Monday, December 17, 2018

Correct, unique: 2 points

Correct, repeated: 1 point

Incorrect: 0 points

Player doubled the category

Name a William Shakespeare play classified by Open Source Shakespeare as a tragedy.
	Fred	Bobby	Phil	Not given
	Timon of Athens	Macbeth	Romeo and Juliet	Cymbeline; Troilus and Cressida
	Othello	King Lear	Julius Caesar
	Titus Andronicus	Coriolanus	Antony and Cleopatra
	Richard III	Hamlet	Hamlet
ROUND 1	6	8	7

The New York-Newark-Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of a number of counties. Name any of those counties.
	Bobby	Phil	Fred	Not given
	Richmond	Manhattan	New York	Queens; Bronx; Middlesex; Monmouth; Ocean; Passaic; Orange; Putnam; Dutchess; Morris; Somerset; Sussex; Hunterdon; Pike
	Hudson	Essex	Bergen
	Westchester	Suffolk	Kings
	Union	Nassau	Rockland
ROUND 2	16	12	16
TOTAL	24	19	22
Fred's statement that he was doubling this category either was cut in post-production, or was not made at all. No statement regarding doubles was made in any subsequent round of the game.

Name a pitcher who received votes in 2018 for the American League Cy Young Award or the National League Cy Young Award.
	Phil	Fred	Bobby	Not given
	Corey Kluber	Jacob deGrom	Chris Sale	Trevor Bauer; Blake Treinen; Edwin Diaz; Aaron Nola; Kyle Freeland; Patrick Corbin; Miles Mikolas; Josh Hader; Mike Foltynewicz; Jon Lester
	Blake Snell	Blake Snell	Justin Verlander
	Craig Kimbrel	Rick Porcello	Max Scherzer
	Luis Severino	Luis Severino	Gerrit Cole
ROUND 3	6	4	8
TOTAL	25	26	32

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Fred	Bobby	Phil
was the Best Picture nominated film Z first released?	1969	1967	1929	1968
did the E! television network begin broadcasting, originally as Movietime?	1987	1988	1984	1987
did M reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "Pop Muzik"?	1979	1979	1978	1977
did George W. Bush sell his stake in the Texas Rangers?	1998	1997	1993	1998
was Sue Grafton's X first published?	2015	2015	2013	2016
did Harry S. Truman become Vice President of the United States?	1945	1945	1940	1948
did the website Tumblr launch? It's often represented by a lowercase "t".	2007	2008	2005	2007
did the Douglas DC-8 aircraft make its first flight?	1958	1954	1957	1955
HALFTIME		7	4½	6½
TOTAL		33	36½	31½

Name someone who has won at least eight regular-season games of Jeopardy!.
	Fred	Bobby	Phil	Not given
	Julia Collins	Ken Jennings	Brad Rutter	Dan Pawson; Jason Keller; Ben Ingram; Tom Nissley; Tom Kavanaugh; Drew Horwood
	Arthur Chu	(Austin) Rogers	Colby Burnett
	Seth Wilson	David Madden	Alex Jacob
	Matt Jackson	Buzzy Cohen	Roger Craig
ROUND 4	8	8	0
TOTAL	41	44½	31½

Name a U.S. state that was represented by a single Senator for greater than thirty-six years. (Any length of time spent as a Senator for at least thirty-six years and a day would make the list.)
	Bobby	Phil	Fred	Not given
	West Virginia	Alaska	South Carolina	Mississippi; Georgia; Iowa; Wyoming; Washington; Delaware
	Hawaii	Massachusetts	North Carolina
	Utah	Vermont	Louisiana
	New York	Arizona	New York
ROUND 5	6	8	4
TOTAL	50½	39½	45

Name a film in which Idris Elba appeared that has grossed at least $50 million, adjusted for ticket price inflation, as per Box Office Mojo. Voice roles and cameos count.
	Phil	Fred	Bobby	Not given
	Zootopia	Pacific Rim	The Jungle Book	Finding Dory; Thor: The Dark World; Star Trek Beyond; Prometheus; Obsessed; Takers; This Christmas; Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance; No Good Deed; Prom Night; The Unborn; The Dark Tower
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Thor
	Daddy's Little Girls	Daddy's Little Girls	Avengers: Infinity War
	American Gangster	American Gangster	Thor: Ragnarok
ROUND 6	6	4	8
TOTAL	45½	49	58½
Bobby's actual responses were cut in post-production; only Andy's repeat-backs of those responses are actually in the episode.

GRAND FINALE

Category: Vehicles
The Ford F-Series is the best-selling pickup truck in the United States, with just under a third of all pickup trucks sold in the U.S. being F-Series trucks. Year-to-date, through the end of November 2018, how may F-Series trucks have been sold in the United States, as per GoodCarBadCar.net?
Answer and bounds	Phil	Fred	Bobby
903,713 821,558 739,403	750,000	19,500	350,000
WAGER	15½	8	7
FINAL SCORE	61	41	51½
Winner: Phil Sanford