Charles - Mark Twenty.
Listener-submitted by Michael Simon.
| Thursday, April 19, 2018 |
| Contestants: Charles Yu, Choyon Manjrekar, Sean Udicious | |
| Categories | |
| 16 to Glory | Treat Yo' Self |
| I'll Give You a Scoop | All My Exes |
| Not Quite Transportation, Per Se | Mark Twenty |
| Get Out the Windex | BFFs |
| Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
| First awarded in 1998, the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize recognizes people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and essayist best known as Mark Twain. Name one of the twenty recipients of the Mark Twain Prize. As a hint, many of the recipients have been comics or comic actors. | ||||
| Charles | Choyon | Sean | Not given | |
| Louis C.K. | Tina Fey | Steve Martin | Richard Pryor; Jonathan Winters; Carl Reiner; Whoopi Goldberg; Bob Newhart; Lily Tomlin; Lorne Michaels; Neil Simon; Billy Crystal; George Carlin; Carol Burnett; Jay Leno; Eddie Murphy; David Letterman | |
| Amy Poehler | Ellen DeGeneres | Will Ferrell | ||
| Jim Gaffigan | Bill Cosby | Bill Murray | ||
| (pass) | Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld | ||
| ROUND 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Name any of the thirteen English-language versions of Microsoft Windows that have been released for the home personal computer. Server-only versions do not count. They must be distinct, released versions, not just patches or upgrades. There is at most one number after any possible decimal. | ||||
| Choyon | Sean | Charles | Not given | |
| Windows 95 | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Windows 2.0; Windows 3.0; Windows 8.1 | |
| Windows 98 | Windows 7 | Windows 10 | ||
| Windows ME | Windows 8 | Windows 3.1 | ||
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile | Windows 1.0 | ||
| ROUND 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| TOTAL | 12 | 12 | 16 | |
| Name any team which has qualified for the 2018 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs. | ||||
| Sean | Charles | Choyon | Not given | |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Washington Capitals | (Boston) Bruins | Tampa Bay Lightning; New Jersey Devils; Colorado Avalanche; Winnipeg Jets; Anaheim Ducks; San Jose Sharks | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | (Nashville) Predators | (Minnesota) Wild | ||
| Vegas Golden Knights | Detroit Red Wings | (Los Angeles) Kings | ||
| Pittsburgh Penguins | (Chicago) Blackhawks | (Columbus) Blue Jackets | ||
| ROUND 3 | 16 | 4 | 8 | |
| TOTAL | 28 | 20 | 20 | |
| 0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
| IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Charles | Choyon | Sean |
| was the film Million Dollar Baby first released? | 2004 | 2006 | 2004 | 2004 |
| did the Today show debut on NBC? | 1952 | 1985 | 1953 | 1958 |
| was the Backstreet Boys' Millennium the Billboard year-end No. 1 album? | 1999 | 1998 | 1999 | 1998 |
| did the San Antonio Spurs win their most recent NBA championship? | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 |
| was S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders first published? | 1967 | 1956 | 1964 | 1963 |
| did the Rubik's Cube debut at the International Toy Fair? | 1980 | 1965 | 1984 | 1984 |
| did Franklin Roosevelt begin his final term as U.S. President? | 1945 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 |
| did Apollo 17 become the last manned lunar mission to date? | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1974 |
| HALFTIME | 4½ | 7 | 5½ | |
| TOTAL | 24½ | 27 | 33½ |
| U.S. Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson has a ballistic missile submarine named in his honor. The U.S. Navy’s other seventeen ballistic and guided missile submarines bear the names of states. Name them. | ||||
| Charles | Choyon | Sean | Not given | |
| New Jersey | Hawaii | Alaska | Michigan; Nevada; Georgia; Tennessee; Pennsylvania; West Virginia; Kentucky; Maryland; Nebraska; Rhode Island; Maine; Wyoming; Louisiana | |
| South Carolina | Florida | Montana | ||
| Mississippi | Ohio | Alabama | ||
| New Mexico | Connecticut | Minnesota | ||
| ROUND 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| TOTAL | 24½ | 31 | 37½ | |
| Name a character or the actor who played them that appeared on nineteen or more episodes of the NBC show Parks and Recreation. | ||||
| Choyon | Sean | Charles | Not given | |
| Ron Swanson [Nick Offerman] | Leslie Knope [Amy Poehler] | Aziz Ansari [Tom Haverford] | April Ludgate/Aubrey Plaza; Jerry Gergich/Jim O'Heir; Donna Meagle/Retta; Perd Hapley/Jay Jackson; Mark Brendanawicz/Paul Schneider; Jean-Ralphio Saperstein/Ben Schwartz; Joan Callamezzo/Mo Collins; Councilman Howser/Yvans Jourdain | |
| Rashida Jones [Ann Perkins] | Adam Scott [Ben Wyatt] | Chris Pratt [Andy Dwyer] | ||
| Will Forte | Rob Lowe [Chris Traeger] | Rob Lowe [Chris Traeger] | ||
| Tina Fey | Billy Eichner | Billy Eichner | ||
| ROUND 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| TOTAL | 35 | 43½ | 29½ | |
| Legendary comedians and co-creators of The 2000 Year Old Man, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner have been the best of friends for more than sixty years. Name a film directed by either man. | ||||
| Sean | Charles | Choyon | Not given | |
| Blazing Saddles | Spaceballs | Young Frankenstein | Enter Laughing; The Comic; Where's Poppa?; Oh, God!; The One and Only; Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid; The Man with Two Brains; All of Me; Summer Rental; Bert Rigby, You're a Fool; Sibling Rivalry; Fatal Instinct; That Old Feeling; The Twelve Chairs; High Anxiety; Life Stinks | |
| The Producers | The Princess Bride | The Princess Bride | ||
| Silent Movie | History of the World, Part I | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | ||
| The Jerk | History of the World, Part II | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | ||
| ROUND 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| TOTAL | 51½ | 33½ | 47 | |
GRAND FINALE
| Category: Television | |||
| As of April 14, 2018, how many episodes of Saturday Night Live have aired over its forty-three seasons on television? Do not count any specials when coming up with your number. | |||
| Answer and bounds | Charles | Choyon | Sean |
| 931 847 763 | 2,150 | 801 | 540 |
| WAGER | 16 | 16 | 11½ |
| FINAL SCORE | 17½ | 63 | 40 |
| Winner: Choyon Manjrekar | |||