NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 2

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:07 am

SEASON-LONG REMINDERS

-Each week consists of 10 questions (5 sports, 5 not). The Swamper Bowl will have 20 questions.
-I'll post questions here and email them to the group. Make sure you DO NOT REPLY ALL if answering by email
-No Googling, No Doubt
-Answer every week, even when your NFL team has a bye

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
-If you're the only player with a one-pointer, you are credited with a score of -1
-Low score wins
-Weekly ties will be broken by best score in Q10, Q9, etc.
-Standings, tiebreakers and playoff matchups all determined exactly as they would be in the real NFL

INSTRUCTIONS

-Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail, and don't forget the middle initial T) or private message here
-Unless you're giving something away by asking, bring up any questions or clarifications in the weekly thread so everyone can see the answer. I will NOT be emailing any important updates to questions that may affect answers, so it's on you to keep up before submitting

SCHEDULE

ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15th @ 12PM ET

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:22 am

WEEK TWO QUESTIONS

1. WORDS AND LANGUAGE
Name one of the languages that the word "Swamp" has been translated to in the list below (8)

mýri
träsk
kinamasi
bažina
boglach
bataklık
sumpf
puʻu

2. GENERAL SPORTS
Name any of the officials pictured below (9)

3. MOVIES
Name one of the top ten movies about tennis as ranked by Rotten Tomatoes critics score (10)
NOTE: Includes documentaries, mockumentaries, and one foreign film

4. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Name the school for which any of the following players made a buzzer-beating shot in the NCAA Tournament (10)
NOTE: Buzzer-beaters here are defined as made baskets in the final 2 seconds of a game to put the eventual winning team in the lead

Vander Blue
Paul Jesperson
James Forrest
Todd Day
Lamont Butler
Quincy Pondexter
Terry Dehere
Kevin Gamble
Bryce Drew
Kenton Paulino

5. GAMES
Not counting differences in the number of cards being played, name a variety of poker played at any official World Series of Poker event from 1980 through 2000 (8)
NOTE: These are all one-word answers (sometimes with an apostrophe!). Two answers are events that combine varieties but still count as separate answers, like the decathlon

6. BASEBALL
Name anyone with 20 or more at-bats in the 2022 World Series (12)
NOTE: Fine, it was the Phillies and Astros

7. GEOGRAPHY
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea is the 12th largest city in Oceania with nearly 400,000 people. Name one of the cities above it on the list, all of which are in Australia or New Zealand (11)

8. NFL
Name any NFL quarterback with multiple 100-yard rushing games in their career since the merger (sorry, Tobin Rote) (13)

9. TELEVISION
Name a Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, or PBS show nominated for Best Children's Animated Program the Daytime Emmy's from 1990-2009 (15)
NOTE: Don't say Sesame Street

10. HOCKEY
Name any OPPONENT of a team from Canada in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1980 (10)
NOTE: If two Canadian teams played each other, each one is a correct answer

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:00 am

For #8 is it multiple regular season games only, or are playoff games included?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:31 am

Regular season only

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:46 am

Woof. This gonna be a bloodbath.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:36 pm

Yeah I meant to lead this off with a post that said how difficult I think this ended up being

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:37 pm

So many wrong answers submitted by me.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:45 pm

Hardest week ever

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:49 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:36 pm Yeah I meant to lead this off with a post that said how difficult I think this ended up being

Thank you for the hints, like telling us what teams were in the World Series and not to try and thing of cities in Kiribati or Nauru. I would have wasted a lot of time. Although I would have saved a lot of time by typing Sesame Street (despite it not being animated) and now I have to think back through all the crap I sat through with my kids.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:58 pm

Answers sent.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:59 pm

I’m gonna get murdered. I’m encouraged that others think it’s hard too though.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:02 pm

It's a toughie, but one of the questions is right in the old wheelhouse!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:07 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:02 pm It's a toughie, but one of the questions is right in the old wheelhouse!

Plus the Canadian Stanley Cup opponents, too!

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:25 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:02 pm It's a toughie, but one of the questions is right in the old wheelhouse!

After noon on Friday, you should lay low for a while, cause you’re probably gonna be wanted for murder.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:03 am

cerranoredux wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:25 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:02 pm It's a toughie, but one of the questions is right in the old wheelhouse!
After noon on Friday, you should lay low for a while, cause you’re probably gonna be wanted for murder.

Home field advantage

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:02 am

In. Piece of cake

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:46 am

STILL NEED:

AB
Bengal
BFJ
Bronto
BSF
Carwash
DiS
Duff
Enoch
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Shirley
Syb

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:06 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:46 am STILL NEED:

DiS

Sent

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:18 pm

Guesses sent.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:37 pm

Sent!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:12 am

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:04 am

IN.

Feel like I knew answers to like 7, and educated guess on 1 and nothing on the other two but wild stabs. but I think others may be in same boat, so I expect some weird scores.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:18 am

STILL NEED:

BFJ
BSF
Citgo
Jerloma
PDX
Shirley
Syb

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:24 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:18 am STILL NEED:

~~BFJ~~
BSF
Citgo
Jerloma
PDX
Shirley
Syb

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:21 pm

Just need Jerloma and Syb now.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:07 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:21 pm Just need Jerloma and Syb now.

Come on JLo, there is no reason to wait this long...

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:27 pm

I'm all in mothahfuckahs!

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:34 am

Well that was everyone before the end of Thursday. Earlier reveal today - probably right around noon et

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:18 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:07 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:21 pm Just need Jerloma and Syb now.
Come on JLo, there is no reason to wait this long...

Syb is on a roll!

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:38 am

For the tennis question, I couldn't think of a single movie that I was sure was real. I had three possible titles and finally just picked one. I don't normally do this, but after I submitted, I googled the list, and lo-and-behold, all three titles I had were real movies. I was pretty shocked. Hopefully my other barely-educated guesses come through.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:41 am

For the most part, everyone probably did better than they expected. People may have played it safe - definitely not close to the most wrong answers I've seen. Reveal will start around 12:05 et.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:51 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:38 am For the tennis question, I couldn't think of a single movie that I was sure was real. I had three possible titles and finally just picked one. I don't normally do this, but after I submitted, I googled the list, and lo-and-behold, all three titles I had were real movies. I was pretty shocked. Hopefully my other barely-educated guesses come through.

I decided that tennis adjacent movies should count (and could only think of two). Probably not, but we’ll see.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:07 am

Game of the Week

Rush (1-0) vs. Sancarlos (1-0)

Huddle of the Week

Cody Colt!

Halftime Report of the Week

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:13 am

Fess up, did y'all fall for the old Swahili-Japanese trick?!?!

Q1 - Name one of the languages that the word "Swamp" has been translated to in the list below (8)

CORRECT
träsk = Swedish (1) - GPJ
mýri = Icelandic or Norwegian (1) - HaulCitgo
kinamasi = Swahili (2) - Jerloma, Nonlinear
boglach = Gaelic (3) - DiS, PDX, Rass
bataklik = Turkish (4) - Bengal, Brian, Carwash, GoodKarma
pu'u = Hawaiian (5) - AB, Cerrano, Mister D, Rush, Sancarlos
Sumpf = German (6) - Bronto, Duff, Enoch, Giff, Pruitt, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
Japanese - BSF, LJam, Tony, Trav
Hebrew - BFJ
Polish - Chedda
Serbian - DSafe
Greek - Rex
Finnish - Romero
Russian - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
bažina = Czech

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:18 am

Glad we didn't have to match the word to the language. I saw "trask" and thought it sounded German. Boglach makes a ton of sense now that I see it.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:18 am

Q2 - Name one of the sports officials pictured below (9)

CORRECT
Bill Vinovich (1) - Bronto
Jerome Boger (1) - Rass
Mills Lane (4) - Brian, BSF, Citgo, Shirley
John McSherry (4) - Carwash, GPJ, Mister D, Rex
Dick Bavetta (4) - DSafe, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Romero
Kerry Fraser (5) - Chedda, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Sancarlos, Trav
Eric Gregg (9) - AB, Bengal, DiS, Duff, Enoch, Giff, LJam, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT (14)
Joe West - Cerrano
Ken Kaiser - BFJ
Jerome Ford - Tony
Pass - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Earl Strom
Bill McCreary

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:20 am

Dammitt. I thought that first slide was John McSherry but I wasn't confident enough in it.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:22 am

A boring range of scores befitting this terrible question

Q3 - Name one of the top ten movies about tennis as ranked by Rotten Tomatoes critics score (10)

CORRECT
7 Days in Hell (4) - AB, GoodKarma, Nonlinear, Rush
Wimbledon (4) - DSafe, Duff, LJam, PDX
Battle of the Sexes (5) - Bengal, Brian, BSF, GPJ, Shirley
Borg vs. McEnroe (5) - BFJ, Carwash, Cerrano, Enoch, Jerloma
Match Point (5) - Chedda, DiS, Pruitt, Sancarlos, Trav
King Richard (7) - Bronto, Giff, Citgo, Rass, Romero, Syb, Tony

INCORRECT (12)
Strangers on a Train - Rex
A Father's Love - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Citizen Ashe
Final Set
Venus and Serena
Break Point

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:22 am

I'd love to know how many of you actually knew you got the language right. And how.

For the ref, the only one I knew I knew was Lane, but it took me three days of digging through the cobwebs to bring it up. I kept picturing him in claymation screaming "let's get it on!"

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:25 am

Fletch should have counted as a tennis movie, btw.