NFL Swampcrash 2014 - WEEK TWO

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:18 pm

REMINDERS

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 don't reply to all if answering by email
For your own questions only, you may "cheat" and submit any answer you want
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

Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail) or private message here
ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 @ 12 PM (Reveal here on the boards @ 1 PM)

MATCHUPS

QUESTIONS

1. SUBMITTED BY DIAMOND - Name one of the World's top ten copper-producing countries in 2013, all topping Kazakhstan's 440,000 tonnes (10)

2. SEMI-SUBJECTIVE SWAMPCRASH - Name anyone from the televised death montage at the 2014 Oscars ceremony who I (me, Ryan) have definitely heard of AND could tell you anything specific that he or she was famous for (15)

3. Name an American college or university affiliated with a Catholic denomination (also including Baptist, Jesuit, Mormon, and Wesleyan) that has a higher enrollment than Duke University's 13,600 (13)
NOTE: Enrollment includes postgrads
HINT: Don't say Notre Dame

4. SUBMITTED BY RUSH - Name one of the ten best-selling beers in the world, per 2013 sales.
EDITORS NOTE: 4 different countries represent the primary market for the beers on the list

5. Name any past or present official member of Metallica (8)

6. THANKS TO GUEST QUESTIONEER EDROMERO - Name any pitcher to start Game 1 of a World Series since and including 2004 (18)

7. Name anyone inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player whose last name begins with a vowel (11)

8. SUBMITTED BY BRONTO - Since Al Unser Jr won the 1994 Indy 500, only five American drivers have won the race. Name one of the foreign drivers who have won in that time period (10)

9. Name a school that does NOT currently play FBS (1A) football and has made the Elite 8 of an NCAA Men's Basketball tournament since 2000 (11)

10. SUBMITTED BY CERRANO - Name any NFL player with a top-10 selling jersey from April-July 2014 (10)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:29 pm

Ha, way to bury the news of your nerd game under the Goodell stuff.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:39 pm

mister d wrote:Ha, way to bury the news of your nerd game under the Goodell stuff.

Right? He releases the worst (hardest) questions when we are all looking at the shiny object over there. Seriously, this is the hardest bunch of questions ever.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:43 pm

They are brutal.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:18 am

I thought so too, but of the 31 entries I've already received, there's not one wrong answer.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:43 am

Ryan wrote:I thought so too, but of the 31 entries I've already received, there's not one wrong answer.

I just sent my answers, and I know one of my answers is wrong.

Fuck Kranepool.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:52 am

Ryan wrote:I thought so too, but of the 31 entries I've already received, there's not one wrong answer.

I think i got them all right, but I don't feel great about several of them.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:55 am

I haven't really thought about them yet, but a quick glance tells me getting correct answers for all 10 looks improbable.

And I am playing DC, so, knowing he will show up, thinking about starting the second team this week at all positions and trying to get week 3 healthy.

boxcar · Post by **boxcar** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:09 am

Ryan, did you send an e-mail with the questions?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:24 am

boxcar wrote:Ryan, did you send an e-mail with the questions?

I didn't. I plan on doing that every week, and would have eventually remembered. Coming now.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:03 am

Question 3...it's not just Catholic, but those in parentheses as well?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:10 am

Giff wrote:Question 3...it's not just Catholic, but those in parentheses as well?

Right

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:14 am

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:16 am

Well, I'm an idiot.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:17 am

That might have been borderline brilliant on your part. Now, if everyone refuses to put the same answer as you, you get 1-pointers for each one.

Genius.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:18 am

Ryan wrote:
Giff wrote:Question 3...it's not just Catholic, but those in parentheses as well?
Right

Still confused--does this mean any religiously-affiliated US college?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:27 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Giff wrote:Question 3...it's not just Catholic, but those in parentheses as well?
Right
Still confused--does this mean any religiously-affiliated US college?

I think it boils down to any Catholic or Christian denomination. You know, the real ones.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:04 pm

Haha Giff. I assumed you just posted them here and deleted them!

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:49 pm

just checked 4 of my answers, 3 of which were wrong. totally not checking the others as it will be more exciting to see my score climb on friday. on the upside, it appears i could be in the hunt for the record high score of a participant who actually sent in their "answers."

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:41 pm

In, pre Giff.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:27 am

IN:

PDX
SL
Carwash
Brian
DC
Wlulax
Cheddah
Sabo
Giff
BFJ
Pruitt
Cerrano
AB

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:58 pm

Don't have the list in front of me but only a couple additional entries since yesterday. Due tomorrow AM

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:29 pm

Sent.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:39 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:00 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:36 pm

Mailed

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:10 pm

Hail Mary chucked downfield.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:01 am

STILL MISSING (I think)

Diamond
Bensell
TT
Jerloma
Ljam
Fluff
Shirley
Keg

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:18 am

Shirley sent his in after Giff sent his in! Mark him Zero, Dude!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:41 am

Look for mine b/w 10 and 10:15 AM EST today.

ETA: Just sent at 10:25.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:32 am

Emails sent to Fluff, Bensell, Keg, Shirley, and TT.

5 matchups currently decided by 3 or less points, including a tie.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:45 am

Saving up just in case we have to break this tie with a longest cumshot challenge.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:20 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Shirley sent his in after Giff sent his in! Mark him Zero, Dude!

You're assuming mine are correct.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:28 am

I think these questions are hard in a way that will create a ton of 12 point correct answers.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:36 am

Gunpowder wrote:I think these questions are hard in a way that will create a ton of 12 point correct answers.

I am expecting to be in those high point clusters. What I think will be my best answer was a result of remembering something wrong, and lucking on an answer that happened to be correct.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:43 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Shirley sent his in after Giff sent his in! Mark him Zero, Dude!

After further review, I sent in some new answers. I put Kentucky as my answer for every one.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:55 am

SWAMPCRASH WEEK 2 IS CURRENTLY IN A FOOD DELAY. YOU ARE WATCHING SUBMITTED ANSWER BLOOPERS AND PRACTICAL JOKES.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:59 am

"Duluth? C'Mon, Man!"

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:08 pm

Gunpowder wrote:"Duluth? C'Mon, Man!"

"Sandy Koufax. Non-Starter."

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:17 pm

Nothing from Bensell (I checked my spam and everything...), TT, and Fluff. Here we go