SWAMPCRASH ELITE 8 - Questions posted

[rass]

Let's give a hand to Rass for managing to get all five first half questions wrong, btw. Always exciting to watch history being made.

I should have gone Jersey on 4 and not-Jersey on 5, huh?

[mister d]

God fucking dammit.

[Ryan]

Yeah 1 point is amazingly easy to dwell on

[Gunpowder]

Trav coming thru with that Ryobi at the buzzer

[Gunpowder]

Missing the golf question was a killer, as people were hammering Hale Irwins till the end

[mister d]

I think I'm more annoyed at the French Bulldog 10 pointer. I could have worked harder there.

[The Sybian]

Yeah 1 point is amazingly easy to dwell on

I'll take credit, mirroring MisterD on the final 2 questions.

[A_B]

What a great week to have a great week!

[Gunpowder]

Good luck to Bronto - not sure the committee thought this one through. Hope you can catch one of these transfers in Iqaluit.

[DaveInSeattle]

PRE GAME SHOOTAROUND


OT. Name a boxer who had a heavyweight title reign ("World", WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or equivalent) of more than 1,200 consecutive days.

CORRECT ANSWERS:
ROCKY MARCIANO - 1,312 DAYS (1): Mister D

Obligatory:

[Ryan]

I never bothered to Google if Igloolik was a real place because why would I. Well...

[Pruitt IV]

Husq Fucking Varna!

Nice win Duff.

Have fun in Nunavut, and bring lots of cash...

[Steve of phpBB]

You don't wanna be out after dark in Dayton

And you just don't wanna be in Baton Rouge.

I am in shock Chicago isn't top 10. Fuck FoxNews.

Chicago is a very segregated city. I'm pretty sure that if you just focused on the south and west sides, it'd be top ten easy.

Plus this was 2019 data, so before the big spikes that happened in 2020.

[Nonlinear FC]

4. Name a college/university with one of the top ten largest enrollments in the US. This number counts all undergrads and graduate students AT A SINGLE CAMPUS, i.e. not U of Phoenix online. I'll take any school that has been in the top ten during one of the last five years.



UTAH VALLEY (NEVER HEARD OF THIS SCHOOL BUT DAMN THEY GOT 41,000 STUDENTS): Nonlinear

The only reason I'd heard of them 1) they almost beat UAB in the NIT and they mentioned it was the biggest school in the state and 2) their mascot is the Wolverines and so the 5 minutes I watched of that game stuck with me.

[Gunpowder]

I never bothered to Google if Igloolik was a real place because why would I. Well...

Better make those reservations as the Igloolik Inn!

[Gunpowder]

You don't wanna be out after dark in Dayton

And you just don't wanna be in Baton Rouge.

I am in shock Chicago isn't top 10. Fuck FoxNews.

Chicago is a very segregated city. I'm pretty sure that if you just focused on the south and west sides, it'd be top ten easy.

Plus this was 2019 data, so before the big spikes that happened in 2020.

Yeah if you just looked at certain parts but you can also look at certain parts of any city.

Chicago has been considered a lawless crimepit since 2008 and it's just not the case. Last year it was much higher but still not top 10 (13th).

[Giff]

You don't wanna be out after dark in Dayton

And you just don't wanna be in Baton Rouge.

I am in shock Chicago isn't top 10. Fuck FoxNews.

Chicago is a very segregated city. I'm pretty sure that if you just focused on the south and west sides, it'd be top ten easy.

Plus this was 2019 data, so before the big spikes that happened in 2020.

I have a buddy who lives in Ukrainian Village who I love to piss off by texting him anytime I hear a pearl-clutching white conservative talk about how they would never go to Chicago cause it's a war zone.

[Nonlinear FC]

It's the same thing with lots and lots of cities. People freak out about Baltimore, but if you know where you are and what you're doing, I've only felt squirrelly there a handful of times.

Not saying it's the safest city in the world, but people that watch The Wire and care about Fox think it's a war zone. The entire city is not a flippin' war zone.

[Steve of phpBB]

My dentist appears to be one of those gullible Fox listeners. A couple of years back he asked if I was worried about going back to Chicago for a visit.

WTF?

4. Name a college/university with one of the top ten largest enrollments in the US. This number counts all undergrads and graduate students AT A SINGLE CAMPUS, i.e. not U of Phoenix online. I'll take any school that has been in the top ten during one of the last five years.



UTAH VALLEY (NEVER HEARD OF THIS SCHOOL BUT DAMN THEY GOT 41,000 STUDENTS): Nonlinear

The only reason I'd heard of them 1) they almost beat UAB in the NIT and they mentioned it was the biggest school in the state and 2) their mascot is the Wolverines and so the 5 minutes I watched of that game stuck with me.

UVU's men's soccer team is coached by none other than my daughter's former heartthrob, Kyle Beckerman.

[DaveInSeattle]

Not saying it's the safest city in the world, but people that watch The Wire and care about Fox think it's a war zone. The entire city is not a flippin' war zone.

During the BLM marches in the summer of 2020, my parents were convinced that all of Seattle was nothing but smoldering ruins. They didn't believe me I said that the "CHOP" was about 4 square blocks total in one neighborhood (not mine).

[sancarlos]

Not saying it's the safest city in the world, but people that watch The Wire and care about Fox think it's a war zone. The entire city is not a flippin' war zone.

During the BLM marches in the summer of 2020, my parents were convinced that all of Seattle was nothing but smoldering ruins. They didn't believe me I said that the "CHOP" was about 4 square blocks total in one neighborhood (not mine).

Yeah, my parents were super-worried about our daughter being at UW at that time. And, I hear shit regularly about San Francisco from relatives and in-law relatives.

[EnochRoot]

AB killing it in the NIT...but who let the Bulldogs out? Ten of you, actually.


6. According to the American Kennel Club, name one of the top 12 "Most Popular Dog Breeds" in 2021.

CORRECT ANSWERS:
POODLE (Goldendoodle) (1): Travzilla
WELSH CORGI (2): PDX, Sabes
GERMAN SHEPHERD (2): Enoch, Sybian
BEAGLE (3): Giff, Goodkarma, Ryan
GOLDEN RETRIEVER (4): Bengal, Carwash, Citgo, DaveInSeattle
LABRADOR RETRIEVER (7): BFJ, Bronto, Chedda, Jerloma, Rex, Sancarlos, Shirley
FRENCH BULLDOG (10): AB, BSF, Cerrano, Duff, Ljam, Mister D, N0EL, Pruitt, Rass, Rush

INCORRECT ANSWERS (15):
ENGLISH BULLDOG: Nonlinear

Unanswered:
BULLDOG
ROTTWEILER
GERMAN SHORTHAIR POINTER
DACHSHUND
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD

My dog is part Lab, German Shepherd, Boxer, Chinese Shar-Pei and some undefined herding breed(s).

I wanted to say "mixed breed" (cuz really, that's obviously #1), but rolled with the Shepherd to be safe.

[P.D.X.]

Aren't 'Bulldog' and 'English Bulldog' the same breed?

[Rex]

The murder stats are pretty heavily influenced by the population of the city and whether the bad parts happen to be within the borders. Every city has its murder parts but if the population is huge (Chicago) or the city proper is a tiny part of the metro (Atlanta), it affects the numbers.

[GoodKarma]

Aren't 'Bulldog' and 'English Bulldog' the same breed?

Technically no. There are English Bulldogs and American Bulldogs (I'm not sure if Australian is an officially recognized breed) as far as the standard sizing goes.

[Jerloma]

HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA

I have honestly never heard of this business. Doesn't remotely ring a bell.

Well, at least we now know the 4 Swampers who watch Fox News.

[A_B]

I’ve never seen it outside a gas station.

[Rush2112]

GG Bronto. Damn small dog lovers.

[The Sybian]

HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA

I have honestly never heard of this business. Doesn't remotely ring a bell.

Well, at least we now know the 4 Swampers who watch Fox News.

My secret shame revealed…

Also never heard of Hunt Brothers. Closest one is in Wilmington, DE.

[Giff]

Pug in 33rd is some straight up trash.

[GoodKarma]

Pug in 33rd is some straight up trash.

Seconded

[Ryan]

Just googled “Hunt Brothers +Pizza” - their ads are crazy but it all seemed pretty unsanitary

[A_B]

Just googled “Hunt Brothers +Pizza” - their ads are crazy but it all seemed pretty unsanitary

For the record I have seen hunt brothers probably over a thousand times. And almost 100 percent certain I’ve never had their food.

[EnochRoot]

Just googled “Hunt Brothers +Pizza” - their ads are crazy but it all seemed pretty unsanitary

For the record I have seen hunt brothers probably over a thousand times. And almost 100 percent certain I’ve never had their food.

What qualifies them as worldwide though? Are they international?

[A_B]

Well if you had ten trillion stores in the us but none anywhere else they’d probably still have the most worldwide.

[EnochRoot]

Well if you had ten trillion stores in the us but none anywhere else they’d probably still have the most worldwide.

Fair enough. It's sort of like how the most popular breed of dog is the mixed breed, not necessarily any pure breed.

[Gunpowder]

Mixed breed isn't a breed though, like 58% Irish and 22% German isn't a specific breed of human


Of the top 10 most dangerous "blocks", I think all 10 are in either LA, San Francisco or Kansas City.

[Ryan]

Someone never stepped on a Lego! (You get to tell a joke in the style of the person you just beat, correct?)

[Johnny Carwash]

58% Irish and 22% German isn't a specific breed of human

That's called a Tom Hagen.

[L-Jam3]

Well let me tell you something, my Kraut-Mick friend!