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
ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 @ 12PM
PRESEASON QUESTIONS
1. GEOGRAPHY
Name one of the ten most populous cities in Georgia the state or the one most populous city in Georgia the country (11)
2. MUSIC
Name a band/group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with at least TWO females that are listed as officially inducted members (9)
3. HISTORY
Name a country where one of the following people was or is the head of state (10)
- Goodluck Jonathan
George Weah
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Suharto
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Daniel Ortega
Éamon de Valera
Mahmoud Abbas
Viktor Yushchenko
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
4. MISCELLANEOUS
According to a 2014 Washington Post analysis of U.S. Census geographical data, the most popular street name in Hawai'i is "Lehua". Name one of the 14 different street names that are the most common in at least one of the other 49 states (14)
5. MOVIES
Name the voice actor behind any of the Pixar characters pictured below (10)
NOTE: The duo is one combined answer
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6. BASEBALL
Name a Baseball Hall of Famer who played for the Rays, Marlins, Rockies, or Diamondbacks (9)
7. OLYMPICS
Name a sport in which India has won a Summer Olympic medal (8)
8. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Name a current Division I NCAA school from the state of South Carolina (12)
9. SOCCER
Name one of goal.com's 12 best Brazilian soccer players of all-time (12)
10. FOOTBALL
Only 12 men have been named Super Bowl MVP while playing for a team that did NOT draft them. Name one of these MVPs since Jim Plunkett in 1980 (10)
