Can you sweep Jeopardy!'s baseball movie category?
Tuesday's episode of Jeopardy! featured a category that's right in Cut4's wheelhouse (see
what we did there?): "Take Me Out to the Baseball Movie."
Thanks to the J! Archive, we've brought you the questions and answers (by which we mean answers and questions-curse you, Trebek) so you can test your own baseball movie knowledge. Highlight the row below each question to see the answer. Spoiler alert: BASEketball doesn't count.
$200: This 1992 film told the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball
League
What is A League of Their Own?
$400: There's a lot of corn in this 1989 film-Kevin Costner puts a baseball diamond on
his corn farm
What is Field of Dreams?
$600: The ace pitcher on a boys' Little League team is a girl (Tatum O'Neal) in this
comedy from 1976
What is The Bad News Bears?
$800: In this film Robert Redford uses a homemade bat called Wonderboy
What is The Natural?
$1000: Tim Robbins was a minor league pitcher, "Nuke" LaLoosh, in this movie
What is Bull Durham?
And here's a few more questions of our own-can you answer them? (Disclaimer: Cut4
can offer no prize money, but all correct answers will be rewarded with high fives.)
This Oscar-nominated feature depicts the transformation of the 2002 Oakland Athletics
by GM Billy Beane (Brad Pitt)
What is Moneyball?
A young baseball fan's prayers are answered by a heavenly Christopher Lloyd in this kid-
friendly classic
What is Angels in the Outfield?
In this 2004 comedy, a retired slugger (Bernie Mac) returns to the game to attain an all-
important number of career hits
What is Mr. 3000?
-- Molly Fitzpatrick / Contributor to MLB.com