SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Nine

[tennbengal]

Question gave itself away. I just asked.

You asked if the Moon had a name. It's Moon. M-O-O-N. Lordy yes, that spells moon.

I get that reference! But apparently some won’t!

[Ryan]

You're finally all here

[sancarlos]

I guess reveal will be monday.

Jeebus, he provides free entertainment and soma you guys bitch and whine like you’re protesting that your state’s not re-opening.

[A_B]

I guess reveal will be monday.

Jeebus, he provides free entertainment and soma you guys bitch and whine like you’re protesting that your state’s not re-opening.

Yeah im just being an asshole.

[Ryan]

Q1 - Name one of the first 10 entries on an alphabetical list of countries in Africa (10)

CORRECT
Angola (1) - HaulCitgo
Burundi (2) - Diamond, Gunpowder
Central African Republic (2) - Brian, Shirley
Burkina Faso (3) - GoodKarma, Jerloma, Nonlinaer
Cabo Verde (3) - Pruitt, Rush, Syb
Cameroon (3) - Mister D, NO3L, Rex
Chad (3) - Bengal, Sabo, Wlu
Algeria (4) - Bronto, DSafe, Duff, Rass
Benin (5) - Carwash, Cerrano, Chedda, LJam, Sancarlos
Botswana (5) - AB, BFJ, BSF, GIFF, RSL

INCORRECT (10)
Eritrea - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Democratic Republic of the Congo

[Ryan]

Q2 - Name a book currently available as a Spark Notes online guide that was written by Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, or Louisa May Alcott (9)

CORRECT
Mansfield Park (1) - Diamond
Emma (4) - AB, Duff, LJam, Rush
Jane Eyre (4) - Brian, GoodKarma, Sabo, Wlu
Pride & Prejudice (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Chedda, DSafe, NO3L
Little Women (6) - Gunpowder, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, Mister D, Rass, Syb
Wuthering Heights (11) - Bengal, BFJ, BSF, Carwash, Giff, PDX, Pruitt, Rex, RSL, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (16)
Shirley - Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Sense & Sensibility

[Rex]

Nonlinear is a really fucking weird name for a book.

[GoodKarma]

TWIL there was more than one Bronte...I thought they were the same person.

[sancarlos]

TWIL there was more than one Bronte...I thought they were the same person.

Don’t forget their brother - Bronte Burglar.

[Ryan]

Q3 - FROM WLU - Name one of the ten top-selling board games of all-time according to a 2013 list (10)

CORRECT
Backgammon (1) - Giff
Chess (1) - Wlulax
Othello (1) - Syb
Scrabble (3) - Chedda, HaulCitgo, Sabo
Clue (4) - BFJ, BSF, Mister D, Rush
Monopoly (4) - Bronto, Carwash, Gunpowder, RSL
Trivial Pursuit (7) - Brian, Cerrano, Diamond, Duff, Jerloma, LJam, Pruitt

INCORRECT (12)
Candy Land - DSafe, GoodKarma, PDX, Rex
Life - Bengal, NO3L, Rass
Chutes & Ladders - AB, Sancarlos
Stratego - Nonlinear
Sorry - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Risk
Pictionary
Checkers

[A_B]

TWIL there was more than one Bronte...I thought they were the same person.

What if I told you...there is another...

[A_B]

Q3 - FROM WLU - Name one of the ten top-selling board games of all-time according to a 2013 list (10)

CORRECT
Backgammon (1) - Giff
Chess (1) - Wlulax
Othello (1) - Syb
Scrabble (3) - Chedda, HaulCitgo, Sabo
Clue (4) - BFJ, BSF, Mister D, Rush
Monopoly (4) - Bronto, Carwash, Gunpowder, RSL
Trivial Pursuit (7) - Brian, Cerrano, Diamond, Duff, Jerloma, LJam, Pruitt

INCORRECT (12)
Candy Land - DSafe, GoodKarma, PDX, Rex
Life - Bengal, NO3L, Rass
Chutes & Ladders - AB, Sancarlos
Stratego - Nonlinear
Sorry - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Risk
Pictionary
Checkers

I knew once I saw Shirley's question i was probably screwed. Was definitely thinking name brand games.

[GoodKarma]

Q3 - FROM WLU - Name one of the ten top-selling board games of all-time according to a 2013 list (10)

CORRECT
Backgammon (1) - Giff
Chess (1) - Wlulax
Othello (1) - Syb
Scrabble (3) - Chedda, HaulCitgo, Sabo
Clue (4) - BFJ, BSF, Mister D, Rush
Monopoly (4) - Bronto, Carwash, Gunpowder, RSL
Trivial Pursuit (7) - Brian, Cerrano, Diamond, Duff, Jerloma, LJam, Pruitt

INCORRECT (12)
Candy Land - DSafe, GoodKarma, PDX, Rex
Life - Bengal, NO3L, Rass
Chutes & Ladders - AB, Sancarlos
Stratego - Nonlinear
Sorry - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Risk
Pictionary
Checkers

I knew once I saw Shirley's question i was probably screwed. Was definitely thinking name brand games.

I was thinking the same thing. Checkers & Chess...f%$# me...

[Ryan]

Q4 - FROM SHIRLEY - Name one of the ten largest moons by diameter in our solar system (10)

CORRECT
Oberon (1) - PDX
Rhea (1) - Shirley
Triton (2) - Diamond, Rush
Ganymede (4) - AB, BSF, Gunpowder, Sabo
The Moon of the Earth (4) - Brian, Giff, HaulCitgo, Mister D
Titan (6) - Jerloa, NO3L, Rass, Sancarlos, Syb, Wlu
Io (13) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Carwash, Chedda, DSafe, Duff, GoodKarma, LJam, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rex, RSL

INCORRECT (18)
Apollo - Cerrano

LEFTOVERS
Callisto
Europa
Titania

[sancarlos]

Thank you Kurt Vonnegut for the only moon name I know (other than THE MOON, of course.)

[Sabo]

Thank you Kurt Vonnegut for the only moon name I know (other than THE MOON, of course.)

So it goes.

[Ryan]

Q5 - Not counting statues and other monuments, name an identifiable person featured on the reverse side of a U.S. quarter that was part of the 50 State Quarters program (11)
NOTE: There are 3 quarters that have 2 people each - all 6 are eligible as separate answers

CORRECT
The Walker of the Moon of the Earth (1) - Giff
Helen Keller (1) - LJam
John Muir (1) - Rush
Ceasar Rodney (1) - Rass
William Clark (2) - BFJ, PDX
Abraham Lincoln (2) - Gunpowder, Sancarlos
Orville Wright (2) - Nonlinear, Wlu
George Washington (2) - BSF, Syb
Meriweather Lewis (4) - Bengal, DSafe, Duff, Rex
Wilbur Wright (4) - AB, HaulCitgo, NO3L, Shirley

INCORRECT (9)
Frederick Douglass - Brian, RSL
Sacajawea - Cerrano, GoodKarma
Martin Luther King, Jr - Mister D, Pruitt
Kamehameha - Diamond, Sabo
Paul Revere - Bronto
Daniel Boone - Carwash
Rosa Parks - Chedda
Dolly Parton - Jerloma

LEFTOVERS
James Monroe

[brian]

I think DC (Douglass) should count personally but I know the question specified 50 states.

[Ryan]

I think DC (Douglass) should count personally but I know the question specified 50 states.

Also, that's Duke Ellington

[duff]

I guess reveal will be monday.

Jeebus, he provides free entertainment and soma you guys bitch and whine like you’re protesting that your state’s not re-opening.

Thought maybe the late start would cut into your supper time.

[Ryan]

HALFTIME

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[Ryan]

The representation of King Kamehameha on the Hawai'l quarter is officially a statue, by the way. So that's why that's wrong.

[mister d]

Q4 - FROM SHIRLEY - Name one of the ten largest moons by diameter in our solar system (10)

CORRECT
Oberon (1) - PDX
Rhea (1) - Shirley
Triton (2) - Diamond, Rush
Ganymede (4) - AB, BSF, Gunpowder, Sabo
The Moon of the Earth (4) - Brian, Giff, HaulCitgo, Mister D
Titan (6) - Jerloa, NO3L, Rass, Sancarlos, Syb, Wlu
Io (13) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Carwash, Chedda, DSafe, Duff, GoodKarma, LJam, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rex, RSL

INCORRECT (18)
Apollo - Cerrano

LEFTOVERS
Callisto
Europa
Titania

This is legit one of the funniest scores I can remember.

[Ryan]

Q6 - Name any pitcher with more career saves as a member of the Boston Red Sox than Lee Smith's 58 (10)

CORRECT
Derek Lowe (3) - Giff, Rex, Syb
Jeff Reardon (3) - Carwash, LJam, Pruitt
Tom Gordon (5) - Diamond, Duff, RSL, Rush, Wlu
Bob Stanley (6) - Bengal, DSafe, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear
Jonathan Papelbon (9) - BFJ, Brian, BSF, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, NO3L, Sabo, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (14)
Tim Wakefield - Chedda, Rass
Dennis Eckersley - AB
Keith Foulke - Bronto
Curt Schilling - PDX
Pedro Martinez - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Ellis Kinder
Dick Radatz
Sparky Lyle
Koji Uehara!
Craig Kimbrel!

[BSF21]

The representation of King Kamehameha on the Hawai'l quarter is officially a statue, by the way. So that's why that's wrong.

Gotta say "generic moon astronaut" shouldn't really count then either but it's no skin off my back (I was gonna say Armstrong but wasn't sure if it was a generic guy or him)

[Nonlinear FC]

Q5 - Not counting statues and other monuments, name an identifiable person featured on the reverse side of a U.S. quarter that was part of the 50 State Quarters program (11)
NOTE: There are 3 quarters that have 2 people each - all 6 are eligible as separate answers



INCORRECT (9)
Kamehameha

Really?

[mister d]

He already said its because you didn't specify which Kamehameha you were referring to.

[Ryan]

Q7 - FROM SABO - Name any golfer with seven or more PGA Tour wins between 2000 and 2009 (13)
NOTE: Does not include unofficial events like the Father-Son Challenge or Skins Game

CORRECT
K.J. Choi (1) - Sabo
Justin Leonard (1) - AB
David Love III (1) - Shirley
Jim Furyk (2) - Diamond, Giff
Tiger Woods (3) - NO3L, PDX, Rush
Ernie Els (4) - Bronto, Carwash, GoodKarma, HaulCitgo
Phil Mickelson (4) - Cerrano, Duff, Sancarlos, Syb
Vijay Singh (8) - Bengal, Brian, BSF, Gunpowder, LJam, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rass

INCORRECT (13)
David Duval - BFJ, DSafe, Jerloma
Chris DiMarco - Chedda
Fred Couples - Mister D
Steve Stricker - Rex
Matt Kuchar - Wlu
Ben Hogan - RSL

LEFTOVERS
Kenny Perry
David Toms
Mike Weir
Retief Goosen
Sergio Garcia

[BSF21]

He already said its because you didn't specify which Kamehameha you were referring to.

[Ryan]

Q8 - Name any NBA #1 overall pick in the lottery era (1985-) with a career scoring average of less than 15 PPG (11)

CORRECT
Andrea Bargnani (1) - LJam
Andrew Bogut (1) - Duff
Markelle Fultz (1) - Rush
Michael Olowokandi (3) - Brian, DSafe, Rex
Kwame Brown (4) - BFJ, Chedda, HaulCitgo, Nonlinear
Pervis Ellison (4) - Bengal, Carwash, Gunpowder, Mister D
Anthony Bennett (5) - AB, Bronto, Giff, GoodKarma, Pruitt
Greg Oden (11) - BSF, Cerrano, Diamond, Jerloma, NO3L, PDX, Rass, Sabo, Sancarlos, Shirley, Wlu

INCORRECT (16)
Derrick Coleman - Syb
Shaquille O'Neal - RSL

LEFTOVERS
Joe Smith
Kenyon Martin
Danny Manning

[Gunpowder]

Just when you think you might be figuring this game out, everybody goes with Vijay fuckin' Singh.

[BSF21]

OK Sabo now has the worst question of all time in SC history for 2 reasons.

1) Woods, Els, Mick, and then Vijay. Really?

2) RSL said Ben Hogan, who died in 1997.

[Gunpowder]

OK Sabo now has the worst question of all time in SC history for 2 reasons.

1) Woods, Els, Mick, and then Vijay. Really?

2) RSL said Ben Hogan, who died in 1997.

He also went with Shaq as a guy who scored less than 15 ppg career so I'm assuming he went through the questions rather quickly.

[BSF21]

OK Sabo now has the worst question of all time in SC history for 2 reasons.

1) Woods, Els, Mick, and then Vijay. Really?

2) RSL said Ben Hogan, who died in 1997.

He also went with Shaq as a guy who scored less than 15 ppg career so I'm assuming he went through the questions rather quickly.

Just looked it up 23.7.

Sooooo close.

[Ryan]

Q9 - Name any US city that has submitted multiple official bids to host the Summer and/or Winter Olympics (11)

CORRECT
Denver (1) - Sancarlos
Philadelphia (1) - Giff
Cleveland (2) - LJam, Sabo
Detroit (2) - Brian, Gunpowder
St Louis (2) - Cerrano, Diamond
Chicago (5) - AB, Bengal, Chedda, Duff, Nonlinear
Lake Placid (5) - DSafe, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rex, Rush
Los Angeles (13) - BFJ, Bronto, Carwash, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, Mister D, NO3L, PDX, Rass, RSL, Shirley, Syb, Wlu

INCORRECT (18)
Miami - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Anchorage
Salt Lake City

[P.D.X.]

Thank you Kurt Vonnegut for the only moon name I know (other than THE MOON, of course.)

I'm thanking Astronomy Domine.

[Nonlinear FC]

The representation of King Kamehameha on the Hawai'l quarter is officially a statue, by the way. So that's why that's wrong.

Ah. Sorry I missed this explanation.

Carry on.

[Ryan]

Q10 - FROM DUFF - Derrick Henry led the NFL with 1,540 rushing yards this past season. Name one of the TEAMS with less total rushing offense (9)

CORRECT
Bengals (2) - Carwash, Shirley
Buccaneers (2) - Chedda, Duff
Chargers (2) - Bronto, Nonlinear
Falcons (2) - Giff, Rex
Steelers (2) - AB, Gunpowder
Jets (6) - BFJ, BSF, Mister D, Pruitt, RSL, Syb
Dolphins (9) - Bengal, Brian, Cerrano, Diamond, DSafe, Jerloma, NO3L, Rass, Rush

INCORRECT (14)
Packers - GoodKarma, Sabo
Cardinals - LJam, Sancarlos
Lions - HaulCitgo
Browns - PDX
Redskins - Wlu

LEFTOVERS
Bears
Rams

[GoodKarma]

Q9 - Name any US city that has submitted multiple official bids to host the Summer and/or Winter Olympics (11)

CORRECT
Denver (1) - Sancarlos
Philadelphia (1) - Giff
Cleveland (2) - LJam, Sabo
Detroit (2) - Brian, Gunpowder
St Louis (2) - Cerrano, Diamond
Chicago (5) - AB, Bengal, Chedda, Duff, Nonlinear
Lake Placid (5) - DSafe, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rex, Rush
Los Angeles (13) - BFJ, Bronto, Carwash, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, Mister D, NO3L, PDX, Rass, RSL, Shirley, Syb, Wlu

INCORRECT (18)
Miami - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Anchorage
Salt Lake City

Anchorage hosting the Olympics would be.........interesting.......

[Gunpowder]

I'd be surprised if the Steelers had a third of that.