NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK TEN

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:37 pm

STANDINGS

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, NOV. 7 @ 12 PM (Reveal here on the boards @ 1 PM)

MATCHUPS

QUESTIONS

1. Name any European country whose name and capital BOTH begin with letters from the first half of the alphabet (A-M) (12)

2. FROM BENSELL - Name a TV show that won the Best Comedy Series Emmy between 1977-78 and 1997-98 (10)

3. FROM CARWASH - Name a movie since 1960 that won the Academy Award for Best Picture without its director winning the Best Director award (9)

4. McDonalds recently retired three of its dipping sauce flavors, used primarily to accompany Chicken McNuggets. Name one of these or any of the seven surviving flavors (10)
NOTE: Doesn't include regular all-purpose condiments - must be officially offered as a "dipping sauce"
NOTE: I'll be lenient with the exact names but some are pretty similar, so I may ask for something more specific in certain cases.

5. Name a #1-selling car model (i.e. "Ford Explorer" or "Hyundai Sonata") in the U.S. for any year since 1949 (13)

6. Ichiro hit 99 home runs as a Seattle Mariner. Name anyone in franchise history with more HRs (11)

7. FROM JUNKYARD - Name a Heisman Trophy winner whose team won the AP or BCS championship in his winning season (11)

8. Give the team nickname of any current member school in Hockey East (12)

9. FROM SYBIAN - Name one of the 9 sports disciplines featured at the first modern Summer Olympic Games in 1896 (9)

10. Name any wide receiver from a college in Florida to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1990 (12)

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:03 pm

Hockey East is a thing? Just want to check that the question is worded properly.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:13 pm

The mediocrity of the NFC South standings in Swampcrash pretty much mirror the mediocrity of the NFC South standings in the NFL.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:14 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Hockey East is a thing? Just want to check that the question is worded properly.

Yeah, it's the name of the conference.

Post by **brian** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:16 pm

Cheddah got the best score last week and is 0-8? That's crazy.

Post by **brian** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:17 pm

Ryan wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Hockey East is a thing? Just want to check that the question is worded properly.
Yeah, it's the name of the conference.

Personally I love questions like this because it requires two different pieces of knowledge (teams in the conference AND the nicknames of those teams).

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:20 pm

in, getting trucked by rush anyway

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:47 pm

brian wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Hockey East is a thing? Just want to check that the question is worded properly.
Yeah, it's the name of the conference.
Personally I love questions like this because it requires two different pieces of knowledge (teams in the conference AND the nicknames of those teams).

And is quite different than years past thanks to conference realignment.

Post by **brian** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:11 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
brian wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:Hockey East is a thing? Just want to check that the question is worded properly.
Yeah, it's the name of the conference.
Personally I love questions like this because it requires two different pieces of knowledge (teams in the conference AND the nicknames of those teams).
And is quite different than years past thanks to conference realignment.

That too.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:32 pm

brian wrote:Cheddah got the best score last week and is 0-8? That's crazy.

Right? That's Paul Carr worthy.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:33 pm

I'm very thankful this is my bye week.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:51 pm

Well, the school I guessed is in Hockey East, so that's nice.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:23 pm

Swampcrash rules, and of course, all hail to the Creator, without whom none of this would exist. But perhaps I can voice a small note of constructive criticism.

What the hell is it with this Swampcrash VV? Two (2) questions about awards for popular entertainment. A hockey question with presumably no possible Red Wings answer. Thirty (30) percent (%) of the questions are on something I automatically know little of.

And then this thing about wide receivers from Florida drafted in the first round. I mean, that's pretty easy for me, because I follow a blog devoted solely to criminals in the NFL. But perhaps not so easy for others. How about giving them a tiny break by expanding the technical construct of "Florida" to include, say, the nearby Georgia Tech? This school is closer - in a geographic sense - to Florida than a lot of schools in Florida.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:20 pm

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:56 am

STILL NEED

PDX
Carwash
DC
Bronto
Sabo
Ljam
Sybian
BSF
Fluff
Cerrano
AB
Shirley
Keg

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:18 am

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:24 am

Ryan slutshamed me into answering.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:39 am

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:32 am

STILL NEED

Ljam
Sybian
BSF
Fluff
Cerrano
Shirley
Keg

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:23 am

I sent mine in a few minutes ago.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:32 am

Ryan wrote:STILL NEED

Ljam
Sybian
BSF
Fluff
Cerrano
Shirley
Keg

sorry about that. weird school week in jersey threw me off my swampcrash routine.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:55 am

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:26 am

Is Diamond still undefeated? Stupid blocked images.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:26 am

Giff wrote:Is Diamond still undefeated? Stupid blocked images.

Yep.

I can email you the images every week if you'd like.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:29 am

Gunpowder wrote:
Giff wrote:Is Diamond still undefeated? Stupid blocked images.
Yep.

I can email you the images every week if you'd like.

Sure, man. I normally remember to check at home. Appreciate it.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:36 am

Who am I playing this week?

Looked up my college football question, as I knew 6 answers and mind fucked myself over which one to choose. Every single answer was wrong. I fucking hate college football. All of my answers were even from when I somewhat followed.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:40 am

The Sybian wrote:Who am I playing this week?

Looked up my college football question, as I knew 6 answers and mind fucked myself over which one to choose. Every single answer was wrong. I fucking hate college football. All of my answers were even from when I somewhat followed.

Fluff

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:48 am

Question #5, do you mean specifically "car" or automobile? Would an SUV or Pickup truck qualify as a car model?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:53 am

Interesting week for the Phins. They're on a very quiet 5 game winning streak after a 1-2 start and now facing a Lion team that has yet to record a victory, but only averages 3 more points. After a couple of major upsets in recent weeks, this is the kind of gut-check game that's really going to tell us who we are.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:05 am

Jerloma wrote:Interesting week for the Phins. They're on a very quiet 5 game winning streak after a 1-2 start and now facing a Lion team that has yet to record a victory, but only averages 3 more points. After a couple of major upsets in recent weeks, this is the kind of gut-check game that's really going to tell us who we are.

Was that your answer to question 10?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:06 am

He's right, guys. No one's talking about the Fins right now. We didn't expect much out of them coming into the season, but they have won 5 straight after a sluggish start and they now have a matchup against 0-8 Detroit that you have to expect them to win. Guys, are the Fins legit? Are they Swamp Bowl contenders?

Of course they are, Boom. They are 6-2 and your record don't lie. You are what your record says you are. If they take care of business today, they'll be 7-2 and you can't sit here and tell me that a 7-2 team isn't a contender.

C'mon, man! The Fins? A contender? First off, this team averages over 60 points per week. The team they play today, Detroit, averages about that and they are 0-8. Baltimore and Jacksonville average about that, with Baltimore at 3-6 and Jax at 4-4. Two AFC West teams average that and they are about 2-7 each.

Secondly, they are in a division with Buffalo and you know they aren't catching them, so it's wild card or bust for this team. They play Buffalo and 7-1 Denver right out of the bye, and they will be heavy underdogs for both of those games. The only saving grace is the two games left against the Jets. They are a game up on Tennessee for that last wild card spot and Tennessee has the better team this year if you look at how they've actually played on the field. This team may scrape out 10 or 11 wins and get to the playoffs, but they are not a contender. Come. On. Man.

Coach?

I like beer and cigars! But not together! That would put out my cigars!

HAHAHAHA you are hilarious Coach! Alright let's go to Mort. Mort?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:08 am

devilfluff wrote:Question #5, do you mean specifically "car" or automobile? Would an SUV or Pickup truck qualify as a car model?

The source article seems to lump everything together, but the correct answers are all "cars"

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:08 am

*changes channel*

The Dolphins have a good record. They are probably good because their record is good. I think if they keep winning games they'll make the playoffs and if they keep winning them then they will be a contender. If they stop winning games they won't be good anymore or if they lose in the playoffs they won't be a contender. I like how their quarterback has thrown the ball but I think if they also rush the ball this week they'll probably have a good chance of winning this game.

*breaks TV*

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:09 am

In. Ryan, can you add me to the list of guys to send the images to? Thanks.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:10 am

That was good, gpj.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:13 am

I thought Chris Carter stopped smoking weed? And it hurts getting called out by CC, even if he only catches touchdowns.

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:15 am

PM'd.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:21 am

The Sybian wrote:I thought Chris Carter stopped smoking weed? And it hurts getting called out by CC, even if he only catches touchdowns.

Cris forgot to point out that your PPG is better and you are 2-7.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:35 am

Gunpowder wrote:
The Sybian wrote:I thought Chris Carter stopped smoking weed? And it hurts getting called out by CC, even if he only catches touchdowns.
Cris forgot to point out that your PPG is better and you are 2-7.

Fuck the 'phins!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:48 am

That was awesome.