NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK SIXTEEN (SLIGHTLY EARLY DEADLINE)

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Great set of questions this week. I really enjoyed them.
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Thanks!
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In
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In. Missed one for sure.
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PM'd

I didn't see "Lakers" in question #7 until something like the 10th time I re-read it.
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rass wrote:PM'd

I didn't see "Lakers" in question #7 until something like the 10th time I re-read it.
I lucked out on that one. I picked a guy I was pretty sure had played for the Celtics. He didn't, but he did play for the Lakers at one point.
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I'm a big Cerrano and Cheddah fan today.
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Gunpowder wrote:I'm a big Cerrano and Cheddah fan today.
Just today?
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rass wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:I'm a big Cerrano and Cheddah fan today.
Just today?

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rass wrote:PM'd

I didn't see "Lakers" in question #7 until something like the 10th time I re-read it.
I lucked out on that one. I picked a guy I was pretty sure had played for the Celtics. He didn't, but he did play for the Lakers at one point.
Shit, I just checked mine and I got it wrong. I remembered the wrong team that he moved to for that late, meaningless season at the end of his career. I shouldn't have tried to get cute.
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Shit. Totally forgot. Give me 10 minutes to PM.
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Just Sent.
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I'm home with a sick non-dog this time, but I'll still try and get the reveal done today. Besides ljam, I believe we're still missing:

Sybian
Fluff
Degen

Check back in around 12:30
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L, the music photo went to your email on Monday. See if you can find it
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Ryan wrote:I'm home with a sick non-dog this time, but I'll still try and get the reveal done today. Besides ljam, I believe we're still missing:

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Ryan wrote:L, the music photo went to your email on Monday. See if you can find it
Okay, can I change my answer via PM?
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Okay. I'm changing it. I didn't see that the photos ended up on the bottom of the email.
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Fuck, just e-mailed. wish I had time to think about the countries with cities geographically larger than the capitals. Love that question.
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ahhhh extension?

I'm sending now!

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Come on, Fluff!
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1st half reveal coming in about 10 minutes
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Q1 - FROM BRIAN - Name a country whose largest city has at least 2 million more people than its capital city (11)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Cote d'Ivoire (1) - SL
Myanmar (1) - Brian
Nigeria (1) - Diamond
Pakistan (1) - Pruitt
India (2) - Ljam, TT
Turkey (2) - Carwash, Shirley
Australia (4) - AB, Cerran, Sabo, Trav
Brazil (6) - Bronto, DC, Junkyard, Keg, PDX, Sancarlos
USA (6) - Alex, Bensell, BFJ, Cheddah, Jerloma, Rass

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
China - BSF, Sybian
South Africa - Bengal
Vietnam - Degen
Canada - Giff
Germany - Rush
Karachi - Wlulax

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Q2 - FROM CHEDDAH - Name one of the musical acts pictured here, all of which performed at last fall's Boston Calling festival, which the questioner attended (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
The Replacements (1) - Sancarlos
The National (1) - Rass
The War on Drugs (1) - Cheddah
The Hold Steady (2) - Brian, Diamond
Neutral Milk Hotel (2) - Sybian, Wlulax
The Roots (2) - Ljam, Shirley
Lorde (4) - Carwash, DC, PDX, Pruitt
Nas (4) - AB, Cerrano, Jerloma, Keg
Childish Gambino (8) - Alex, Bengal, Bensell, BSF, Giff, Rush, SL, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
No answer - Degen, Junkyard
Bastille - BFJ
Not Florida-Georgia Line - Bronto
Weezer - Sabo
TT - Kendrick Lamar

LEFTOVERS
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Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.

And I'm positive that Toronto has about 3-4 million more people than Ottawa.
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Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.

And I'm positive that Toronto has about 3-4 million more people than Ottawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... rgest_city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Long story short, the urban area is 2M larger, the city is not. I even tried to stress that in the conversation with Jerloma over the population/area kerfluffel.
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Cool. My Islamabad.
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Q3 - Name one of TheRichest.com's 11 greatest mathematicians of all time (11)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Alan Turing (3) - Rush, Sybian, Wlulax
Rene Descartes (4) - Alex, Keg, Sancarlos, TT
Isaac Newton (4) - Brian, DC, Jerloma, Sabo
Pythagoras (4) - AB, BFJ, Degen, Giff
Euclid (8) - Bengal, Bensell, BSF, Cerrano, Cheddah, Diamond, SL, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
Archimedes - Junkyard, Shirley
Einstein - Bronto
Srinivasa Ramanujan - Carwash
Copernicus - Ljam
Fermat - PDX
Michael G. Calculus - Pruitt
Steven Hawking - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Euler
Gauss
Riemann
Fibonacci
Leibniz
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Pruitt wrote:Cool. My Islamabad.
That's no Istanbul.
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brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Cool. My Islamabad.
That's no Istanbul.
Yangon too far with that one.
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Q4 - Name any laundry detergent brand with more than $50 million of product sold in the U.S. in 2014 (10)
NOTE: Different versions of the same brand (i.e. Woolite and Woolite Plus) will be grouped into one answer

CORRECT ANSWERS
Dreft (1) - Rass
Era (1) - Diamond
Wisk (1) - Jerloma
All (4) - AB, Carwash, DC, TT
Purex (4) - Bronto, Pruitt, Rush, Wlulax
Gain (5) - Bengal, Bensell, Cerrano, Giff, Ljam
Tide (8) - BFJ, Cheddah, Degen, Junkyard, Keg, Shirley, SL, Sybian

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
Cheer - Alex, Brian, BSF, Trav
Clorox - PDX
Bold - Sabo
Ecos - Sancarlos

LEFTOVERS
Arm & Hammer
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Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.
Exactly. Lorde rules. Tough luck, pack of loosers who went with Childish Gambino. Whatever that is. Clearly not popular with 13 year old girls.
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brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.

And I'm positive that Toronto has about 3-4 million more people than Ottawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... rgest_city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hmm, that page doesn't match this one for China - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ci ... population" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I only checked because I was pretty sure China was a correct answer.
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DC47 wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.
Exactly. Lorde rules. Tough luck, pack of loosers who went with Childish Gambino. Whatever that is. Clearly not popular with 13 year old girls.
But just who is this Lorde person?

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Shirley wrote:
brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.

And I'm positive that Toronto has about 3-4 million more people than Ottawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... rgest_city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hmm, that page doesn't match this one for China - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ci ... population" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I only checked because I was pretty sure China was a correct answer.
The Wikipedia page for Beijing itself says 21.1M. (though the page for Shanghai says 24.2M)

Ryan's call.
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Shirley wrote:
brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Question 2 - benefits of having a teenaged daughter.

And I'm positive that Toronto has about 3-4 million more people than Ottawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... rgest_city" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hmm, that page doesn't match this one for China - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ci ... population" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I only checked because I was pretty sure China was a correct answer.

I don't think any of those show city limit population. I don't think Shanghai has 20+ million people.

EDIT: Nm, it does. Wow.
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Q5 - Name one of the 12 highest-grossing NON-animated movies in which one of the 6 main cast members of Friends appears (12)
NOTE: Box office is adjusted for inflation

CORRECT ANSWERS
Analyze This (1) - Sabo
Bruce Almighty (1) - TT
Marley & Me (1) - Diamond
Scream 2 (1) - Pruitt
We're the Millers (1) - Wlulax
Ace Ventura (2) - Bensell, BFJ
The Break-Up (2) - Alex, Sybian
Charlie's Angels (2) - Cheddah, Rass
Scream (3) - AB, PDX, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (8)
So many

LEFTOVERS
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Scream 3
Six Days Seven Nights

HALF
13 Diamond
19 AB
21 wlulax
23 Rass
23 Jerloma
23 Pruitt
24 TT
25 Cheddah
26 DC
26 Sybian
28 Brian
29 Bensell
29 Cerrano
30 Ljam
30 Keg
31 Carwash
32 Sancarlos
33 SL
33 BFJ
33 Alex
33 Shirley
34 Rush
35 Sabo
36 Giff
36 Trav
39 PDX
40 Bengal
44 Bronto
44 Degen
48 Junkyard
48 BSF
58 Fluff

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2nd half coming around 2 PM
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