Thursday, July 13, 2017 |
Contestants: Bevan Narinesingh, Brett Chandler | |
Categories | |
Younger than I Am | The Landlord's Category |
Sadly, Firefly Would Not Make This List | Swizzle Sticks |
Twelve Figures or More | There Really Should Be at Least 50 in This List, but There Isn't |
On Such a Winter's Day | Great Brits |
Correct, unique: 2 points | Correct, repeated: 1 point | Incorrect: 0 points | Player doubled the category |
Emma Stone is 28 years old. Name an actress who won the Oscar for Best Actress before their 28th birthday. | ||||
Bevan | Brett | Not given | ||
Gwyneth Paltrow | Audrey Hepburn | Marlee Matlin; Grace Kelly; Jennifer Lawrence; Brie Larson; Barbra Streisand; Janet Gaynor; Hilary Swank; Liza Minnelli; Joan Fontaine; Vivien Leigh; Luise Rainer; Sophia Loren; Jennifer Jones; Bette Davis; Julie Christie | ||
Elizabeth Taylor | Shirley Temple | |||
Katharine Hepburn | Emma Stone | |||
Jodie Foster | Kate Winslet | |||
ROUND 1 | 6 | 2 |
Name a California city with a population of greater than 250,000. | ||||
Brett | Bevan | Not given | ||
San Francisco | San Diego | Sacramento; Santa Ana; Long Beach; Riverside; Oakland; Stockton; Chula Vista | ||
Los Angeles | San Jose | |||
Anaheim | Fresno | |||
Bakersfield | San Bernardino | |||
ROUND 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
TOTAL | 10 | 12 |
In 2015, the BBC released a list of the 100 greatest British novels. Name any author who had at least two novels on that list. | ||||
Bevan | Brett | Not given | ||
Thomas Hardy | Charles Dickens | Alan Hollinghurst; EM Forster; Jeanette Winsterson; Anthony Trollope; Evelyn Waugh; Joseph Conrad; Ford Madox Ford; Kazuo Ishiguro; Charlotte Bronte; George Eliot; Daniel Defoe; Virginia Woolf; Graham Greene; Zadie Smith; Doris Lessing; Jane Austen | ||
D.H. Lawrence | Aldous Huxley | |||
Agatha Christie | George Orwell | |||
J.K. Rowling | J.K. Rowling | |||
ROUND 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
TOTAL | 16 | 14 |
0-1 year away: 1 point | 2-5 years away: ½ point | >5 years away: 0 points |
IN WHAT YEAR… | Correct year | Bevan | Brett | |
The world premiere of the film Casablanca took place in New York City in November of what year? | 1942 | 1941 | 1942 | |
did the series finale of Seinfeld air? | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | |
was Billy Joel's history-recounting song "We Didn't Start The Fire" first released? | 1989 | 1990 | 1985 | |
were the Olympic Games most recently held in the United States? | 2002 | 1996 | 2002 | |
was Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird first published? | 1960 | 1960 | 1961 | |
was Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as Vice President of the United States? | 1974 | 1974 | 1973 | |
did the Soviet Union successfully launch Sputnik 1? | 1957 | 1957 | 1958 | |
Albert Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis" is considered to be what year? | 1905 | 1936 | 1992 | |
HALFTIME | 6 | 13 | ||
TOTAL | 22 | 27 | ||
This is the first episode with a halftime round in the format (movies | television | music | sports | literature | history x 3), which has since become the standard format for all halftime rounds Andy writes. |
Name an American prime time scripted television series has both aired at least one first-run episode since January 1, 2005, and has aired more than 200 total episodes. | ||||
Brett | Bevan | Not given | ||
Castle | The Simpsons | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; NCIS; Grey's Anatomy; Criminal Minds; Supernatural; The Big Bang Theory; The X-Files; Bones; Two and a Half Men; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; How I Met Your Mother; The Office; CSI: Miami; Smallville; Law & Order; King of the Hill; ER; Stargate: SG1; The King of Queens; 7th Heaven; Will & Grace; That 70s Show; Everybody Loves Raymond; JAG; NYPD Blue (Andy did not read The X-Files, but it appeared in his list and meets the category criteria.) | ||
Family Guy | American Dad! | |||
South Park | Modern Family | |||
(pass) | Desperate Housewives | |||
ROUND 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
TOTAL | 31 | 26 |
Name a current female United States Senator. | ||||
Bevan | Brett | Not given | ||
Dianne Feinstein | Elizabeth Warren | Kamala Harris; Mazie Hirono; Tammy Duckworth; Susan Collins; Debbie Stabenow; Amy Klobuchar; Claire McCaskill; Deb Fischer; Catherine Cortez Masto; Jeanne Shaheen; Maggie Hassan; Heidi Heitkamp; Patty Murray; Maria Cantwell; Shelley Moore Capito; Tammy Baldwin | ||
Nancy Pelosi | Lisa Murkowski | |||
(pass) | Joni Ernst | |||
(pass) | Kirsten Gillibrand | |||
ROUND 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
TOTAL | 28 | 39 |
Name a song that Taylor Swift has charted inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. | ||||
Brett | Bevan | Not given | ||
Blank Page | Bad Blood | Change; Love Story; Fearless; Today Was A Fairytale; Mine; Back to December; Begin Again; Red; Blank Space; Style; Wildest Dreams; I Don't Wanna Live Forever; Speak Now; Jump Then Fall | ||
(We Are) Never Ever Getting Back Together | Shake It Off | |||
Romeo and Juliet | I Knew You Were Trouble | |||
(pass) | You Belong With Me | |||
ROUND 6 | 2 | 16 | ||
TOTAL | 41 | 44 | ||
Brett added an additional "ever" to his second response; Andy still credited it as correct. |
GRAND FINALE
Category: Baseball | |||
The Chicago Cubs have played in more games than any MLB franchise, being a member of the National League since 1876. How many regular-season games have the Cubs played in their history (through June 14, 2017)? | |||
Answer and bounds | Brett | Bevan | |
23,237 21,125 19,013 | 22,000 | 20,500 | |
WAGER | 4 | 13 | |
FINAL SCORE | 45 | 57 | |
Winner: Bevan Narinesingh |