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 JUNE 26TH @ 12PM


WEEK SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name an Asian country with either 4 or 5 letters in its name (11)

2. MOVIES
Name a movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (so, not Pixar for example) and released in theaters between 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and 1999's Tarzan (10)
NOTE: These are all major mainline Disney movies

3. HISTORY
Not including Mike Pence, name any of the 10 most recent U.S. Vice Presidents who served less than 2 full terms (10)

4. MUSIC
Name any U.S. Top 10 Billboard single by TLC (9)

5. FOOD AND DRINK
Name one of the foods/dishes pictured below, all of which are said to have been named after a real person (11)



6. MLB
Name any MLB player whose last name starts with Q or Z with more than 75 career home runs (9)

7. NBA
Name any NBA player with more than 1000 career 3-pointers that began their career before the 1989-90 season (12)

8. NHL
Name any first overall pick in the NHL draft with more career games played than Alex Ovechkin's 1.152 (12)

9. OLYMPICS
Name any past or present national team with more than 1 Olympic medal in women's shot put (9)

10. NFL
In the final game of the 1985 regular season, John Elway threw for a career high 432 yards but he didn't hit the 400-yard mark again until Week 13 of his last season in 1998. Name a quarterback who DID have two 400-yard passing games during the 1980s (13)

#10 is a goddamn stunner of a set-up. How can that even be possible...

Hope Pruitt chokes on #4...

Todd Flourlesschocolatecake.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:30 am #10 is a goddamn stunner of a set-up. How can that even be possible...

Fucking Dan Reeves.

Just as Dean Smith was the only guy who could keep Michael Jordan's scoring down, Dan Reeves' playcalling kept John Elway's passing yardage down. Elway's passing stats got a lot more impressive after Mike Shanahan replaced Reeves.

Very quiet so far. Did everyone's Encarta subscription run out?

IN:

BFJ
Brian
Diamond
GoodKarma
Gunpowder
NO3L
Pruitt
Sancarlos
Wlu
RSL

Just sent mine. And the sports questions were really hard this week.

In fact, I just realized upon checking after sending that I missed the NBA one it looks like. By 10 effin' 3-pointers. That one was a tricky hard question.

Is it possible in #5 that an item can be named after something (like a geographic location) that was named after a person?

im in but i am not happy about it.

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:47 am Is it possible in #5 that an item can be named after something (like a geographic location) that was named after a person?

Hmmm, like a Jacksonville Cream Pie or something? (Do not Google that)

It's possible that the food and a place could be named after the same person, but I don't think any of them follow the lineage you're talking about.

PM'd

Guesses submitted.

Sent, sorry for the lateness.

2:30 for the reveal

Musberger and Pete Rose on the same set. Good lord.

Come on BFJ, I need a small week outta you cause i have no confidence in my answers.

Although I guess I've already got a bye.

Q1 - Name an Asian country with either 4 or 5 letters in its name (11)

CORRECT
China (1) - HaulCitgo
Iran (1) - NO3L
Nepal (1) - Giff
Qatar (1) - Gunpowder
Iraq (2) - DSafe, Rass
Syria (2) - Diamond, Pruitt
India (3) - Bengal, Carwash, Shirley
Japan (3) - Cerrano, Mister D, RSL
Yemen (3) - BFJ, Sub, Wlu
Oman (6) - AB, Chedda, Duff, LJam, Rex, Rush
Laos (9) - Brian, Bronto, BSF, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Nonlinear, PDX, Sabo, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (14)
none

LEFTOVERS
none

I have a special surprise after the final standings for (most) of the teams that miss the playoffs -- a 16-team single elimination tournament during the playoffs that I will be running using PPG as seeding. Single-elimination and we'll have a contest run through my company's software that will allow you to pick who you think will win each matchup. The winner of the tournament and the winner of the contest (which everyone can participate in whether you're in the playoffs or not (including Ryan) will win a prize of my determination.

There will be four people who miss the tournament I'm afraid (12 playoff teams and 16 teams in the "consolation" tournament) -- unless we're going with the "new" NFL 14-team tournament in Swampcrash.

I get more excited when I predict the highest correct answer than just about anything else (in this game).

Q2 - Name a movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (so, not Pixar) and released between 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and 1999's Tarzan (10)

CORRECT
Beauty & the Beast (1) - DSafe
The Little Mermaid (1) - Mister D
The Rescuers Down Under (1) - Rass
Oliver & Company (2) - Carwash, NO3L
Pocahontas (2) - Bengal, Shirley
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (3) - BFJ, Duff, Pruitt
The Lion King (3) - Gunpowder, RSL, Syb
Hercules (4) - BSF, Nonlinear, PDX, Sancarlos
Mulan (4) - Brian, Jerloma, LJam, Rush
Aladdin (10) - AB, Bronto, Cerrano, Chedda, Diamond, Giff, GoodKarma, Rex, Sabo, Wlu

INCORRECT (15)
Lady and the Tramp (1955) - HaulCitgo

LEFTOVERS
none

rass wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:38 pm I get more excited when I predict the highest correct answer than just about anything else (in this game).

I CAN SEE YOUR THOUGHTS MOTHER FUCKERS

brian wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:38 pm There will be four people who miss the tournament I'm afraid (12 playoff teams and 16 teams in the "consolation" tournament) -- unless we're going with the "new" NFL 14-team tournament in Swampcrash.

Oh shit I hadn't considered this. COME ON BFJ!

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:40 pm Q2 - Name a movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (so, not Pixar) and released between 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and 1999's Tarzan (10)



INCORRECT (15)
Lady and the Tramp (1955) - HaulCitgo

Q3 - Not including Mike Pence, name any of the 10 most-recent U.S. Vice Presidents who served less than 2 full terms (10)

CORRECT
Hubert Humphrey (2) - Sancarlos, Syb
Nelson Rockefeller (2) - Carwash, Pruitt
Spiro Agnew (4) - Bengal, Chedda, GoodKarma, Jerloma
Gerald Ford (4) - DSafe, LJam, Nonlinear, Sabo
Walter Mondale (4) - BFJ, Giff, RSL, Shirley
Lyndon Johnson (5) - AB, Duff, HaulCitgo, NO3L, Rex
Henry Wallace (5) - Brian, Cerrano, Diamond, Gunpowder, Rush
Dan Quayle (6) - Bronto, BSF, Mister D, PDX, Rass, Wlu

INCORRECT (11)
none

LEFTOVERS
Alben Barkley
Harry Truman

For the record, that's 1 wrong answer and 2 left unsaid through the first 3 questions. Pretty good! Hope there's no hockey later to mess it up!

Q4 - Name any U.S. Top 10 Billboard single by TLC (9)

CORRECT
Baby-Baby-Baby (1) - Chedda
Diggin' On You (1) - Gunpowder
Unpretty (1) - Diamond
What About Your Friends (2) - HaulCitgo, LJam
Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (3) - Bengal, BFJ, Giff
Red Light Special (3) - Mister D, NO3L, Rass
Creep (4) - BSF, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Sabo
No Scrubs (5) - Cerrano, DSafe, Duff, Nonlinear, Syb
Waterfalls (9) - AB, Brian, Bronto, PDX, Pruitt, RSL, Rush, Shirley, Wlu

INCORRECT (14)
CrazySexyCool (an album) - Carwash
Push It (S and the P) - Sancarlos
Hot for Teacher (sorry, this was technically after Left Eye died and the group was called something else) - Rex

LEFTOVERS
none again!

I remain in awe of my ability to pick the most popular answers at this game.

Q5 - Name one of the foods/dishes pictured below, all of which are said to have been named after a real person (11)

CORRECT
Pizza Margherita (1) - Rex
Pavlova (1) - Diamond
Chicken Tetrazzini (1) - Rass
Peach Melba (2) - BFJ, Pruitt
Reuben (2) - Gunpowder, Rush
Caesar Salad (3) - DSafe, HaulCitgo, Shirley
Boysenberry (4) - BSF, Carwash, GoodKarma, PDX
Eggs Benedict (5) - Bengal, Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, NO3L
Bananas Foster (6) - AB, Duff, LJam, Mister D, Sancarlos, Syb
Beef Wellington (7) - Brian, Chedda, Giff, Nonlinear, RSL, Sabo, Wlu

INCORRECT (12)
none

LEFTOVERS
Sachertorte

HALFTIME

Gunpowder just throwing fucking fire.

Chicken Tetrazzini (1) - Rass

I was wondering what the hell that was. Looked like someone puked in a casserole dish after eating a plate of spaghetti.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:40 pmLady and the Tramp (1955) - HaulCitgo

This is far more sarcastic than anything I’ve posted.

I've benched the starters and will be scoreboard watching BFJ-WLU now.

Q6 - Name any MLB player whose last name starts with Q or Z with more than 75 career home runs (9)

CORRECT
Carlos Quentin (1) - RSL
Gregg Zaun (2) - Bronto, Wlu
Gus Zernial (2, but it should be worth -50 because what?) - Gunpowder, Sancarlos
Don Zimmer (2) - Bengal, Pruitt
Richie Zisk (4) - BFJ, Carwash, DSafe, Mister D
Ryan Zimmerman (5) - AB, Brian, BSF, NO3L, Nonlinear
Ben Zobrist (5) - Diamond, Giff, Rass, Rush, Sabo
Todd Zeile (6) - Cerrano, Chedda, Duff, GoodKarma, Rex, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
Jamie Quirk (43) - LJam
Rey Quinones (29) - HaulCitgo
Carlos Zambrano (24!) - PDX
Dan Quisenberry (0) - Shirley
Greg The Bull Zylinksi (the best Aykroyd role) - Jerloma

LEFTOVERS
Mike Zunino

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:40 pm Q2 - Name a movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (so, not Pixar) and released between 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and 1999's Tarzan (10)

CORRECT
The Rescuers Down Under (1) - Rass

So my Rescuers Down Under Story...

Second semester my freshman year at the uni ('94), we decided we were going to try acid. I don't remember the exact order of events, but we ended up deciding we would do it during a weekend trip to UMass Amherst. One of my friends had friends there, and he wasn't going to drop that weekend (he drove). So when we got to town, me and two other friends (a M/F couple) consumed. One of the things we did while waiting for it to kick in was sit in someone's dorm room and watch The Rescuers Down Under. Reading about it now, I guess it represented a leap forward in the use of computer animation by Disney, and there was a falling scene that HOLY SHIT MAN



We excused ourselves after that. I remember going to a downtown, or a town square or something, almost freaked out getting some pizza (there were mirrors on the wall) and then eating it under some bushes. Then it got dark and...I don't know exactly.

Anyway, I've never abused myself with drugs and alcohol like I did that weekend. Drunk as hell but no throwing up, indeed. What a fun blur.

That was also the road trip where I fell in love with Paul's Boutique, which was one of the few CDs in the car.

The next time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid will be the first time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid.

Fucking dumb answer on Laos. Should've gone with China or Japan....

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:59 pm The next time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid will be the first time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid.

Absolutely. I’ve never done it because I’ve heard enough stories ahead of time. How can you not mind-fuck yourself when the warning is “this is fun if you don’t mind-fuck yourself”?

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:59 pm The next time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid will be the first time I hear an acid story that makes me want to do acid.

Acid is awesome. We did some for our first CMU football game my first year on campus. It was a night game with temporary lights (permanent lights weren't installed until the mid-00s), so definitely a creepy vibe. If you've ever been to a football game using temporary lights, the only thing that is actually lit up is the field, so in the stands it's not too much different than being in the middle of the woods light-wise.