The Swamp

Never even thought about Derek Carr. Nice one

EDIT: I was about 97% sure Fouts would be the highest score but not by this much

Damn I wimped out on Jim Everett because I figured we all would think of the Chris Everett interview

Quickly typed out Montana, Young and Wilson and was gonna stop there and pick one and then thought of Fouts at the last sec and changed. Classic mistake.

rass wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:23 am Quickly typed out Montana, Young and Wilson and was gonna stop there and pick one and then thought of Fouts at the last sec and changed. Classic mistake.

Yep. GPJ deserves the 11 point spread with John Brodie.

Hey we're more cultured than you would think!

Q3 - Name the author of any of the following short stories (10)

CORRECT
The Snows of Kilimanjaro = Ernest Hemingway (MINUS 1) - Nonlinear
The Swimmer = John Cheever (2) - Pruitt, Rush
An Occurrence at Owl Creek = Ambrose Bierce (3) - AB, DSafe, Syb
The Lottery = Shirley Jackson (3) - Bengal, LJam, Trav
The Minority Report = Philip K. Dick (5) - Bronto, Carwash, Duff, Enoch, Rass
The Gift of the Magi = O Henry (5) - BSF, DiS, Giff, GoodKarma, Romero
The Metamorphosis = Franz Kafka (7) - BFJ, Brian, Cerrano, Chedda, Rex, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (12)
Stephen King - GPJ, Citgo
Edgar Allan Poe - Mister D
Hans Christian Andersen - Jerloma
Dr. Seuss - Tony

LEFTOVERS
The Bear Came Over the Mountain = Alice Munro
The Monkey's Paw = W.W. Jacobs

Damn it. It was between Poe, King and Hemingway for my wild-assed guess.

Fucking Hemingway was a -1? I was sure that Shirley Jackson was going to be the big score on that one.

Opposite. I thought Hemmingway would've been the high-scorer. And that's why I suck at this game.

Q4 - Name any of the ballparks pictured below, none of which are the current home of an MLB team but have hosted a regular season or exhibition game between two MLB teams (9)

CORRECT
Monterrey (1) - Giff
Sydney Cricket Ground (1) - GPJ
Hiram Bithorn, San Juan (2) - Bronto, Chedda
Disney's Wide World of Sports (2) - Duff, Rass
Field of Dreams (6) - Bengal, BSF, Cerrano, Jerloma, Sancarlos, Shirley
Doubleday Field, Cooperstown (6) - Carwash, DSafe, Mister D, Rex, Romero, Syb
Tokyo Dome (7) - AB, DiS, Enoch, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Tony, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Williamsport - Brian, GoodKarma
Metrodome - BFJ, Citgo
Sahlen Field - LJam
Olympic Stadium - Rush

LEFTOVERS
Fort Bragg Field
TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha)

Dammit- thought Hemingway would be the high score.

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:27 am Fucking Hemingway was a -1? I was sure that Shirley Jackson was going to be the big score on that one.

I'm shocked. I knew 2 of them for sure... other one was Kafka.

I thought that was the Metrodome too.

Kinda surprised Stabler didn't make that QB list.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:30 am I thought that was the Metrodome too.

Same

I'm officially no longer Horny for Jim Zorn(y).

(Probably only wlu will get that one.)

Q5 - Name a baby name that ranked in the top 3 for boys or girls in the United States during any decade from the 1900s through the 1950s (13)

CORRECT
Dorothy (1) - Rush
William (1) - Shirley
Helen (2) - Bengal, GPJ
James (2) - BSF, Mister D
Robert (3) - Chedda, Enoch, Giff
Michael (4) - Bronto, Duff, Jerloma, Sancarlos
John (5) - Brian, DiS, LJam, Romero, Tony
Mary (7) - Carwash, Cerrano, DSafe, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Thomas - BFJ, Rex
Carolyn - AB
Joseph - Citgo
Theodore - Nonlinear
Jennifer - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Barbara
Betty
Linda
Margaret
Patricia

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:30 am Kinda surprised Stabler didn't make that QB list.

I wanted to say Stabler but didn’t know how long he played. Had a bad feeling about Fouts

I thought it was Olympic Stadium but realized by the end that it wouldn't fit the theme if it were.

Pretty sure there was Japanese all over the walls

Swore the lottery was a bachman book that became the long walk. Eating a dick here

Rush getting my mom's name and me missing it. That's why I'm the Texans

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:37 am Pretty sure there was Japanese all over the walls

That's what got me home on that one, for sure.

Q6 - Name a NON-EUROPEAN team that has medalled in an event contested on skis at the Winter Olympics (8)

CORRECT
New Zealand (MINUS 1) - Pruitt
Australia (4) - DiS, Duff, Shirley, Trav
China (4) - Rass, Rush, Syb, Tony
Canada (5) - AB, Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Mister D
USA (6) - BFJ, BSF, Carwash, DSafe, Citgo, Romero
Japan (10) - Bengal, Brian, Chedda, Enoch, Giff, GoodKarma, Ljam, Nonlinear, Rex, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (15)
South Korea - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan

I got about 10 variations of "I don't know what the hell this means but here's a correct answer..."

Q7 - Name the SI prefix (e.g. "tera" for 10¹²) used for any power of ten between 10⁻⁹ and 10⁹ (10)

CORRECT
Hecto (1) - BSF
Micro (1) - Chedda
Mega (2) - Carwash, Giff
Centi (2) - GoodKarma, Romero
A Milli (2) - LJam, Rex
Kilo (3) - Bronto, CItgo, Pruitt
Nano (4) - DiS, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Deci (5) - AB, Brian, DSafe, Duff, Enoch
Giga (5) - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Mister D, Rass

INCORRECT (10)
Cubed - Tony

LEFTOVERS
NONE!

Without the hint, I may have left that question unanswered tbh.

Guess Japan wasn’t such a sly answer after all. Should’ve fuckin gone with something obvious like USA or Canada.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:44 am I got about 10 variations of "I don't know what the hell this means but here's a correct answer..."

Q7 - Name the SI prefix (e.g. "tera" for 10¹²) used for any power of ten between 10⁻⁹ and 10⁹ (10)

CORRECT
Hecto (1) - BSF
Micro (1) - Chedda
Mega (2) - Carwash, Giff
Centi (2) - GoodKarma, Romero
A Milli (2) - LJam, Rex
Kilo (3) - Bronto, CItgo, Pruitt
Nano (4) - DiS, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Deci (5) - AB, Brian, DSafe, Duff, Enoch
Giga (5) - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Mister D, Rass

INCORRECT (10)
Cubed - Tony

LEFTOVERS
NONE!

Looks like I'm missing on this one.

Wait South Korea hosted a damn Winter Olympics but still doesn't know how to fuckin' ski

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:46 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:44 am I got about 10 variations of "I don't know what the hell this means but here's a correct answer..."

Q7 - Name the SI prefix (e.g. "tera" for 10¹²) used for any power of ten between 10⁻⁹ and 10⁹ (10)

CORRECT
Hecto (1) - BSF
Micro (1) - Chedda
Mega (2) - Carwash, Giff
Centi (2) - GoodKarma, Romero
A Milli (2) - LJam, Rex
Kilo (3) - Bronto, CItgo, Pruitt
Nano (4) - DiS, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Deci (5) - AB, Brian, DSafe, Duff, Enoch
Giga (5) - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Mister D, Rass

INCORRECT (10)
Cubed - Tony

LEFTOVERS
NONE!

Looks like I'm missing on this one.

So am I and so is Sybian, which makes me think there's some theatric reveals coming

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:45 am Without the hint, I may have left that question unanswered tbh.

Without the hint I submitted "octo/octa???".

Even crazier I think, is that only one went unanswered here

Q8 - Name a current Division I basketball school whose main campus location is in a city or town that starts with the letter T (14)

CORRECT
Towson in Towson (1) - Mister D
Arizona State in Tempe (1) - Pruitt
Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck (1) - Rass
Oral Roberts in Tulsa (2) - AB, Rush
Toledo in Toledo (2) - Carwash, GoodKarma
Florida A&M in Tallahassee (2) - Chedda, Citgo
Troy in Troy (2) - Giff, Rex
Alabama in Tuscaloosa (2) - Jerloma, Tony
Indiana State in Terre Haute (3) - Brian, Duff, Nonlinear
Arizona in Tucson (4) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Trav
Florida State in Tallahassee (4) - BSF, Ljam, Romero, Syb
Tulsa in Tulsa (5) - Bengal, Cerrano, DSafe, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (10)
none

LEFTOVERS
Nicholls State in Thibodaux

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:47 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:46 am
Looks like I'm missing on this one.

So am I and so is Sybian, which makes me think there's some theatric reveals coming

Nope, like the cool lunch table at high school, I just forgot the Decas

Deca (5) - GPJ, Rush, Shirley, Syb, Trav

My knack for finding the most common answer is really something else.

I've completely disappeared send help

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:51 am My knack for finding the most common answer is really something else.

Right there with ya.

Tblisi State

Dickhead hint - if I put a word in all caps, feel free to read it

Q9 - Name the CAPITAL of a country that borders Türkiye or Turkmenistan (11)

CORRECT
Tehran, Iran (MINUS 1) - DiS
Kabul, Afghanistan (2) - BFJ, Enoch
Baghdad, Iraq (2) - Duff, Rex
Yerevan, Armenia (2) - Brian, Carwash
Damascus, Syria (3) - AB, Chedda, Giff
Sofia, Bulgaria (3) - Bronto, LJam, Shirley
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (3) - Pruitt, Syb, Trav
Athens, Greece (5) - Bengal, BSF, Mister D, Rass, Sancarlos
Tbilisi, Georgia (5) - Cerrano, GoodKarma, GPJ, Nonlinear, Rush

INCORRECT (10)
Doha - DSafe
Beijing - Citgo
Warsaw - Jerloma
Kyiv - Romero
Moscow - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Baku, Azerbaijan
Astana, Kazakshtan

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:51 am I've completely disappeared send help

JFC.

South Florida in Tampa (2) - Enoch, GPJ

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:45 am Guess Japan wasn’t such a sly answer after all. Should’ve fuckin gone with something obvious like USA or Canada.

It’s so frustrating.