The Swamp

As Allen Iverson once said, "Playoffs?!?" Remember to keep answering for the rest of year, even if you're eliminated or have the week off. You'll see homefield advantages subtracted out for some of the playoff matches below. Like all other years, that's calculated by taking half of the difference in PPW between the two teams during the regular season. If the higher seeded team had a worse average, there's no advantage.

SCHEDULE



ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY JULY 3RD @ 12PM

WILD CARD QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Honolulu and Anchorage are the only cities in the 10 least-populated states with more than 200,000 people. Name one of the 14 other cities in any of these states with at least 60,000 people (14)

2. BUSINESS
Name one of the 8 best brands of refrigerators for 2020, according to home improvement website The Spruce (8)

3. MUSIC-ISH
Name anyone named Tom or Tommy to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine since 1990 (12)

4. HISTORY
Name any United States Supreme Court Justice whose tenure is/was at least 25 years long and served any part of that tenure since January 1, 1990 (11)

5. TELEVISION
Name a television show that was nominated for a Best Drama or Best Comedy Emmy Award since 1970 that has the name of an American city in it (12)
NOTE: Name has to be a reference to the show taking place there rather just a coincidental thing (i.e Rockford Files). Neighborhoods don't count (i.e. Brooklyn Bridge) Initials do count (i.e. if there was a show called "OKC Tonight")

6. MLB
Name an MLB team that hasn't appeared in a postseason Game 7 since the Wild Card era began in 1995 (12)

7. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Name a current Division 1 school whose team nickname includes the word Fighting, Raging, Running, or Thundering (9)
NOTE: The in' version counts too

8. SOCCER
Name one of the current top 3 teams (clubs?, sides?) in the standings (tables?) of the Premier League, Ligue 1, Serie A, or La Liga (England, France, Italy, or Spain) (12)

9. GENERAL SPORTS
Each of the stadiums listed below is the home of exactly one team from the 4 major sports. Name any of those teams (10)
NOTE: Answers include 3 each from the NHL and MLB and 2 each from the NBA and NFL

• Smoothie King Center

• Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

• Truist Park

• Gila River Arena

• Nationwide Arena

• TIAA Bank Field

• Guaranteed Rate Field

• Canadian Tire Centre

• Lambeau Field

• Yankee Stadium

10. NFL
Name any NFL player that was active in 2019 and has at least 4 career rushing touchdowns in the postseason (12)

Hold the fuck on, yeah maybe Duff was better than me but he has to go through a Jacksonville-based proxy server and that home-field advantage is daunting!

Your soccer question probably needs a cut off date.

Monday, June 29th

I tried to get cute and got it wrong any way.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:28 am Hold the fuck on, yeah maybe Duff was better than me but he has to go through a Jacksonville-based proxy server and that home-field advantage is daunting!

Fair warning, I watch AEW every Wednesday. Takes place at the Daily's Place. Do you know what property that is connected to?

Me against Diamond. Jeebus. It really is Montana State against Duke.

duff wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:45 pm

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:28 am Hold the fuck on, yeah maybe Duff was better than me but he has to go through a Jacksonville-based proxy server and that home-field advantage is daunting!

Fair warning, I watch AEW every Wednesday. Takes place at the Daily's Place. Do you know what property that is connected to?

HEY WHOA, Commish look at these shenanigans! */Grigson'd

Yeah, easy on the chatter Giff. You're suspended.

IN:

BFJ
Brian
Chedda
DSafe
Duff
Gunpowder
Mister D
Sancarlos
RSL

Guesses sent.

STILL NEED:

AB
Bronto
BSF
Carwash
Cerrano
Diamond
Giff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
Nonlinear
PDX
Rass
Rush
Sabo
Shirley
Syb
Wlu

Insky

STILL NEED:

Bronto
Jerloma
Sabo

Reveal at 1 PM

I, personally, would not forget to answer during the playoffs.

WAIT ONE SECOND

done

Q1 - Honolulu and Anchorage are the only cities in the 10 least-populated states with more than 200,000 people Name one of the 14 other cities in these states with at least 60,000 people (14)

CORRECT
Fargo, ND (1) - GoodKarma
Nashua, NH (1) - Carwash
Rapid City, SD (1) - Brian
Sioux Falls, SD (1) - Pruitt
Bismarck, ND (3) - AB, Bengal, NO3L
Cheyenne, WY (4) - Cerrano, DSafe, PDX, Syb
Providence, RI (4) - Giff, HaulCitgo, Rush, Shirley
Wilmington, DE (4) - Chedda, Mister D, Rass, Rex
Billings, MT (6) - Diamond, Duff, Gunpowder, Nonlinear, RSL, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (11)
Burlington, VT - Bronto, LJam
Albuquerque, NM - BSF
Fairbanks, AK - Wlu
Maui, HI - BFJ

LEFTOVERS
Manchester, NH
Warwick, RI
Cranston, RI
Pawtucket, RI
Missoula, MT
Portland, ME

Q2 - Name one of the 8 best brands of refrigerators for 2020, according to home improvement website The Spruce (8)

CORRECT
Kenmore (1) - BFJ
Whirlpool (3) - Diamond, Rex, Shirley
LG (5) - DSafe, Duff, Gunpowder, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Samsung (5) - AB, Bronto, Giff, NO3L, Rush
GE (6) - Chedda, HaulCitgo, LJam, Mister D, Rass, RSL
Frigidaire (7) - Bengal, Brian, BSF, Carwash, Pruitt, Syb, Wlu

INCORRECT (12)
Subzero - Cerrano, PDX
Electrolux - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Maytag
KitchenAid

Q3 -Name anyone named Tom or Tommy to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine since 1990 (12)

CORRECT
Tom Cruise (1) - Pruitt
Tom Green (1) - NO3L
Tom Hamilton (1) - GoodKarma
Tom Hanks (1) - Bengal
Tom DeLonge (2) - BSF, Rass
Tom Petty (5) - Bronto, Carwash, HaulCitgo, RSL, Wlu
Tom Morello (7) -AB, BFJ, Brian, Diamond, Duff, Rex, Sancarlos
Tommy Lee (8) - Cerrano, Chedda, Giff, Nonlinear, PDX, Rush, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (12)
Tom Waits - Gunpowder, LJam
Tommy Lee Jones - DSafe
Tommy Chong - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Tom Gorman (Belly)
Tom Dumont (No Doubt)
Tom Wolfe
Tommy Ramone

Q4 -Name any United States Supreme Court Justice whose tenure is/was at least 25 years and served any part of that tenure since January 1, 1990 (11)

CORRECT
William Brennan (1) - Bengal
Stephen Breyer (1) - AB
Anthony Kennedy (1) - Rex
John Paul Stevens (1) - Carwash
Antonin Scalia (2) - BFJ, Nonlinear
Sandra Day O'Connor (3) - Chedda, NO3L, Sancarlos
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (5) - HaulCitgo, Mister D, PDX, RSL, Rush
Byron White (5) - Brian, Diamond, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, Syb
Clarence Thomas (8) - Bronto, Cerrano, Duff, Giff, Pruitt, Rass, Shirley, Wlu

INCORRECT (13)
William Rehnquist - DSafe, LJam

LEFTOVERS
Harry Blackmun
Thurgood Marshall

Q5 -Name a television show that was nominated for a Best Drama or Best Comedy Emmy Award since 1970 that has the name of an American city in it (12)

CORRECT
Dallas (1) - HaulCitgo
Streets of San Francisco (1) - Pruitt
Atlanta (2) - Rush, Wlu
Boston Legal (2) - Brian, RSL
NYPD Blue (2) - PDX, Rass
Miami Vice (3) - AB, Giff, Syb
Chicago Hope (4) - Carwash, DSafe, Duff, LJam
WKRP in Cincinnati (5) - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Diamond, Nonlinear
LA Law (8) - BSF, Chedda, GoodKarma, Mister D, NO3L, Rex, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (13)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Bronto
Boston Public - Gunpowder

LEFTOVERS
Buffalo Bill
Deadwood

Montana State and Duke were tied after 4!

HALFTIME

Q6 - Name an MLB team that hasn't appeared in a postseason Game 7 since the Wild Card era began in 1995 (12)

CORRECT
Blue Jays (1) - Carwash
Tigers (1) - Brian
A's (2) - LJam, NO3L
Mariners (2) - Diamond, RSL
Pirates (2) - Gunpowder, Rass
Rockies (2) - Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Twins (2) - DSafe, Rex
Reds (3) - AB, Bengal, GoodKarma
Padres (5) - Duff, Giff, Mister D, Pruitt, Rush
Orioles (7) - BFJ, Bronto, BSF, Cerrano, HaulCitgo, Shirley, Wlu

INCORRECT (12)
Rays - Chedda
Brewers - PDX
Yankees - Syb

LEFTOVERS
Phillies
White Sox

Q7 - Name a current Division 1 NCAA school whose nickname includes the word Fighting, Raging, Running, or Thundering (9)
NOTE: The n' version counts too

CORRECT
*Utah Runnin' Utes (1) - Rush
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4) - NO3L, PDX, Sancarlos, Syb
Illinois Fighting Illini (5) - AB, Duff, LJam, Pruitt, Wlu
*UNLV Runnin' Rebels (5) - Cerrano, Chedda, HaulCitgo, Rex, RSL
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (6) - Brian, Carwash, DSafe, Giff, Gunpowder, Nonlinear
Marshall Thundering Herd (8) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, BSF, Diamond, GoodKarma, Mister D, Rass

Basketball teams still officially use the "Runnin" part

INCORRECT (13)
Louisiana Tech (Bulldogs) - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Campbell Fightin' Camels
Delaware Fighting Blue Hens
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

Q8 - Name one of the current top 3 teams (clubs?, sides?) in the standings (tables?) of the Premier League, Ligue 1, Serie A, or La Liga (England, France, Italy, or Spain) (12)

CORRECT
Atletico Madrid (1) - HaulCitgo
Lazio (1) -Nonlinear
Marseille (1) - Pruitt
Leicester City (2) - Rex, Sancarlos
Liverpool (3) - Giff, RSL, Rush
Manchester City (3) - AB, Mister D, Rass
Real Madrid (3) - Brian, Bronto, GoodKarma
Paris Saint-Germain (4) - Bengal, Cerrano, LJam, Shirley
Barcelona (5) - Carwash, DSafe, Duff, Gunpowder, Wlu
Juventus (5) - BFJ, BSF, Diamond, PDX, Syb

INCORRECT (10)
Manchester United - NO3L
Sevilla - Chedda

LEFTOVERS
Rennes
Inter

Q9 - Each of the stadiums listed below is the home of exactly one team from the 4 major sports. Name any of those teams (10)

CORRECT
Coyotes, Gila River Arena (1) - Rush
Jaguars, TIAA Bank Field (1) - Gunpowder
Braves, Truist Park (2) - Chedda, HaulCitgo
Cavaliers, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse (2) -AB, NO3L
Packers, Lambeau Field (2) - BFJ, Shirley
White Sox, Guaranteed Rate Field (2) - Duff, LJam
Blue Jackets, Nationwide Arena (3) - BSF, GoodKarma, Nonlinear
Senators, Canadian Tire Centre (4) - Brian, Diamond, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Pelicans, Smoothie King Center (6) - Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Giff, Rex, RSL
Yankees, Yankee Stadium (6) - Bengal, Mister D, PDX, Rass, Syb, Wlu

INCORRECT (11)
Pistons - Cerrano

LEFTOVERS
none

Q10 - Name any NFL player that was active in 2019 and has at least 4 career rushing touchdowns in the postseason (12)

CORRECT
Damien Williams (1) - Bronto
Sony Michel (2) - NO3L, Rush
Frank Gore (3) - Cerrano, Duff, Pruitt
James White (3) - DSafe, HaulCitgo, LJam
Adrian Peterson (4) - BSF, Nonlinear, Syb, Wlu
Marshawn Lynch (5) - BFJ, Brian, PDX, Rex, Sancarlos
Tom Brady (8) - AB, Bengal, Carwash, Chedda, Diamond, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, RSL

INCORRECT (13)
Le'Veon Bell - Giff
Mark Ingram - Mister D
Derrick Henry - Rass
Cam Newton - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Raheem Mostert
CJ Anderson
Leonard Fournette
Darren Sproles

Wow.

San Carlos with the upset!

Hoping to put him on the other side of an upset of similar stature in the “mister d is obsessed with some details but not the ones that would actually make the game move smoothly” music game.

That was a good makeup win for the loss to start the year to D.

I'll have the updated bracket with the Elite Eight advancing up shortly.

Y'all ain't want me cause u knew

Shouldn’t choked against the shitty ass Panthers

The Brady era has begun.

Great, my game was the Bengals/Texans of WC weekend and I got to be the Bengals.