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. 26 @ 12 PM (Reveal here on the boards @ 1 PM)
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. SUBMITTED BY SYBIAN - Name a city designated as the population center for one of Canada's 10 most-populated urban areas as of 2011 (10)
EDITOR'S NOTE - One of the answers is a dual-city designation (i.e. "Nashua-Manchester"). I'll take either city name as a correct answer
2. Name any celebrity mentioned specifically by name, nickname, or initials by Jay-Z in Empire State of Mind (12)
3. First observed in 1669, Phosphorus is the oldest element with a known and recorded discovery. Name any element on the Periodic Table "old" enough to have an UNRECORDED discovery (13)
4. Name a current flavor of Dum-Dum lollipops, according to their website (16)
5. SUBMITTED BY BSF - Name any man who has won the Best Lead Actor Emmy Award for either a comedy or a drama series at least 3 times (14)
6. SUBMITTED BY DC - Name one of the 12 players who have had the best single defensive seasons at shortstop since 1959, according to the stat Total Zone - Total Fielding Runs Above Average (12)
7. Give the real first name of any of the following NBA players:
Mookie Blaylock
Muggsy Bogues
Peja Stojakovic
Blue Edwards
Sleepy Floyd
Pooh Richardson
Spud Webb
Tree Rollins
Speedy Claxton
Fat Lever
8. SUBMITTED BY WLULAX - Name a discipline (per official IOC designation) that will be contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics that does NOT feature a referee blowing a whistle or a judge giving a score.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Any single event on the wrong list disqualifies the discipline as a whole (i.e. "Aquatics" is out because of diving and synchronized swimming)
9. Including conference championship games but not bowl games or BCS title games, name any participating FBS school in a matchup between the 2 top-ranked teams in the AP poll since 1980 (13)
10. Name the leading rusher for any NFL team coached for the entire season by Marty Schottenheimer (9)
