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 JUNE 12TH @ 12PM
WEEK FIFTEEN QUESTIONS
1. GEOGRAPHY
FROM NONLINEAR: Name one of the 15 largest freshwater lakes of North America, all of which are in the US and/or Canada (15)
NOTE: This is by surface area, not volume
2. MISCELLANEOUS
Name a U.S. President that shares a last name with anyone inducted into the Pro Football, Basketball, or Baseball Halls of Fame AS A PLAYER (13)
3. TELEVISION
Give the CHARACTER name of anyone who appeared in more than 25 episodes of Breaking Bad (10)
4. SCIENCE
Name the thing being calculated by any of the following mathematical formulas (8)
NOTE: You don't have to say which one you're guessing
- 4πr³/3
- bh/2
- 2πr
- [(a+b)/2]h
- Opposite/hypotenuse
- √((x1−x2)²+(y1−y2)²)
- (n−2)×180°
- (y₂−y₁)/(x₂−x₁)
5. MUSIC
FROM L-JAM - Lisa Loeb must've been pretty self-absorbed, because she peppered the lyrics to her #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)" with 17 "I" statements. Name a verb that she uses at least once with "I" during the lyrics. (17)
6. MLB
Max Scherzer is the only active pitcher that has struck out at least 16 batters in a game more than once. Name any retired pitcher that accomplished that feat and whose career started/lasted into the 1990s or later (11)
NOTE: It doesn't matter if some or all of the games happened before 1990.
7. NBA
Name any Florida Gator who scored more career points in the NBA than Matt Bonner's 4632 (12)
8. GENERAL SPORTS
Name any of Ring Magazine's 30 Greatest Fighters of all-time that had a professional fight in the 1980s (10)
9. SOCCER
Name one of the 8 distinct categories of misconduct for which a player can be given a red card, according to Law 12 of international soccer's Laws of the Game (8)
10. NFL
FROM SANCARLOS - Name one of the NFL's top ten in career regular season rushing touchdowns (10)
