The Swamp

NO GOOGLING

SEASON-LONG REMINDERS

-Each week consists of 10 questions (5 sports, 5 not). The Swamper Bowl will have 20 questions.
-Through W16, each set of questions will include 4 Swamper-submitted questions (2 sports, 2 other)
-All questions in W17 and the playoffs will come from me
-I'll post questions here and email them to the group. Make sure you DO NOT REPLY ALL if answering by email


SCORING

-Correct answers get a score equal to the number of people who said it
-Wrong answers get the value of the highest-scoring correct answer +5
-Low score wins
-Standings, tiebreakers, playoff matchups, all determined exactly as they would be in the real NFL


INSTRUCTIONS

-For your own questions only, you may "cheat" and submit any answer you want
-Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail, and don't forget the middle initial T) or private message here
-From time to time, there will be discussion, clarification, questions, etc. in these threads. I will NOT be emailing any important updates to questions that may affect answers, so it's on you to keep up before submitting


SCHEDULE



ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY MAY 22ND @ 12PM


WEEK TWELVE QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name any American river longer than 300 miles that outflows into something OTHER THAN another river (14)
NOTE: Correct answers may flow through other countries but majority of length must be in or along the border of the US

2. MISCELLANEOUS
Name anyone in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 40 wrestlers of 1992 that is now dead (somehow only 13)

3. LITERATURE
FROM GUNPOWDER: Name an author with a work on the top 15 of J. Peter Zane's writer-compiled list of the top 125 works of literature of all time (14)

4. BUSINESS
Name one of America's 8 leading single-serve frozen dinner brands as of 2017 reports, all accounting for over $100 million in yearly sales (8)

5. MOVIES
FROM BENGAL - Name a movie featuring Will Ferrell or Steve Carrell as a VOICE actor (11)
NOTE: One correct answer is a cameo role

6. MLB
Name anyone with 40 or more home runs in a season in Atlanta Braves franchise history (12)

7. NBA
Name one of the top 12 NBA players in Win Shares for the 2019-20 season among those born OUTSIDE THE U.S.
NOTE: Win Shares are a cumulative stat that estimates total wins added by the player through offensive and defensive metrics. Kristaps Porzingis is 13th

8. OLYMPICS
FROM RUSH - Name any sport that has been dropped from Summer Olympic competition at any point since the beginning of the modern games in 1896 (12)

9. NHL
Of the NHL's top 40 scorers (total points) of all-time, name one that NEVER played for an Original Six team (11)

10. NFL
Name anyone that started a game on defense for the 1985 Chicago Bears during their postseason run (11)

Belated thanks for pinning these all season long.

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 1:04 pm Belated thanks for pinning these all season long.

Hopefully it helps people remember.

For the Olympics question, does that include events within larger sports (e.g. track and field)?

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:40 pm For the Olympics question, does that include events within larger sports (e.g. track and field)?

That reminds me, Shirley, I was a fan of all of your long jumping. Well, not yours personally, but the whole sport of track and field.

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:40 pm For the Olympics question, does that include events within larger sports (e.g. track and field)?

I don’t know for sure if any of these were “events” under a larger umbrella but I don’t think so. Certainly nothing as obvious as “175-meter dash”

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 4:09 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:40 pm For the Olympics question, does that include events within larger sports (e.g. track and field)?

That reminds me, Shirley, I was a fan of all of your long jumping. Well, not yours personally, but the whole sport of track and field.

Guess how much I could bench press.

IN:

AB
BFJ
Brian
Diamond
DSafe
GoodKarma
Gunpowder
Sabo
Sancarlos
Wlu
RSL

Guesses sent.

sent... this could be a rough week.

Sent.

STILL NEED:

Bronto
BSF
Cerrano
Chedda
HaulCitgo
LJam
Rex

I had a dream last night about how I forgot to send in my SC answers. Doing them now.

Only 6 of 29 people so far have gotten both Q2 and Q3 correct.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 9:57 am Only 6 of 29 people so far have gotten both Q2 and Q3 correct.

Guessing I fucked up question 2.

It was probably a mistake to name the same person for both.

In. damn near forgot it was a crazy morning.

Rex wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 10:13 am It was probably a mistake to name the same person for both.

Dave Barry does seem like the kind of guy who got a WCW title shot but how can you not know he’s still alive

I realize now I totally misread question 2 so I totally got that one wrong (I read it as best of all-time in 1992, not currently)

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 9:57 am Only 6 of 29 people so far have gotten both Q2 and Q3 correct.

Interesting... I'm very confident in my wrestler, and was confident in my author, but now I'm not sure. I thought I played it super safe on both, and I'm confident my author is dead, too.

Went and checked after I sent. Any chance you expand that wrestler question to top 44 as of that year?

Also, my food one doesn't seem to be on the list either.

But, I'm on a bye!

Same. I'd be shocked if I didn't get both of those right.

Reveal right at 1 today

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 11:12 am Reveal right at 1 today

FUCK YEAH

NOW WE RIOT!

RAGE! FIRE! BRIMSTONE!

MOLOTOV!

Hey, here we are at 1PM on the MFin' dot. Got everyone but Cerrano. Spolier alert - he would have lost anyway.

I kept looking up "wrong" answers that weren't on my list, but they ended up being long enough so there were lots of right answers here:

Q1 - Name any American river longer than 300 miles that outflows into something OTHER THAN another river (14)
NOTE: Correct answers may flow through other countries but majority of length must be in or along the border of the US

CORRECT
Hudson (1) - HaulCitgo
St. John's (1) - Nonlinear
Columbia (2) - LJam, Wlu
Connecticut (2) - Carwash, Sabo
Delaware (2) - Mister D, Rass
Mississippi (2) - BFJ, Bronto
St. Lawrence (2) - Diamond, Pruitt
Susquehanna (2) - Bengal, Syb
Yukon (3) - AB, Gunpowder, PDX
Colorado (5) - Brian, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Rush, Shirley
Rio Grande (8) - BSF, Chedda, DSafe, Duff, Giff, Rex, RSL, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (13)
Snake (empties into the Columbia) - NO3L

LEFTOVERS
Brazos
Kuskokwim
Sustina
Sabine
Trinity
and more?

Of course I don’t pick the river 10 miles from my house

Q2 - Name anyone in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 40 wrestlers of 1992 that is now dead (somehow only 13)

CORRECT
Big Boss Man (1) - BSF
Eddie Gilbert (1) - Sabo
Steve Williams (1) - Duff
Brian Pillman (2) - DSafe, GoodKarma
Rick Rude (2) - Carwash, Giff
Ultimate Warrior (2) - Shirley, Wlu
Randy Savage (4) - Ras, Rex, Sancarlos, Syb

INCORRECT (9)
Andre the Giant - BFJ, Gunpowder, Jerloma, PDX, Rush
Owen Hart - Bengal, Bronto, Chedda, Nonlinear
George Steele - Brian, Diamond
Adrian Adonis - Mister D
Bret Hart - NO3L
Bam Bam Bigelow - LJam
Ric Flair - HaulCitgo
Iron Sheik - RSL
Jimmy Snuka - AB
Chyna - Pruitt

LEFTOVERS
Vader
Mr. Perfect
Terry Gordy
Davey Boy Smith
Hawk
Earthquake

Rick Rude was a Top 40 wrestler but Bam Bam Bigelow wasn't? That list is bullshit.

How you gonna diss SuperFly like that?

Q3 - FROM GUNPOWDER: Name an author with a work on the top 15 of J. Peter Zane's writer-compiled list of the top 125 works of literature of all time (14)

CORRECT
Miguel de Cervantes (1) - PDX
Anton Chekhov (1) - Wlu
George Eliot (1) - Gunpowder
F Scott Fitzgerald (1) - Nonlinear
William Shakespeare (1) - Bengal
Mark Twain (1) - Giff
Gustave Flaubert (2) - Carwash, Diamond
Herman Melville (2) - Duff, Rex
Vladimir Nabokov (2) - Brian, Shirley
Leo Tolstoy (6) - AB, Chedda, LJam, Pruitt, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
Ernest Hemingway - BFJ, HaulCitgo, Mister D, Rass, RSL
Harper Lee - Bronto, DSafe
Geoffrey Chaucer - BSF
William Faulkner - Sabo
Franz Kafka - Sancarlos
Stephen King - NO3L
George Orwell - Jerloma
John Steinbeck - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Marcel Proust
James Joyce
Charles Dickens
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:27 pm Rick Rude was a Top 40 wrestler but Bam Bam Bigelow wasn't? That list is bullshit.

#84

Q4 -Name one of America's 8 leading single-serve frozen dinner brands as of 2017 reports, all accounting for over $100 million in yearly sales (8)

CORRECT
Weight Watchers (1) - PDX
Hungry-Man (2) - Bronto, LJam
Banquet (3) - Diamond, Nonlinear, Sabo
Healthy Choice (3) - Gunpowder, Rass, Wlu
Marie Callendar's (3) - BSF, Duff, NO3L
Lean Cuisine (4) - BFJ, Pruitt, Rush, Syb
Stouffers (6) - Bengal, DSafe, Giff, GoodKarma, Rex, Shirley

INCORRECT (11)
Swanson - Brian, Carwash, HaulCtigo, Jerloma, RSL
Amy's - AB, Chedda
Hot Pockets - Mister D
DiGiorno - Sancarlos

LEFTOVERS
Michelinas

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:27 pm How you gonna diss SuperFly like that?

Its like leaving OJ off a list of best running backs.

mister d wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:35 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:27 pm How you gonna diss SuperFly like that?

Its like leaving OJ off a list of best running backs.

...of 1989

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:27 pm How you gonna diss SuperFly like that?

#97