-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 don't reply to all if answering by email
-For your own questions only, you may "cheat" and submit any answer you want
-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
Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail) or private message here
ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY DECEMBER 30th @ 12PM
STANDINGS
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. Name any of the European countries listed here in their native language (9)
NOTE - You don't have to tell me which foreign name you're matching
Österriech
Sverige
Magyarorszag
Ελλάδα
Shqipëria
Беларусь
Hrvatska
Lietuva
Україна
2. Name any Daytime Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Children's Program from 1985-1995 (16)
3. Name any first name more common among girls born in the U.S. in the 1970s than Elizabeth (11)
4. Besides drums (timpani, snare, tenor, and bass), name a instrument listed in the percussion section of the Wikipedia article on modern orchestras (10)
5. According to the real time results of emojitracker.com, name one of the 15 currently most-used emojis on Twitter other than variations on human faces, hearts, hands, or any other body part (15)
6. Name any MLB manager (interim or permanent) since and including 2010 whose last name starts with M (14)
7. Following the 1990 and 1991 college football seasons, 11 previously independent schools joined a conference. Name one of the 15 remaining independents in Division 1A for 1992 (15)
8. According to a 2011 Huffington Post survey, name an activity or apparatus that AT LEAST 10% of health club members said they regularly used or participated in at the club (10)
NOTE: Certain machines/apparati are grouped and some are not. I may ask you to be more specific, or you may be lumped in with a larger category than you wanted
9. basketball-reference.com's Hall of Fame Probability Index uses factors such as NBA titles, appearances on statistical leaderboards, all-star game selections, win shares, and height to determine the chances any player has of being elected were their career to end today. 3 players active in 2016-17 are at 100% - LeBron, Wade, and Nowitzki. Name any other ACTIVE player with a greater than 50% chance as of right now (12)
NOTE: All correct answers have played in the NBA this year. Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire would be the only technicalities to avoid
10. Name a current NFL franchise with at least 1 Super Bowl appearance but no championships (9)