Random Pursuit:A Book Is Just a Really Long Song

Random Pursuit episode 32, posted February 14, 2024.
Game Show episode 224
Host: Erika Ensign
	Scorekeeper: Steven Schapansky
	
==== Contestants ====
* Glenn Fleishman
* Helen Zaltzman
* Katrina Griffiths
* Dan Moren
* Deborah Stanish
==== Editions ====
* 2000s
* 20th Anniversary Edition
* 90's Time Capsule Edition
* Baby Boomer Edition
* Chex Pocket Trivia - '50s & '60s
* Chex Pocket Trivia - Music
* Chex Pocket Trivia - T.V.
* Classic Edition
* Decades 2010-2020
* Doctor Who (2013 - UK)
* Doctor Who (2013 - US)
* Doctor Who (2018)
* Dungeons & Dragons
* DVD Pop Culture
* Family Edition - Grownups (Turquoise)
* Family Edition - Kids (Yellow)
* Friends
* Genus 5
* Genus Edition
* Genus II
* Genus III
* Genus IV
* Junior - Fourth Edition
* Junior Trivia I (5-9)
* Junior Trivia II (10-13)
* Marvel Studios – The Infinity Saga: Ultimate Edition
* Millennium
* Silver Screen Edition
* Star Trek 50 Anniversary
* Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's Edition
* The 1960's
* The 1980's
* The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Collector's Edition
* Totally 80's
* TV Edition
* UK Globetrotter
* Volume 6
* Walt Disney Family Edition - Grownups Box
* Walt Disney Family Edition - Kids Box
== Round 1 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	4 	The 1980'sThat's Life 	What St. Paul company's 11th Commandment is "Though shall not kill a new product idea"? 	3M 	❌ 	
Helen 	5 	Junior - Fourth EditionNature 	What tree creature is the slowest land animal? 	Sloth 	✅ 	
Helen 	3 	Junior Trivia II (10-13)Science/Computers 	What two parts of animals give off the most heat? 	Tail and ears 	❌ 	
Kat 	2 	Genus IIIArts & Entertainment 	What Neil Simon autobiographical play earned Matthew Broderick a Best Actor Tony? 	Brighton Beach Memoirs	❌ 	
Dan 	1 	Family Edition - Kids (Yellow)People & Places 	What continent has never had a war fought on it? 	Antarctica 	✅ 	
Dan 	6 	Volume 6Wild Card 	What rockers wife Elaine was the first woman to drive a pace car at the Indy 500 in 2001?	John Mellencamp 	❌ 	
Deb 	5 	Junior Trivia I (5-9)Geography/Space 	Where is Tokyo? 	Japan 	✅ 	
Deb 	1 	Junior Trivia I (5-9)Entertainment/Famous People	What was the Black Stallion? 	A horse 	✅ 	
Deb 	2 	Genus IIEntertainment 	Who portrayed the "female" musician Daphne in Some Like It Hot? 	Jack Lemmon 	❌ 	
=== Round 1 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Deb 	2
Helen 	1
Dan 	1
Glenn 	0
Kat 	0
== Round 2 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	2 	Doctor Who (2018)Companions 	What part of her name does the Brigadier's daughter drop to avoid accusations of favoritism? 	Lethbridge 	✅ 	
Glenn 	5 	Genus IVSports & Leisure 	Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season? 	Cy Young 	❌ 	
Helen 	1 	Junior - Fourth EditionEvery Day 	What punctuation mark is usually found within a contraction? 	An apostrophe 	✅ 	
Helen 	1 	DVD Pop CultureMovies 	what song does Kimmy (Cameron Diaz) sing to Mike (Dermot Mulroney) at the karaoke bar in My Best Friend's Wedding? 	I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself	✅ 	[1]
Helen 	4 	UK GlobetrotterAfrica 	Which city was the northern terminus for the Marrakesh Express? 	Tangier 	✅ 	
Kat 	3 	Dungeons & DragonsMonsters 	Which evil monstrosity has the body of a lion, dragon-like wings, a spiked tail and a humanoid head that is capable of speech?	A manticore 	✅ 	
Kat 	3 	Silver Screen EditionOff Screen 	Who always wore her hair in 56 curls? 	Shirley Temple 	✅ 	[2]
Kat 	5 	Volume 6Sports & Leisure 	What fallen legend's warped hickory bat fetched a record $525,100 on eBay in 2001? 	Shoeless Joe Jackson 	❌ 	
Dan 	4 	Family Edition - Kids (Yellow)Science & Nature 	What part of a car has the most moving parts? 	The engine 	✅ 	
Dan 	6 	TV EditionWild Card 	What outdoor series gave Curt Gowdy the opportunity to kill lots of animals? 	The American Sportsman 	❌ 	
Deb 	5 	Walt Disney Family Edition - Grownups BoxWorld of Science	which doesn't contain an escapement: a clock, pocket calculator or typewriter? 	A pocket calculator 	✅ 	
Deb 	3 	Dungeons & DragonsMonsters 	A gargoyle is classified as which type of creature: construct, elemental, or fiend? 	Elemental 	✅ 	
Deb 	4 	TV EditionKids & Games 	What was the name of Crusader Rabbit's tiger buddy? 	Rags 	❌ 	
1: Free choice of edition2: Free choice of edition
=== Round 2 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Helen 	4
Deb 	4
Kat 	2
Dan 	2
Glenn 	1
== Round 3 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	2 	Star Trek 50 AnniversaryLocations 	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: What group of prisoners formed a gang in the Klingon Gulag? 	Brotherhood of Aliens	❌ 	
Helen 	5 	Doctor Who (2018)Monsters 	Who are the Sontarans fighting a never-ending war against? 	Rutan Host 	❌ 	
Kat 	2 	FriendsSeason 3 & 4 	After humiliating Rachel whilst she's getting ready for Ross's museum speech, what does Joey suggest he does to make it up to her?	Drink the cup of fat 	❌ 	
Dan 	2 	Walt Disney Family Edition - Grownups BoxWorld of Music	What Hank Williams number advises, "pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o"? 	Jambalaya 	❌ 	
Deb 	2 	Genus IIEntertainment 	Who's been dubbed the First Lady of Country Music? 	Tammy Wynette 	❌ 	
=== Round 3 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Helen 	4
Deb 	4
Kat 	2
Dan 	2
Glenn 	1
== Round 4 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	2 	Totally 80'sTelevision 	What game show hostess reflected, "As a child, when I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off"? 	Vanna White 	✅ 	
Glenn 	1 	Walt Disney Family Edition - Grownups BoxWorld of Places	What Dutch airline is Europe's oldest civil aviation company? 	KLM 	✅ 	
Glenn 	5 	2000sEvents 	Subcategory: Who's Who. What New York City mayor from 2002 to 2014 tried to ban foam containers, supersized sodas, smoking in parks and trans fats in restaurants?	Michael Bloomberg 	✅ 	
Helen 	4 	Classic EditionArt & Literature 	Who appeared as George Washington on the first cover of George, a political magazine published by John F. Kennedy, Jr.? 	Cindy Crawford 	❌ 	
Kat 	6 	The 1960'sWild Card 	What did Dr. Janet Travell suggest JFK try to reduce the muscle strain in his back? 	A rocking chair 	❌ 	
Dan 	5 	Dungeons & DragonsCharacters 	What was the main skill that Drizzt Do'Urden learned from his father, Zaknafein:, melee combat, ranged combat, magic, or thieving? 	Melee combat 	✅ 	
Dan 	6 	Chex Pocket Trivia - '50s & '60s 	Who played Scotty, the engineer, on TV's Star Trek? 	James Doohan 	✅ 	
Dan 	1 	Silver Screen EditionSettings 	Where did the Bears play their big game in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training? 	The Houston Astrodome 	❌ 	
Deb 	4 	Junior Trivia II (10-13)Literature/Art/Words 	What is the second line of "The Star Spangled Banner"? 	What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming	❌ 	
=== Round 4 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Glenn 	4
Helen 	4
Dan 	4
Deb 	4
Kat 	2
== Round 5 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	2 	2000sThe Arts 	Subcategory: Reel Books. What children's book about a little girl at New York City's Plaza Hotel is the subject of a 2015 HBO film short by Lena Dunham of Girls?	Eloise 	✅ 	
Glenn 	6 	Chex Pocket Trivia - Music 	who played the guitar on Frankie Valli's recording of Grease? 	Peter Frampton 	❌ 	
Helen 	1 	MillenniumPeople & Places 	What West African nation's name means Lion Mountain? 	Sierra Leone 	✅ 	
Helen 	4 	Doctor Who (2013 - US)Years & Dates 	In what year was the time rotor, a component of the TARDIS console, first mentioned? 	1965 	❌ 	
Kat 	1 	Doctor Who (2013 - UK)Time Lords 	Which Doctor's outfit featured a long scarf? 	The Fourth Doctor	✅ 	
Kat 	4 	Family Edition - Kids (Yellow)Science & Nature	How many inches long is an average man's arm: 20, 28, or 36? 	28 	❌ 	
Dan 	2 	The 1960'sEntertainment 	What Broadway show did Julie Andrews follow up My Fair Lady with? 	Camelot 	❌ 	
Deb 	4 	Silver Screen EditionOn Screen 	What didn't Ben-Hur use that was standard equipment for all the other charioteers? 	A whip 	✅ 	
Deb 	2 	2000sEvents 	Subcategory: Tasty Treats. Kraft's Velveeta Cheesy Skillets, launched in 2011, sold so well that they gave what longtime Just Add Meat dinner kits a scare? 	Hamburger Helper 	✅ 	
Deb 	3 	Decades 2010-2020News Alert 	What island nation was the Coachella-style Fyre Festival supposed to take place in the spring of 2017? 	The Bahamas 	✅ 	
=== Round 5 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Deb 	7
Glenn 	5
Helen 	5
Dan 	4
Kat 	3
== Round 6 ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Glenn 	6 	Junior Trivia II (10-13)History/Traditions 	De Segur said "man makes laws, women make _ _ _". 	Manners 	❌ 	
Helen 	1 	Dungeons & DragonsMagic & Miscellany 	The spell Astral Projection belongs to which school of magic? 	Necromancy 	❌ 	
Kat 	3 	Genus EditionHistory 	What unemployed electrician rallied Polish workers under the Solidarity banner?	Lech Wałęsa 	✅ 	
Kat 	6 	UK GlobetrotterAsia 	Which country straddles the Indus Valley? 	Pakistan 	✅ 	
Kat 	2 	Genus EditionEntertainment 	Who sang My Gal Sal/ as Joe the Bartender? 	Jackie Gleason 	✅ 	
Dan 	4 	Junior Trivia II (10-13)Literature/Art/Words	What makes roller skates roll easily? 	Ball bearings 	✅ 	
Dan 	8 	Chex Pocket Trivia - T.V. 	In the Lever Brothers commercial, name the talking syrup bottle? 	Mrs. Butterworth 	✅ 	
Dan 	3 	Classic EditionHistory 	The first apple pie was made by American colonists in Boston, true or false? 	False 	✅ 	
Deb 	1 	Junior - Fourth EditionEvery Day 	What's one of the five fields for which a Nobel Prize can be awarded? 	Chemistry, literature, medicine, peace, and physics	✅ 	
Deb 	5 	Genus IIScience & Nature 	Is there a true blue rose? 	No 	✅ 	
Deb 	3 	Doctor Who (2013 - US)Episodes & Stories 	In The Beast Below, what is Starship UK being carried on the back of? 	Star whale 	✅ 	
=== Round 6 Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Deb 	10
Dan 	7
Kat 	6
Glenn 	5
Helen 	5
== Final Round ==
Contestant	DieRoll	Edition/Category 	Question 	Answer 	Correct?	Notes
Deb 	4 	Junior Trivia I (5-9)Literature/Art/Words 	What on your clothes has two rows of teeth that lock together? 	A zipper 	✅ 	
Deb 	6 	Dungeons & DragonsCosmology 	In what 1990 campaign setting do players venture beneath the known world to explore Mystara's underside, a realm lit by an internal sun? 	Hollow World 	❌ 	
Glenn 	1 	2000sEntertainment 	Subcategory: Movie Awards Show. Which British singer stormed the stage to rip off Zac Efron's shirt as he accepted the 2014 MTV Movie Award for Best Shirtless Performance?	Rita Ora 	❌ 	
Helen 	1 	Genus EditionGeography 	What continent does Lake Titicaca beautify? 	South America 	❌ 	
Kat 	3 	DVD Pop CultureMusic 	What duo sang Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer? 	Elmo and Patsy 	✅ 	
Kat 	6 	Genus IVWild Card 	What's the most commonly used word in written English? 	The 	✅ 	
Kat 	3 	Silver Screen EditionOff Screen 	What late actor was the 1958 cha-cha champion of Hong Kong? 	Bruce Lee 	✅ 	
Kat 	5 	Decades 2010-2020Game On 	What New York Yankee hit a walk-off single in his final career home game at bat in 2014? 	Derek Jeter 	✅ 	
Kat 	3 	Genus EditionHistory 	Who gave Marilyn Monroe a white poodle named Mafia? 	Frank Sinatra 	✅ 	
Kat 	4 	Junior - Fourth EditionStories & Songs 	What two characters teach children about manners and behavior in Highlights for Children magazine? 	Goofus and Gallant	✅ 	
Kat 	1 	MillenniumPeople & Places 	What president is on the far right as you gaze at Mount Rushmore? 	Abraham Lincoln 	✅ 	
Kat 	2 	Decades 2010-2020Bingeworthy 	What former professional football player's trial was the focus of the first season of American Crime Story? 	O.J. Simpson 	✅ 	
Kat 	1 	TV EditionClassics 	What word ends the jingle, "Oh, we're the men of Texaco. We work from Maine to..."? 	Mexico 	✅ 	
Kat 	6 	Genus IVWild Card 	What "Man in Black" wrote a novel about St. Paul called Man in White? 	Johnny Cash 	✅ 	
Kat 	3 	FriendsSeason 4 & 5 	What name does Phoebe assume when pretending to be a businesswoman at the blackjack table? 	Regina Phalange 	❌ 	
Dan 	1 	Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's EditionCharacters	Who told Luke to "be careful" just before the Battle of Hoth? 	Han Solo 	✅ 	
Dan 	6 	20th Anniversary EditionGame Time 	What horse smoked rivals for an all-time best $9,999,815 in career earnings in the 1990s? 	Cigar 	❌ 	
=== Final Standings ===
Contestant	Score
Kat 	16
Deb 	11
Dan 	8
Glenn 	5
Helen 	5