Complete the List: Season 2, Episode 1
A Big Plate of Victory Soup
| Contestants: Max Meiners, Scarlett Sims, Adam Holquist |
First game of Season 2, following a five-week hiatus due to Andy taking an extended trip to the United States for work.
The Triviality podcast.
embral, the musical duo of which Adam is half. |
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| Categories |
| Before Qatar | A 60-Year-Old List |
| I Bless the Rains Down Here | We're at the Post |
| Mailing It In | Fill in the Blanc |
| Coming to Agreement | Blue Plate Special |
| Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Max - Fill in the Blanc
Listener-submitted by Brian Israel.
| Name a character which Mel Blanc is credited for voicing on The Bugs Bunny Show. |
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| Max | Scarlett | Adam | Not given |
| Bugs Bunny | Elmer Fudd | Porky Pig | Pepé le Pew; Sylvester Jr.; Tasmanian Devil; Mouse; Charlie Dog; Rocky; Mugsy |
| Yosemite Sam | Foghorn Leghorn | Daffy Duck |
| Tweety Bird | Sylvester | Marvin the Martian |
| Road Runner | Speedy Gonzales | Road Runner |
| ROUND 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
ROUND 2Scarlett - A 60-Year-Old List
| For the sixtieth anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 music chart, Billboard released the top 600 hits in the history of the chart (August 1958 - August 2018). Name a Canadian music act (solo artist or group) with at least one song on the chart. |
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| Scarlett | Adam | Max | Not given |
| Alanis Morissette | Neil Young | Shania Twain | Bryan Adams; Percy Faith; Nickelback; Carly Rae Jepsen; Drake; Céline Dion; Justin Bieber; Terry Jacks; Paul Anka; Nelly Furtado; The Weeknd; Daniel Powter; Magic!; Alannah Myles; Nick Gilder |
| Sarah McLachlan | Barenaked Ladies | Bachman Turner Overdrive |
| Rush | Joni Mitchell | Anne Murray |
| Arcade Fire | Snow | Jann Arden |
| ROUND 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 4 | 8 |
ROUND 3Adam - Blue Plate Special
Listener-submitted by Doug Boyle.
| Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue knows a lot about shrimp. In the movie Forrest Gump, he outlines twenty different preparations for this fruit of the sea. Give the ways Bubba suggests shrimp may be prepared. |
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| Adam | Max | Scarlett | Not given |
| boiled | broiled | gumbo | baked; sautéed; kebabs; deep fried; stir fried; pineapple; lemon; coconut; pepper; soup; stew; salad; potatoes; burger; sandwich |
| fried | fricaseed | shrimp creole |
| scampi | cocktail | barbecue |
| grilled | grits | étoufée |
| ROUND 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 8 | 14 |
HALFTIME
| 0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
| IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Max | Scarlett | Adam |
| was the Best Picture Oscar-winning film Crash first released? | 2005 | 2004 | 2009 | 2005 |
| did the first episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show first air? | 1986 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| was the smash hit Garth Brooks album No Fences first released? | 1990 | 1992 | 1991 | 1991 |
| did the Philadelphia Flyers play in their first NHL game? | 1967 | 1965 | 1965 | 1967 |
| was John Steinbeck's East of Eden first published? | 1952 | 1955 | 1942 | 1951 |
| was the 200th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party celebrated? | 1973 | 1975 | 1977 | 1973 |
| did the Republic of China's government move to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War? | 1949 | 1945 | 1958 | 1954 |
| did Ireland amend its constitution to permit abortions after a referendum? | 2018 | 2015 | 2017 | 2015 |
| HALFTIME | | 4½ | 4½ | 7 |
| TOTAL | | 12½ | 18½ | 15 |
ROUND 4Max - I Bless the Rains Down Here
Listener-submitted by Chris Swindon.
Name a country on the continent of Africa whose population, as of at the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections, was 20,000,000 inhabitants or greater. |
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| Max | Scarlett | Adam | Not given |
| Nigeria | South Africa | Egypt | Sudan; Uganda; Ghana; Angola; Côte d'Ivoire; Madagascar; Cameroon |
| Ethiopia | Morocco | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Somalia | Kenya | Tanzania |
| Mozambique | Algeria | Chad |
| ROUND 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 24½ | 26½ | 21 |
ROUND 5Scarlett - Mailing It In
Listener-submitted by Paul Paquet & Doug Boyle (independent submissions).
| Name a U.S. state whose postal abbreviation is also a chemical symbol on the periodic table of the elements. |
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| Scarlett | Adam | Max | Not given |
| South Carolina | Georgia | Massachusetts | Arkansas; Indiana; Louisiana; Maryland; Montana; North Dakota; New Hampshire; Pennsylvania |
| Florida | California | Colorado |
| Nebraska | Minnesota | Virginia |
| Rhode Island | Missouri | Alabama |
| ROUND 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 32½ | 29 | 28½ |
ROUND 6Adam - We're at the Post
Listener-submitted by Doug Boyle.
| According to Emily Post, a formal dinner setting should have sixteen pieces, including two kinds of plates, four types of glasses, four forks and four knives, with only one spoon. Give the proper name of the pieces that make up a full sixteen piece formal dinner setting. |
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| Adam | Max | Scarlett | Not given |
| salad plate | salad fork | dinner plate | service plate/charger; butter plate; champagne flute/sherry glass; dinner fork; fish fork; oyster fork; dinner knife; salad knife; fish knife |
| red wine glass | butter knife | soup spoon |
| white wine glass | steak knife | dessert fork |
| water glass (goblet) | napkin | soup plate |
| ROUND 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 34½ | 34½ |
GRAND FINALE
Category: From the Census Bureau
Listener-submitted by Lisa Wolfisch. |
| What was the United States's median household income in 2017? |
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| Answer and bounds | Max | Scarlett | Adam |
$67,509
$61,372
$55,235 | $48,000 | $48,000 | $58,000 |
| WAGER | 4 | 16 | 1 |
| FINAL SCORE | 30½ | 18½ | 36 |
| Winner: Adam Holquist |