Solution - A League of Their Own

by Nathan Fung, Tyler Hinman, and Jeremy Horwitz, with thanks to Shayne Bushfield

Answer: Click here to reveal

This puzzle is laid out in the style of LearnedLeague, an online trivia league in which players compete in head-to-head matches and assign point values that determine the opponent's score. The freewheeling answers (which are alphabetized in the given order) to the clues have all been Best Wrong Answers to actual LearnedLeague questions. (Best Wrong Answers are frequently included in Match Day recaps and are the incorrect responses that most amused commissioner Thorsten A. Integrity.) The assigned point value (not limited here to LearnedLeague's maximum value of 3, of course) indicates the letter to take from that question's correct answer. The information then needs to be ordered chronologically.

Fake Answer Real Answer Season/Match Day Index Letter
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LUTEFISKSCENES FROM A MARRIAGE56-81S
TAYLOR SWIFT EX-BOYFRIENDSWHISKEY BRANDS56-152H
TUBULAR BELL BIV DEVOEMIKE OLDFIELD56-225O
GENERAL GEORGE CUSTARDNAPOLEON57-115L
KEEPING UP WITH THE REAGANSREAL PEOPLE57-172E
FLOW RYDERBRIDESHEAD REVISITED57-246S
A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING COUPLETSWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS58-821T
LARRY BIRD JOHNSONJERRY WEST60-85Y
O CAP'N MY CAP'N CRUNCHLOG CABIN SYRUP60-1213P
HERBIE THE LOVE VERMINTHE METAMORPHOSIS62-1515I
POST-QUADRATIC STRESS DISORDERPRICE, QUANTITY, SUPPLY, DEMAND63-69N
SWAN JOVISUGARCUBES63-103G
MASSACHUSETTS FIVE-OSONS OF LIBERTY64-217L
THE RENT IS TOO BLOODY HIGHLIBERAL DEMOCRAT65-46A
DUDE WHERE'S MY GRANDFATHER?A HARD DAY'S NIGHT65-58Y
GAGA BALLPOLO66-12O
PEYTON MANNING PLAY CALLSALPINE MOUNTAIN RANGES66-219U
GONZAGO AND THE HORRIBLE TERRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAYHAMLET67-16T

The clue SHOLES TYPING LAYOUT leads to the answer QWERTY.