Complete the List, Episode 24 (2017-11-06)

Complete the List, Episode 24

I'm Sorry, John Kerry, I Remember You!

Monday, November 6, 2017

Contestants: Pat Kavanaugh, Sally Neumann, Charlie Fritz

Categories
More than Half Aren't Hall of Famers	The Answer Here Is a Number Too
In My Lifetime	At the Turn of What Century?
It's Time for This Category	Steven
Across the Pond	The Dreaded Opera Category

Correct, unique: 2 points Correct, repeated: 1 point Incorrect: 0 points Player doubled the category

ROUND 1

Pat - Steven

Name a film directed by Steven Spielberg that received at least one Oscar nomination.

Pat Sally Charlie Not given

Schindler's List Jaws The Color Purple 1941; A.I. - Artificial Intelligence; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Empire of the Sun; Hook; Jurassic Park; Lincoln; Minority Report; Saving Private Ryan; The Adventures of Tin-Tin; The Lost World; War of the Worlds

Raiders of the Lost Ark E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) Munich

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Catch Me If You Can Amistad

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Bridge of Spies War Horse

ROUND 1 8 8 16

ROUND 2

Sally - Across the Pond

In the United Kingdom, The Beatles had twelve studio albums chart in the top five. Name them.

Sally Charlie Pat Not given

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The White Album (The Beatles) Abbey Road Beatles for Sale; With the Beatles

Help! Revolver Rubber Soul

Magical Mystery Tour Please Please Me Yellow Submarine

A Hard Day's Night Meet the Beatles! Let It Be

ROUND 2 6 6 8

TOTAL 14 22 16

ROUND 3

Charlie - The Dreaded Opera Category

As per Operabase, name any of the twenty most performed operas worldwide between the 2010-11 and 2015-16 performance seasons.

Charlie Pat Sally Not given

Carmen Rigoletto The Magic Flute Madame Butterfly; The Barber of Seville; Don Giovanni; Die Fledermaus; Hansel and Gretel; The Elixir of Love; Così fan tutte; Eugene Onegin; Nabucco; The Merry Widow; Il trovatore

La bohème The Marriage of Figaro Tosca

Aida The Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) La traviata

Turandot Romeo and Juliet Idomeneo

ROUND 3 8 4 6

TOTAL 30 20 20

HALFTIME

0-1 year away: 1 point

2-5 years away: ½ point

>5 years away: 0 points

IN WHAT YEAR… Correct year Pat Sally Charlie

was the Best Picture Oscar nominee Love Story first released? 1970 1973 1973 1969

did the premiere episode of Sesame Street first air? 1969 1969 1969 1978

was Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet the Billboard year-end No. 1 album? 1987 1987 1987 1985

did Barcelona, Spain host the Summer Olympics? 1992 1992 1992 1993

was Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 first published? 1953 1952 1953 1959

did a Democratic candidate for President most recently lose both the Electoral College and popular vote? 2004 2004 1938 2004

did the FBI obtain its current name, with J. Edgar Hoover as its director? 1935 1963 1925 1936

was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed? 1949 1948 1949 1947

HALFTIME 6½ 5½ 5

TOTAL 26½ 25½ 35

ROUND 4

Pat - The Answer Here Is a Number Too

Name a square number between 1 and 150 inclusive.

Pat Sally Charlie Not given

144 4 25 1

81 36 49

9 100 121
64 16 169
ROUND 4 8 8 6

TOTAL 34½ 33½ 41

ROUND 5

Sally - It's Time for This Category

Name a U.S. state at least partially in the Mountain Time Zone.

Sally Charlie Pat Not given

Colorado Wyoming Utah Oregon; Oklahoma; Texas

Kansas Nevada Arizona

New Mexico Montana Idaho

South Dakota North Dakota Nebraska

ROUND 5 16 8 16

TOTAL 49½ 49 50½

(Archivist's note: while the small town of Kenton, Oklahoma, observes Mountain Time informally, Oklahoma officially lies entirely within the Central Time Zone.)

ROUND 6

Charlie - More than Half Aren't Hall of Famers
Listener-submitted by Michael Simon.

As of October 2017, Mickey Mantle is 18th on the all-time home run list with 536 home runs. Name a player ahead of Mantle on the all-time home run list.

Charlie Pat Sally Not given

Barry Bonds Hank Aaron Mark McGwire Willie Mays; Jim Thome; Sammy Sosa; Frank Robinson; Harmon Killebrew; Rafael Palmeiro; Reggie Jackson; Manny Ramirez; Mike Schmidt

Albert Pujols Ken Griffey Jr. Cal Ripken Jr.

(Ted) Williams Ernie Banks Babe Ruth

(Alex) Rodríguez (David) Ortiz (Alex) Rodríguez

ROUND 6 6 6 5

TOTAL 55 56½ 54½

GRAND FINALE

Category: Languages

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2015, how many Americans spoke Spanish as their native language?

Answer and bounds Sally Charlie Pat

44,050,374
40,045,795
36,041,216 45,000,000 35,000,000 28,000,000

WAGER 16 16 15

FINAL SCORE 38½ 39 41½

Winner: Pat Kavanaugh

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Name a film directed by Steven Spielberg that received at least one Oscar nomination.

	Pat	Sally	Charlie	Not given
	Schindler's List	Jaws	The Color Purple	1941; A.I. - Artificial Intelligence; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Empire of the Sun; Hook; Jurassic Park; Lincoln; Minority Report; Saving Private Ryan; The Adventures of Tin-Tin; The Lost World; War of the Worlds
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)	Munich
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Catch Me If You Can	Amistad
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Bridge of Spies	War Horse
ROUND 1	8	8	16

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Pat	Sally	Charlie
was the Best Picture Oscar nominee Love Story first released?	1970	1973	1973	1969
did the premiere episode of Sesame Street first air?	1969	1969	1969	1978
was Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet the Billboard year-end No. 1 album?	1987	1987	1987	1985
did Barcelona, Spain host the Summer Olympics?	1992	1992	1992	1993
was Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 first published?	1953	1952	1953	1959
did a Democratic candidate for President most recently lose both the Electoral College and popular vote?	2004	2004	1938	2004
did the FBI obtain its current name, with J. Edgar Hoover as its director?	1935	1963	1925	1936
was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed?	1949	1948	1949	1947
HALFTIME		6½	5½	5
TOTAL		26½	25½	35

Category: Languages
According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2015, how many Americans spoke Spanish as their native language?

Answer and bounds	Sally	Charlie	Pat
44,050,374 40,045,795 36,041,216	45,000,000	35,000,000	28,000,000
WAGER	16	16	15
FINAL SCORE	38½	39	41½
Winner: Pat Kavanaugh