NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 14

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:00 pm

The top five were tripping, hooking, roughing, interference, and slashing

Q2 - Name one of the 15 most-called penalties in the NHL from 2010 to current EXCEPT FOR ANYTHING IN THE TOP FIVE (10)

CORRECT
High-sticking (1) - Bengal
Fighting (1) - Bronto
Holding the stick (1) - Chedda
Cross-checking (3) - BFJ, Pruitt, Syb
Goalie interference (3) - Carwash, Duff, Rush
Boarding (4) - Brian, DiS, GoodKarma, Trav
Delay of Game - puck over the glass (5) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Mister D, Rex

INCORRECT (10)
Too many men - BSF, DSafe, Enoch, Giff, Rass, Tony
Hooking - AB, LJam, Romero, Shirley
Slashing - Citgo
Tripping - PDX
Diving - Sancarlos
Embellishment - Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Holding
Misconduct
Unsportsmanlike

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:04 pm

Q3 - Name one of the designated national foods pictured below and labeled with their country (9)

CORRECT
Indonesia = SATAY (MINUS-1) - Pruitt
Peru = CEVICHE (2) - Duff, GPJ
UK = FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST (3) - Bengal, Bronto, Shirley
Belgium = POMMES FRITES (3) - Chedda, Jerloma, Rex
Lebanon = TABBOULEH (3) - DiS, Enoch, Syb
Hungary = GOULASH (4) - Brian, Giff, GoodKarma, Sancarlos
Greece = MOUSSAKA (5) - AB, Citgo, Nonlinear, PDX, Rass
Ukraine = BORSCHT (7) - Carwash, DSafe, LJam, Mister D, Romero, Rush, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Pasticcio - BFJ, Cerrano
Fattoush - BSF
Bangers and Mash - Tony

LEFTOVERS
South Africa = BOBOTIE

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:05 pm

I would have way guessed wrong that there are more Too Many Men calls than Puck over Glass calls. That's wild.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:06 pm

EdRomero wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:57 pm My first negative one! And I answered them because I thought they sang My Girl

And I thought the Temptations sang Reach Out. So I should get the -1

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:08 pm

Ryan wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:04 pm Q3 - Name one of the designated national foods pictured below and labeled with their country (9)

CORRECT
Indonesia = SATAY (MINUS-1) - Pruitt

Shocked by this. You can get satay everywhere in Toronto.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:09 pm

Yeah but it turns out it's actually Indonesian.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:11 pm

This was one of my favorite questions. Mostly a good job here.

Q4 - Name any MLB player who, in the divisional era (1969-), hit at least 65 combined home runs in seasons when his team won the World Series (13)

CORRECT
Derek Jeter (1) - Chedda
Joe Carter (1) - Giff
Albert Pujols (1) - Citgo
Willie Stargell (1) - LJam
George Foster (2) - AB, DSafe
David Ortiz (4) - Bengal, DiS, Rush, Tony
Reggie Jackson (4) - Brian, Carwash, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Paul O'Neill (4) - Duff, Enoch, MIster D, Syb
Bernie Williams (6) - Bronto, Cerrano, GoodKarma, GPJ, Jerloma, Rex

INCORRECT (11)
Manny Ramirez (63!) - Romero, Shirley, Trav
Alex Rodriguez (30) - BSF
Jeff Kent (no WS) - BFJ
Jose Canseco (23) - PDX
Frank Robinson (25) - Pruitt
Barry Bonds (no WS) - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Tino Martinez
Jorge Posada
Darryl Strawberry
Sal Bando

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:13 pm

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:14 pm

Darryl Strawberry is a very fun answer to that question.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:16 pm

You missed 4.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:17 pm

Crap, I missed 5 actually. Hang on, but those spoiled halftime scores are correct

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:20 pm

Q5 - Name one of the top ten leading underlying causes of death in the United States for 2022 (10)

CORRECT
Holy jesus fuck, Cancer (1) - Bronto
Kidney disease (1) - Rush
Stroke (2) - Bengal, Jerloma
COVID-19 (3) - GoodKarma, Citgo, PDX
Unintentional injury (4) - AB, Cerrano, Chedda, Shirley
Lower respiratory disease (5) - Brian, BSF, Carwash, DSafe, Sancarlos
Diabetes (6) - BFJ, Enoch, GPJ, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Romero
Heart disease (7) - Duff, Giff, Rass, Rex, Syb, Tony, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Suicide - Mister D
Homicide - DiS
Hypertension - LJam

LEFTOVERS
Liver disease
Alzheimers

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:24 pm

How can any country claim 'meat on a stick'?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:26 pm

Q6 - Name a country represented by any of the top 16 seeds in any WOMEN'S singles Grand Slam event from 2023 (11)

CORRECT
Switzerland (1) - PDX
Spain (1) - Romero
Poland (2) - Brian, Rex
France (2) - Duff, Enoch
Czechia (5) - BFJ, Giff, GPJ, LJam, Pruitt
Tunisia (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Trav
USA (8) - Bengal, BSF, DiS, GoodKarma, Citgo, Mister D, Rass, Syb

INCORRECT (13)
Belarus - AB, Chedda
Australia - Carwash
Italy - DSafe
Ukraine - Rush
China - Sancarlos
Japan - Shirley
Turkiye - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Greece
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Estonia

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:29 pm

One of the joys of this game is seeing the one point answer you considered before you switched to an incorrect one or the most popular one.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:30 pm

Q7 - Name any Best Picture Oscar winner since 1950 with a non-letter in its official title (12)

CORRECT
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (1) - AB
Oliver! (1) - Chedda
12 Years a Slave (2) - Brian, BSF
The King's Speech (2) - Duff, GoodKarma
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2) - Giff, Rex
Around the World in 80 Days (2) - Pruitt, Rush
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2) - Rass, Trav
Schindler's List (4) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Romero
Kramer vs. Kramer (6) - Bengal, Carwash, DSafe, Enoch, Citgo, LJam
The Godfather: Part II (6) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
1917 - Tony
12 Angry Men - Nonlinear
Se7en - Mister D
2001: A Space Odyssey - PDX

LEFTOVERS
All the King's Men
Ben-Hur

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:31 pm

20-ish minute break

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:33 pm

Hey friends, when your opponent cedes victory to you prior to game day... Be very afraid.

TB with what I assume is on close to a record low (personal) score at the moment.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:34 pm

Ryan wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:30 pm Q7 - Name any Best Picture Oscar winner since 1950 with a non-letter in its official title (12)

CORRECT
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (1) - AB
Oliver! (1) - Chedda
12 Years a Slave (2) - Brian, BSF
The King's Speech (2) - Duff, GoodKarma
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2) - Giff, Rex
Around the World in 80 Days (2) - Pruitt, Rush
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2) - Rass, Trav
Schindler's List (4) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Romero
Kramer vs. Kramer (6) - Bengal, Carwash, DSafe, Enoch, Citgo, LJam
The Godfather: Part II (6) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
1917 - Tony
12 Angry Men - Nonlinear
Se7en - Mister D
2001: A Space Odyssey - PDX

LEFTOVERS
All the King's Men
Ben-Hur

Oh... apostrophes! Couldn't come up with much on this one.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:34 pm

Didn't even think of possessive apostrophes. (Also couldn't get C.H.U.D. out of my head.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:35 pm

Didn’t even consider apostrophes. Nice.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:38 pm

Dammitt. I couldn't remember if Ben-Hur had the hyphen.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:45 pm

Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:56 pm

Q8 - In 1968, Nashua native Greg Landry became the third and final quarterback of the pre-merger NFL to be drafted in the first round out of a NON-Division I school. Name any such QB taken in the first round since and including 1970 OR the college they attended (15)

CORRECT
UC Davis (1) - Brian
Phil Simms (1) - Rex
Ken O'Brien (1) - Syb
Joe Flacco (2) - Bengal, Nonlinear
Trey Lance (2) - DiS, GPJ
Morehead State (2) - Enoch, Pruitt
Carson Wentz (2) - Rass, Rush
Steve McNair (3) - Chedda, GoodKarma, Jerloma
Delaware (4) - AB, BFJ, Cerrano, Mister D
Alcorn State (7) - Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Duff, Giff, Citgo, LJam

INCORRECT (12)
Byron Leftwich - Romero
Weber State - PDX
Gio Carmazzi - Sancarlos
Randall Cunningham - Tony
McNeese State - Shirley
Notre Dame - Trav
Throwy McPicksix - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Terry Bradshaw
Dan Pastorini
Louisiana Tech
Santa Clara
North Dakota State

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:02 pm

Q9 - Holy shit - Washington DC and Lima, Peru lie at almost exactly the same longitude! Name another world capital that is within 5 degrees east or west of these two cities (8)

CORRECT
Quito (1) - Syb
Port-au-Prince (1) - Cerrano
Havana (2) - AB, Chedda
Bogota (2) - Giff, GoodKarma
Panama City (4) - Enoch, LJam, Sancarlos, Trav
Kingston (5) - Duff, GPJ, Nonlinear, Rush, Shirley
Ottawa (8) - Brian, Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Pruitt, Rass, Romero, Tony

INCORRECT (13)
Sanitago - Bengal, BSF
Buenos Aires - DiS
La Paz - PDX
Port of Spain - Rex
Rio de Janeiro - BFJ
Freeport - Citgo
Montego Bay - Jerloma
Sao Paulo - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Nassau

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:03 pm

mister d wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:45 pm Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

I'm so glad I didn't know the name Corona as the singer of This is the Rhythm of the Night, as that is the song I was thinking of.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:06 pm

Ryan wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:56 pm Q8 - In 1968, Nashua native Greg Landry became the third and final quarterback of the pre-merger NFL to be drafted in the first round out of a NON-Division I school. Name any such QB taken in the first round since and including 1970 OR the college they attended (15)

CORRECT

Ken O'Brien (1) - Syb

All those years of idolizing Ken O'Brien finally paid off.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:09 pm

EdRomero wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:57 pm My first negative one! And I answered them because I thought they sang My Girl

My parents are huge Motown heads and I don't know if even they could tell you which songs were Temptations and which were the Four Tops.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:11 pm

Q10 - Name one of the players pictured below, all of whom are the all-time scoring leaders for their school (9)

CORRECT
Shawn Respert (1) - Mister D
Don MacLean (1) - Rush
Lawrence Moten (2) - DSafe, Syb
Kerry Kittles (2) - Rass, Rex
Todd Day (3) - AB, Giff, Shirley
Wayman Tisdale (3) - Bronto, Carwash, Enoch
Sean Elliott (5) - BFJ, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Citgo, Sancarlos
Jerry West (5) - Brian, Chedda, GPJ, PDX, Pruitt
Calbert Cheaney (6) - Bengal, DiS, Duff, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Romero

INCORRECT (11)
Mookie Blaylock - LJam
Scottie Pippen - BSF
Jackie Moon - Tony
No Answer - Trav

LEFTOVERS
none

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:13 pm

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:14 pm

mister d wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:45 pm Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

Forgot about the worries on your mind?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:26 pm

1. Pruitt
2. AB
3. Syb
4. Rush
5. Giff
6. Bengal
7. Rex-Nonlinear-GoodKarma

1. Duff
2. Bronto
3. SL
4. Brian
5. Enoch
6. Mister D
7. Carwash

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:39 pm

Wow FG at the buzzer to win it...gg Rush. Surprised I squeaked by...

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:56 pm

Damn. I really botched this week.

Good game TB!

It wouldn't have mattered, but I had Nassau in my email to Turd as my "maybe I should go with" column.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:08 pm

Lawrence Moten, that's the one I couldn't recognize.

BTW, I switched from a 1 or 2 pointer to an incorrect answer at least twice in this one. Typical.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:10 pm

I thought Jerry West was a black dude in the slideshow.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:20 pm

Good game LJam.

This restaurant has been in my neighbourhood for over 20 years.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:20 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:33 pm Hey friends, when your opponent cedes victory to you prior to game day... Be very afraid.

TB with what I assume is on close to a record low (personal) score at the moment.

Just reading through these now and am beyond stunned at 1-point hit on the hockey. I knew two penalties and that was one of them. Figured it was gonna be top 5 and not even a correct answer.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:23 pm

Ryan wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:26 pm Q6 - Name a country represented by any of the top 16 seeds in any WOMEN'S singles Grand Slam event from 2023 (11)

CORRECT
Switzerland (1) - PDX
Spain (1) - Romero
Poland (2) - Brian, Rex
France (2) - Duff, Enoch
Czechia (5) - BFJ, Giff, GPJ, LJam, Pruitt
Tunisia (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Trav
USA (8) - Bengal, BSF, DiS, GoodKarma, Citgo, Mister D, Rass, Syb

INCORRECT (13)
Belarus - AB, Chedda
Australia - Carwash
Italy - DSafe
Ukraine - Rush
China - Sancarlos
Japan - Shirley
Turkiye - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Greece
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Estonia

How the fuck is the #2 ranked woman in the world not getting a seed?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:23 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:56 pm Damn. I really botched this week.

Good game TB!

It wouldn't have mattered, but I had Nassau in my email to Turd as my "maybe I should go with" column.

Geography continues to kill me. Glad I had a cushion...

Good game.