Complete the List, Episode 31
I Just Don't Trust The Drinkers Of America
| Thursday, December 14, 2017 |
| Contestants: Harris Stutman, Gord Reid, Andrew Thomas |
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| Categories |
| Kermit Doesn't Count | A Slightly Less Contentious Category for This Topic |
| I Thought This List Would Be Longer | That Is So Cold |
| Not a Lot of Say | Hoop Dreams Fizzled |
| The Really Potent Potables | Two of the Answers Are Band Names |
| Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Harris - Hoop Dreams Fizzled
| Name a basketball movie released in 1982 or later that grossed at least $10 million in North America, not accounting for inflation. |
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| Harris | Gord | Andrew | Not given |
| White Men Can't Jump | Hoosiers | Space Jam | Like Mike; Glory Road; Semi-Pro; Love and Basketball; He Got Game; Just Right; The Air Up There; Rebound; Above the Rim; O; The Sixth Man; Juwanna Man; Sunset Park |
| The Basketball Diaries | Blue Chips | Coach Carter |
| (pass) | Air Bud | Hoop Dreams |
| Air Bud 2 (Golden Receiver) | Eddie | Angels on the Hoop |
| ROUND 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
ROUND 2Gord - Kermit Doesn't Count
Listener-submitted by Andre Cormier.
| According to a 2016 Yahoo! ranking, name any of the twenty most popular Muppet regulars on Sesame Street to appear on the series between 1969 and its 2015 move to HBO. |
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| Gord | Andrew | Harris | Not given |
| Gonzo | Bert | Cookie Monster | Oscar the Grouch; Count von Count; Guy Smiley; Prairie Dawn; Murray; Mr. Johnson; Slimey; Rosita; Sherlock Hemlock; Harry; Roosevelt Franklin; Abby Cadabby |
| Swedish Chef | Ernie | Grover |
| Big Bird | Elmo | Animal |
| Snuffleupagas | Telly | Sam the Eagle |
| ROUND 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 12 | 20 | 10 |
ROUND 3Andrew - The Really Potent Potables
Listener-submitted by Lisa Wolfisch.
| Name one of the top twelve most ordered liquor brands in U.S. bars and restaurants in the first six months of 2017. (The brands could originate anywhere.) |
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| Andrew | Harris | Gord | Not given |
| Jack Daniel's | Jim Beam | Captain Morgan | Tito's Vodka; Ketel One; Patrón; Bullitt; Don Julio; Absolut; Maker's Mark; Deep Eddy |
| Smirnoff | Bombay | Hennessey |
| Tanqueray | Crown Royal | Grey Goose |
| Jose Cuervo | John Jameson | Jägermeister |
| ROUND 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 22 | 14 | 14 |
HALFTIME
| 0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
| IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Harris | Gord | Andrew |
| was the Best Picture Oscar-winning Ben-Hur first released? | 1959 | 1958 | 1952 | 1959 |
| did the first episode of The A-Team first air? | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1982 |
| did the Taylor Swift song "Blank Space" reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? | 2014 | 2012 | 2015 | 2014 |
| were the Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany? | 1936 | 1936 | 1936 | 1936 |
| was Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games first published? | 2008 | 2004 | 2009 | 2008 |
| did Ronald Reagan receive his first electoral vote for President? | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 |
| did the Tet Offensive occur? | 1968 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 |
| was the International Space Station launched? | 1998 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 |
| HALFTIME | | 6½ | 6½ | 8 |
| TOTAL | | 20½ | 20½ | 30 |
ROUND 4Harris - I Thought This List Would Be Longer
Listener-submitted by Hunter York.
| Name any men's Division I basketball team that has won the NCAA national championship in 1990 or later. |
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| Harris | Gord | Andrew | Not given |
| Duke | North Carolina | Villanova | UNLV; Arkansas; UCLA; Arizona; Michigan State |
| Connecticut | Kentucky | Syracuse |
| Louisville* | Florida | Florida |
| Maryland | Kansas | Indiana |
| ROUND 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 28½ | 36½ | 35 |
| * This episode was recorded and released before the NCAA Committee on Infractions ruling that vacated Louisville's 2013 championship. |
ROUND 5Gord - Two of the Answers Are Band Names
| Name a Prince song that went to No. 10 or higher on the Billboard Hot 100. |
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| Gord | Andrew | Harris | Not given |
| Purple Rain | Little Red Corvette | When Doves Cry | Delirious; I Would Die 4 U; Pop Life; Sign o' the Times; U Got the Look; I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man; Alphabet St. Batdance; Theives in the Temple; Diamonds and Pearls; 7; The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
| 1999 | Let's Go Crazy | Raspberry Beret |
| Kiss | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Kiss |
| Cream | Cream | Cream |
| ROUND 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 42½ | 40 | 34½ |
ROUND 6Andrew - That Is So Cold
Listener-submitted by Michael Simon.
| Of the 92 naturally occurring elements on the periodic table, thirteen have a melting point below 0 °C at standard pressure. Give me the name of one of those elements. |
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| Andrew | Harris | Gord | Not given |
| mercury | carbon | neon | bromine; chlorine; flourine; krypton |
| oxygen | helium | hydrogen |
| nitrogen | xenon | argon |
| radon | radon | lithium |
| ROUND 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 48 | 39½ | 48½ |
GRAND FINALE
| Category: Sports Venues |
| It's the largest sporting venue in the United States not used for motor racing. What is the permanent seating capacity of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky? |
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| Answer and bounds | Harris | Andrew | Gord |
132,000
120,000
108,000 | 122,000 | 120,047 | 145,000 |
| WAGER | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| FINAL SCORE | 49½ | 56 | 32½ |
| Winner: Andrew Thomas |