Monday, September 17, 2018

Correct, unique: 2 points

Correct, repeated: 1 point

Incorrect: 0 points

Player doubled the category

Since the program's inception in 1952, sixteen different people have held the title of lead anchor or co-anchor on the Today show. Name them.
	Dan	Amy	Kantad	Not given
	Matt Lauer	Katie Couric	Bryant Gumbel	Dave Garroway; John Chancellor; Hugh Downs; Frank McGee; Jim Hartz; Tom Brokaw; Savannah Guthrie
	Hoda Kotb	Barbara Walters	Jane Pauley
	Kathie Lee Gifford	Ann Curry	Deborah Norville
	Williams	Meredith Vieira	Jessica Savitch
ROUND 1	4	8	6

Name a film in which Tommy Lee Jones appeared that grossed at least $100 million, adjusted for inflation, as per Box Office Mojo. Cameos and bit parts count.
	Amy	Kantad	Dan	Not given
	No Country for Old Men	Men In Black	Men In Black II	Love Story; Coal Miner's Daughter; Lincoln; Captain America: The First Avenger; The Client; Under Siege; Jason Bourne; JFK; Space Cowboys; U.S. Marshals; Small Soldiers; Rules of Engagement
	Batman Forever	The Fugitive	The Fugitive
	Men In Black 3	Men In Black 3	Double Jeopardy
	Natural Born Killers	Nixon	Nixon
ROUND 2	6	5	5
TOTAL	14	11	9

Name any organelle that is generally found in a plant cell or an animal cell.
	Kantad	Dan	Amy	Not given
	(pass)	mitochondria	ribosome	centriole; centrosome; cytoplasm; endoplasmic reticulum; lysosome; peroxisome; vesicle; plasmodesma; vacuole
	chlorophyll	cell wall	Golgi apparatus
	nucleus	cell membrane	chloroplast
	mucosa	cilia	flagella
ROUND 3	2	8	8
TOTAL	13	17	22

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Dan	Amy	Kantad
was the movie Chinatown first released?	1974	1968	1970	1974
were the Primetime Emmy Awards first awarded?	1949	1957	1950	1948
was the Eminem album The Slim Shady LP first released?	1999	1998	1999	2002
did Wilt Chamberlain score 100 points in a single NBA game?	1962	1976	1976	1959
was the book Ready Player One first published?	2011	2011	2010	2012
was the first iPod released?	2001	2001	2004	1997
did Sally Ride become the first American woman in space?	1983	1983	1986	1982
was the foreign policy stance known as the Eisenhower Doctrine announced?	1957	1954	1954	1961
HALFTIME		4½	5	6
TOTAL		21½	27	19

Name any color in a standard sixteen-color pack of Crayola crayons.
	Dan	Amy	Kantad	Not given
	green	red	brown	carnation pink; yellow-orange; blue-green; red-violet; red-orange; yellow-green; blue-violet
	yellow	blue	orange
	white	black	magenta
	grey	violet	tan
ROUND 4	12	16	4
TOTAL	33½	43	23

Name a year since 1970 (inclusive) during which a Canadian hockey team won the Stanley Cup.
	Amy	Kantad	Dan	Not given
	1971	1970	1987	1973; 1978; 1979; 1984; 1985; 1989; 1990
	1986	1972	1988
	1992	1974	1993
	1977	1996	1976
ROUND 5	6	0	8
TOTAL	49	23	41½

The 92nd Miss America pageant took place on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, crowning Miss America 2019. During the broadcast finale, the 51 candidates were narrowed down to the top fifteen. Name any political entity (state, territory, etc.) that was represented by a candidate in the top fifteen.
	Kantad	Dan	Amy	Not given
	District of Columbia	Michigan	New York	Massachusetts; Alabama; Colorado; Idaho; Nebraska; Indiana; Washington; Wisconsin
	Oklahoma	Georgia	Connecticut
	California	Iowa	Minnesota
	Louisiana	South Carolina	Florida
ROUND 6	12	0	8
TOTAL	35	41½	57

GRAND FINALE

Category: North American History
It's September 13, and a pivotal battle in North American History, the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, near Québec City, took place on this day. How many years ago did that battle take place?
Answer and bounds	Kantad	Dan	Amy
284 259 234	112	229	250
WAGER	16	15	1
FINAL SCORE	19	26½	58
As stated in the episode notes, this episode was originally scheduled to be released on 2018-09-13; it was delayed four days due to changes in Andy's schedule.
Winner: Amy Williamson