SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week One, Dipshit

[bfj]

Q1 - According to the Social Science Research Council, name one of the 10 lowest-ranking (worst) US states on the American Human Development Index (10)

CORRECT
West Virginia, 48th (1) - Bengal
Oklahoma, 44th (2) - Brian, Rush
Alabama, 46th (3) - Chedda, DSafe, Jerloma
Louisiana, 45th (5) - AB, LJam, Pruitt, Rass, Wlu
Arkansas, 49th (6) - Diamond, Duff, Nonlinear, Rex, Shirley, Syb
Mississippi, 50th (6) - Bronto, Carwash, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Mister D, Sabo

INCORRECT (11)
New Mexico (39th) - Giff, NO3L, PDX, Sancarlos
Georgia (34th) - BFJ
Alaska (20th) - Gunpowder, HaulCitgo
Hawai'i (10th) - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Idaho, 41st
South Carolina, 42nd
Tennessee, 43rd
Kentucky, 47th

Another way to word this question is "Name a Southern state."

I DID!!!

[The Sybian]

Baltusrol - Cerrano, Mister D, Syb

ha

9. Has to be baltusral if my NJ bruh is asking.

100% my line of thinking. Rass lives a walkable distance from the course. If I had given it any thought, would have gone Bethpage or Shinnecock, because I know of them with so much family on LI, but couldn't think of any others (and was too stupid to think Augusta).

And I debated Kentucky, but since I was playing AB, didn't want to lose with it if it was wrong. Here I was thinking KY just gets a bad name, but I guess it really is that shitty a state.

[Jerloma]

Q8 - Including successor teams that formed from the breakups of previous countries, name any national team that made or will definitely make its FIFA (Men's) World Cup debut from 2002-2022 (15)

CORRECT
Angola (1) - Jerloma
Cote d'Ivoire (1) - GoodKarma
Czechia (1) - Rex
Slovakia (1) - Carwash
Trinidad & Tobago (1) - Syb
Bosnia & Herzegovina (2) - LJam, Sabo
Ukraine (2) - Duff, Rush
Iceland (3) - Bengal, Brian, DSafe
Panama (3) - Giff, Sancarlos, Wlulax
Qatar (4) - Bronto, Cerrano, HaulCitgo, Mister D
Slovenia (4) - Gunpowder, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Shirley

Obviously, I had no idea on this but my other 2 guesses were T&T and Ukraine so I had that shit covered.

Also, I likely lost because I had to play someone who had their own question which is fine bullshit and all but I have to ask...Is there a control in place so people are playing against people who have their own question on the board at an equal rate or am I the guy in fantasy football with the schedule that never gets a team with any of their best players on bye weeks?

[rass]

You won dipshit

[Jerloma]

Oh good...carry on.

[The Sybian]

You won dipshit

Ha! This should be the quote from the past every week.

[Jerloma]

Can't hear you with my undefeated record blocking my ears.

[GoodKarma]

Q4 - Name the author of any of the following Newbery Medal winners for children's literature (10)

CORRECT
Lois Lowry, The Giver (1) - Duff
Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr Henshaw (2) - GoodKarma, Mister D
EL Konigsburg, Mixed-Up Files (2) - Bengal, Cerrano
Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins (2) - BFJ, Sabo
Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia (2) - Bronto, Rush
Louis Sachar, Holes (3) - Brian, BSF, Pruitt
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (11) - AB, Carwash, Diamond, DSafe, Giff, HaulCitgo, PDX, Rass, Rex, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (16)
Roald Dahl - Jerloma, Sancarlos
Judy Blume - LJam
Jackson - Wlulax
Smith - Gunpowder
No Answer - NO3L, Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder
Kate DiCamillo - Flora & Ulysses
Hugh Lofting - Doctor Dolittle

I still lost so it doesn't matter but I had absolutely no idea on this...I just guessed the only children's author I could think of.

[bfj]

Tony Fernandezzz was my favorite answer.

[DSafetyGuy]

Tale of two halves DSafe. I am just better than you. #MJF

And I know it.

[The Sybian]

Tony Fernandezzz was my favorite answer.

Upon seeing the answers, I know of one player on the list, and unless Todd Stottlemeyer looks exactly like his father, I wasn't getting him even with the pictures.

[mister d]

I was on my phone and couldn't zoom in well which, combined with a spelling fear, cost me Frank Catalanotto.

And fuck ... just checked the scores and that would have been a tie.

[Gunpowder]

Also, a peek into the control room - to go back and find past threads, I open all the previous seasons spreadsheets and find what I think will be a unique keyword to search on. For Week 1, 2014, I used "John Danks"

Props from the Gamaliel Department

[Nonlinear FC]

I was on my phone and couldn't zoom in well which, combined with a spelling fear, cost me Frank Catalanotto.

And fuck ... just checked the scores and that would have been a tie.

It really should've been the swing, because I pulled Encarnacion out of my ass.

[Gunpowder]

Q10 - Name any defensive player selected in the top 10 of any NFL draft since 2000 that was named a first-team NFL All-Pro more than once (11)

CORRECT
Eric Berry (1) - Rex
Von Miller (1) - Sancarlos
Julius Peppers (1) - LJam
Patrick Peterson (1) - Diamond
Brian Urlacher (1) - DSafe
Luke Kuechly (2) - Bronto, Sabo
Khalil Mack (2) - Mister D, NO3L
Ndamukong Suh (3) - Cerrano, Chedda, Duff

INCORRECT (8)
JJ Watt (drafted 11th) - BSF, Nonlinear, Shirley, Wlulax
Aaron Donald (13th) - Brian, HaulCitgo, Rass
Jadeveon Clowney (no All-Pros) - Carwash, Syb
Joe Thomas (offense) - Jerloma, Rush
Mario Williams (1 All-Pro) - Giff, Pruitt
Troy Polamalu (16th) - Bengal, PDX
Dwight Freeney (11th) - Gunpowder
Darrelle Revis (14th) - AB
Terrell Suggs (1 All-Pro) - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Kevin Williams
Richard Seymour
Stephon Gilmore

Son of a fuck. I read it as "first round" when I was answering.

[sancarlos]

Tony Fernandezzz was my favorite answer.

Upon seeing the answers, I know of one player on the list, and unless Todd Stottlemeyer looks exactly like his father, I wasn't getting him even with the pictures.

I didn’t recognize any of them, so I just went with the only Blue Jay I could think of with 11 letters.

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

[Nonlinear FC]

Q10 - Name any defensive player selected in the top 10 of any NFL draft since 2000 that was named a first-team NFL All-Pro more than once (11)

CORRECT
Eric Berry (1) - Rex
Von Miller (1) - Sancarlos
Julius Peppers (1) - LJam
Patrick Peterson (1) - Diamond
Brian Urlacher (1) - DSafe
Luke Kuechly (2) - Bronto, Sabo
Khalil Mack (2) - Mister D, NO3L
Ndamukong Suh (3) - Cerrano, Chedda, Duff

INCORRECT (8)
JJ Watt (drafted 11th) - BSF, Nonlinear, Shirley, Wlulax
Aaron Donald (13th) - Brian, HaulCitgo, Rass
Jadeveon Clowney (no All-Pros) - Carwash, Syb
Joe Thomas (offense) - Jerloma, Rush
Mario Williams (1 All-Pro) - Giff, Pruitt
Troy Polamalu (16th) - Bengal, PDX
Dwight Freeney (11th) - Gunpowder
Darrelle Revis (14th) - AB
Terrell Suggs (1 All-Pro) - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Kevin Williams
Richard Seymour
Stephon Gilmore

Son of a fuck. I read it as "first round" when I was answering.

Yo tambien.

[Nonlinear FC]

Tony Fernandezzz was my favorite answer.

Upon seeing the answers, I know of one player on the list, and unless Todd Stottlemeyer looks exactly like his father, I wasn't getting him even with the pictures.

I didn’t recognize any of them, so I just went with the only Blue Jay I could think of with 11 letters.

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

Yeah, that one... Roughly equivalent to: Name the top 10 Instagram Influencer Channels or something. Don't know, don't wanna know.

[Pruitt]

Fucking Jameis!

[P.D.X.]

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

Some of them have been around since some of us were young enough to have read them. ;)

[Rush2112]

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

Kids (though they are too young for those titles) and I had to take a Kid's Lit class in Library School.

[mister d]

Yup. That's one of the many times I knew exactly one answer out of a possible 10. Dear Mr. Crenshaw was a classic.

[Nonlinear FC]

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

Some of them have been around since some of us were young enough to have read them. ;)

Allow me my ignorance!

(As I said when I pushed my answers in, I'm just really bad about author names. Other than really obvious big ticket authors.)

[duff]

And I’m shocked anybody got the kids author question correct, unless you have young children.

Some of them have been around since some of us were young enough to have read them. ;)

Allow me my ignorance!

(As I said when I pushed my answers in, I'm just really bad about author names. Other than really obvious big ticket authors.)

Kids, along with an eled teaching wife. Plus add in the two 1/2 years of being an eled major before switching to secondary ed. Plus the Giver is one of my wife's favorite books.

[BSF21]

Not for nothing but I wish the college question was a little clearer. Checked my answer via google after I sent it in and Kelley at Indiana was listed 10th in the first us world news report that showed up. Maybe it was a year ago or something? Either way I gotta stop taking flyers and stick to chalk.

[BSF21]

Not a bitch, just thinking out loud. Super happy you do this Ryan. Best part of my week even if I get my ass kicked.

[mister d]

Your campaign slogan is the first three words of your last post in this thread.