivia | Serbia; Switzerland; The Bahamas; Norway; Lebanon; Thailand; Morocco; Pakistan; Albania; Iceland; Uganda; Montenegro; Azerbaijan; North Korea |
| Egypt | Madagascar | Monaco |
| Vietnam | Cuba | Jamaica |
| Brazil | Turkmenistan | Haiti |
ROUND 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
TOTAL | 13 | 16 | 20 |
HALFTIME
0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Tom | Addy | Brent |
was the novel Casino Royale first published? | 1953 | 1953 | 1954 | 1945 |
was the Charles K. Feldman film Casino Royale, produced by Columbia Pictures, first released? | 1967 | 1967 | 1967 | 1967 |
was the Eon Productions film Casino Royale first released? | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2008 |
was the Eon Productions film Moonraker first released? | 1979 | 1979 | 1978 | 1984 |
was the Eon Productions film Tomorrow Never Dies first released? | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1996 |
was the Eon Productions film Spectre first released? | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 |
was the Warner Bros. film Never Say Never Again first released? | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1979 |
was Ian Fleming born? | 1908 | 1908 | 1918 | 1923 |
HALFTIME | | 16 | 14 | 4½ |
TOTAL | | 32 | 34 | 17½ |
Eighth perfect halftime round, and second to be doubled. |
ROUND 4Tom - Behind the Camera
When the 25th Eon Productions James Bond film is released in 2019, the series will have had twelve different directors. Name those directors. |
|
| Tom | Addy | Brent | Not given |
| Sam Mendes | (Guy) Hamilton | Cubby Broccoli | Peter R. Hunt; Martin Campbell; Roger Spottiswoode; Michael Apted; Marc Forster |
| Danny Boyle | Lewis Gilbert | Danny Boyle |
| John Glen | Lee Tamahori | Lee Tamahori |
| Terence Young | Huston | Terence Young |
ROUND 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
TOTAL | 40 | 40 | 20½ |
This game was recorded and released before Danny Boyle resigned from the role of director of "Bond 25" on August 21, 2018. |
ROUND 5Addy - Dropping the Hammer
There are seventeen distinct car makes driven by James Bond over the course of the Eon Productions film series, including one he drives remotely. Name them. |
|
| Addy | Brent | Tom | Not given |
| Aston Martin | BMW | Lotus | Alfa Romeo; AMC; AutoVAZ; Chevrolet; Lincoln; MG; Jeep; Land Rover; Range Rover |
| Jaguar | Citroen | Ford |
| Renault | Mercedes | Bentley |
| Fiat | Ferrari | Toyota |
ROUND 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
TOTAL | 44 | 32½ | 46 |
Andy informed me on 2018-07-20 that Addy's response of "Renault" should have been ruled correct, as James Bond commandeered a Renault 11 taxi in A View to a Kill. The outcome of the game was unaffected. Andy acknowledged the error at the start of Episode 81. |
ROUND 6Brent - Quality Matters, M'Dear
Twelve performers have played M, Q, or Moneypenny in the Eon Productions James Bond film series. Name them. |
|
| Brent | Tom | Addy | Not given |
| Judi Dench | Naomie Harris | Samantha Bond | Robert Brown; Peter Burton; Caroline Bliss |
| Harrison | Desmond Llewelyn | Ben Whishaw |
| Lois Maxwell | Ralph Fiennes | John Cleese |
| Smith | Bernard Lee | Chiles |
ROUND 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
TOTAL | 36½ | 54 | 50 |
GRAND FINALE
Category: At the Box Office |
According to Box Office Mojo, Skyfall is the highest grossing Eon Productions film in the James Bond film series, grossing $304,360,277 domestically, not adjusted for inflation. Dr. No is the lowest grossing Eon Productions film in the series, grossing $16,067,035 domestically, not adjusted for inflation. What is the total United States domestic gross of all twenty-four films in the Eon Productions James Bond film series? |
|
Answer and bounds | Brent | Addy | Tom |
$2,263,219,817 $2,057,472,561 $1,851,725,305 | $3,505,000,000 | $2,250,000,000 | $4,800,000,000 |
WAGER | 16 | 5½ | 16 |
FINAL SCORE | 20½ | 55½ | 38 |
Winner: Addy Lewis |