Complete the List, Episode 94
Give Me A Category I Know And I'll Use It!
| Thursday, September 6, 2018 |
| Contestants: Brent Bollmeier, Erin Barclay |
| Brent and Erin are co-hosts of the Sports Trivia Face-Off podcast. |
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| Categories |
| Well, the U.S. Open Is On | Fewer Times Than You Think |
| Where the Money Really Is | There's Nothing Wrong with Ohio Except the Snow and the Rain |
| In the Third Period, the Player Who's Behind Selects First | There Is No Shame, There Are Only Points |
| Gary's Finest | Didn't We Pass a Castle Back Down the Road? |
| Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
ROUND 1Brent - Well, the U.S. Open Is On
Listener-submitted by Chris Swindon.
| Name any male tennis player who won a Grand Slam singles title during the 1980s (1980-1989 inclusive). |
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| Brent | Erin | Not given |
| Bjorn Borg | Bjorn Borg | Brian Teacher; Johan Kriek; Mats Wilander; Jimmy Connors; Yannick Noah; Ivan Lendl; Stefan Edberg; Michael Chang |
| John McEnroe | John McEnroe |
| Boris Becker | Boris Becker |
| Patrick Cash | Patrick Cash |
| ROUND 1 | 8 | 4 |
ROUND 2Erin - Gary's Finest
Listener-submitted by Michael Simon.
| Name one of the children of Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson of Gary, Indiana, patriarch and matriarch of the musical Jackson family, the "Royal Family of Pop." First name only is acceptable. |
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| Erin | Brent | Not given |
| Michael | Tito | Rebbie; Jackie; La Toya; Marlon; Brandon; Randy |
| Janet | Jermaine |
| Harpo | Joseph |
| Andy | Lavar |
| ROUND 2 | 4 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 12 |
ROUND 3Brent - Where the Money Really Is
| Name any U.S. state with a gross domestic product in 2017 of at least $500 billion. |
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| Brent | Erin | Not given |
| California | Florida | Illinois; Ohio; New Jersey; Georgia; North Carolina; Massachusetts; Washington; Michigan |
| New York | Virginia |
| Texas | Nevada |
| Pennsylvania | North Dakota |
| ROUND 3 | 8 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 20 | 12 |
HALFTIME
| 0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
| IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Brent | Erin |
| was Close Encounters of the Third Kind first released? | 1977 | 1978 | 1985 |
| did the series premiere of Undercover Boss first air? | 2010 | 2012 | 2011 |
| was the Santana song "Smooth" first released? | 1999 | 2002 | 1998 |
| did Major League Baseball's Orioles play their first game in Baltimore after moving from St. Louis? | 1954 | 1963 | 1955 |
| was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire first published? | 2000 | 1994 | 2002 |
| was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated? | 1982 | 1984 | 1975 |
| was Spider-Man first introduced in the comics? | 1962 | 1934 | 1965 |
| did the Berlin Airlift begin? | 1948 | 1948 | 1945 |
| HALFTIME | | 3½ | 4½ |
| TOTAL | | 23½ | 16½ |
ROUND 4Erin - In the Third Period, the Player Who's Behind Selects First
| Name an element on the periodic table between 11 and 18 (inclusive), and is thus in period 3. |
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| Erin | Brent | Not given |
| argon | iron | sodium; aluminum; silicon; phosphorous; chlorine |
| barium | magnesium |
| arsenic | potassium |
| sulfur | gold |
| ROUND 4 | 4 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 20½ | 25½ |
ROUND 5Brent - There's Nothing Wrong with Ohio Except the Snow and the Rain
| Name a city in Ohio with a city proper population of at least 60,000 people, as of the 2010 U.S. Census. |
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| Brent | Erin | Not given |
| Columbus | Cleveland | Parma; Youngstown; Lorain; Hamilton; Springfield |
| Cincinnati | Akron |
| Toledo | Dayton |
| Findlay | Canton |
| ROUND 5 | 12 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 37½ | 28½ |
ROUND 6Erin - Didn't We Pass a Castle Back Down the Road?
Listener-submitted by Lisa Wolfisch.
| Name a named character in the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. |
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| Erin | Brent | Not given |
| Rocky Horror | Dr. Frank N. Furter | Brad Majors; Riff Raff; Columbia; Eddie; Ralph Hapschatt; Betty Monroe; the Criminologist |
| Janet (Weiss) | Janet (Weiss) |
| Magenta | Magenta |
| Dr. (Everett V.) Scott | Dr. (Everett V.) Scott |
| ROUND 6 | 16 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 44½ | 42½ |
GRAND FINALE
| Category: Football |
| Tom Brady led the National Football League in passing yards in 2017. How many yards did he throw for? |
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| Answer and bounds | Brent | Erin |
5,034 4,577 4,120 | 1,950 | 3,800 |
| WAGER | 5 | 1 |
| FINAL SCORE | 37½ | 43½ |
| Winner: Erin Barclay |