Answer: Python Puzzler #2860

The answer is D. The program prints:

[44, 36, 34, 31, 20, 2]

This answer was checked by running the program for real.

Why?

sort() puts the list in order, smallest first. reverse=True flips it, so the biggest comes first. It changes the list itself.

The code again

scores = [34, 44, 20, 2, 36, 31]
scores.sort(reverse=True)
print(scores)

Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.