The Swamp

I check to see if my guesses are correct immediately after hitting send on my email to Ryan. Real d'oh moment for me on an alcohol question that I should have gotten.

I check if there is something really bugging me, or if I'm not sure if my answer is correct. After someone mentioning how easy the basketball question is, I looked at a list to see if I was missing an obvious one I could have gotten if I gave it some thought. Nope. Recognize a few names, but no idea where they went to school.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:14 pm I check if there is something really bugging me, or if I'm not sure if my answer is correct. After someone mentioning how easy the basketball question is, I looked at a list to see if I was missing an obvious one I could have gotten if I gave it some thought. Nope. Recognize a few names, but no idea where they went to school.

I was born and raised (well, until I was 15) in Connecticut, so that question was in my wheelhouse. So I went as obscure with it as possible.

Which means it'll be one of the most popular answers and my score will blow up.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:36 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:14 pm I check if there is something really bugging me, or if I'm not sure if my answer is correct. After someone mentioning how easy the basketball question is, I looked at a list to see if I was missing an obvious one I could have gotten if I gave it some thought. Nope. Recognize a few names, but no idea where they went to school.

I was born and raised (well, until I was 15) in Connecticut, so that question was in my wheelhouse. So I went as obscure with it as possible.

Which means it'll be one of the most popular answers and my score will blow up.

I can guarantee I didn't say the same answer.

BTW, how is it possible there isn't a hotel within 20 miles of UConn. I now know there is a small campus run hotel, but nothing else nearby. 25,000 kids on campus and nobody visiting? It's crazy. We toured this summer, my son liked it but it's the only campus my daughter really liked.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:38 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:36 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:14 pm I check if there is something really bugging me, or if I'm not sure if my answer is correct. After someone mentioning how easy the basketball question is, I looked at a list to see if I was missing an obvious one I could have gotten if I gave it some thought. Nope. Recognize a few names, but no idea where they went to school.

I was born and raised (well, until I was 15) in Connecticut, so that question was in my wheelhouse. So I went as obscure with it as possible.

Which means it'll be one of the most popular answers and my score will blow up.

I can guarantee I didn't say the same answer.

BTW, how is it possible there isn't a hotel within 20 miles of UConn. I now know there is a small campus run hotel, but nothing else nearby. 25,000 kids on campus and nobody visiting? It's crazy. We toured this summer, my son liked it but it's the only campus my daughter really liked.

Storrs is farming country. Hell, their football stadium is in East Hartford, right?

Down to:

BSF
Citgo
LJam
Rass

Back to some very close games again

Wrong answers sent.

Just BSF and Rass now. 13 games this week and EIGHT of them are currently decided by 5 points or less

Just shamed BSF.

AB knows I can't be shamed. Sorry turd. Will do it now.

Sorry boys, AB called my wiener small so I sent some guesses

That really makes these last few posts raise a few questions.

Everyone of all sizes now accounted for. See you at 12:30

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:31 am Everyone of all sizes now accounted for. See you at 12:30

Should we submit pictures so you can categorize us?

Game of the Week

Big game at the top of the AFC between the Pruitt Browns (4-1) and Syb Colts (5-1)

Sears Wish Book Item of the Week



Halftime Report of the Week



Spoiler alert - a QB just zings a shitty pass while backpedalling into a 13-step drop but every receiver is wide open

Had that sheet set as a kid, as well as the matching comforter, I believe. Pretty sure my mom also bought extra sheets and pinned them on my wall, like it was wall paper.

Strike that, I had a later version that included the Buccaneers and Seahawks. Pretty sure the fonts for the Dolphins and Chargers were different on my set too.

Q1 - Give the most common name for any of the 2-ingredient cocktails listed below (9)

CORRECT
Gin and grapefruit juice = GREYHOUND (1) - PDX
Creme de cassis and white wine = KIR (1) - AB
Cider and Guinness = SNAKEBITE (2) - Giff, GPJ
Vodka and cranberry juice = CAPE CODDER (2) - GoodKarma, Romero
Champagne and peach nectar = BELLINI (3) - BFJ, Brian, Mister D
Vodka and kahlua = BLACK RUSSIAN (3) - Carwash, Citgo, LJam
Whiskey and Drambuie = RUSTY NAIL (6) - BSF, Cerrano, Enoch, Pruitt, Sancarlos, Syb
Dark rum and ginger beer = DARK N' STORMY (8) - Bronto, DiS, DSafe, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Rass, Rush, Tony

INCORRECT (13)
White Russian - Bengal, Duff
Jamaican Mule - Rex
Moscow Mule - Trav
Black & Tan - Shirley
Rob Roy - Chedda

LEFTOVERS
Scotch and amaretto = GODFATHER

Bengal and Duff obviously never saw The Big Lebowski.

Q2 - Name any MLB pitcher with more saves during the 1980s than Tom Henke's 122 (12)

CORRECT
Todd Worrell (1) - Duff
Dave Righetti (1) - Rex
Bruce Sutter (2) - DiS, Nonlinear
Dave Smith (2) - Giff, Mister D
Goose Gossage (2) - GPJ, PDX
John Franco (3) - Bengal, Rass, Syb
Jeff Reardon (3) - GoodKarma, Pruitt, Romero
Lee Smith (5) - BFJ, DSafe, Citgo, Rush, Shirley
Dan Quisenberry (8) - AB, Bronto, Carwash, Cerrano, Enoch, Jerloma, LJam, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (13)
Dennis Eckersley - Brian, Chedda, Tony, Trav
John Smoltz - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Steve Bedrosian
Willie Hernandez
Greg Minton

I thought of going with Bedrock, but I didn't realize until checking BR just now he used to close with ATL. Didn't think his time with Philly and SF would've been enough.

My wife drinks Kirs. Shoulda gone with that.

Q3 - Name a location explicity seen as being visited or lived in by the Griswolds in either the Vacation (original) or European Vacation installments of the National Lampoon franchise (11)

CORRECT
Dodge City (1) - Brian
Chicago! (1) - Nonlinear
Italy (1) - PDX
UK (2) - Bengal, Carwash
France (3) - BSF, Enoch, GoodKarma
Walley World (4) - AB, DiS, Citgo, Jerloma
Grand Canyon (4) - Bronto, GPJ, Pruitt, Tony
Germany (7) - Cerrano, Chedda, DSafe, LJam, Rex, Rush, Syb
St Louis (8) - BFJ, Duff, Giff, Mister D, Rass, Romero, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (13)
Las Vegas - Trav

LEFTOVERS
Phoenix
South Fork, CO

I specified EAST St. Louis or did all 8 of us say that?

EdRomero wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:51 am I specified EAST St. Louis or did all 8 of us say that?

I did too, Ed.

Did you pick the q2 cutoff just to omit bob stanley

Q4 - Name one of the first five emperors of Rome (27 BC-68 AD), one of the five most recent emperors of Japan (1867-2023), or the first Holy Roman Emperor (800) (11)

CORRECT
Meiji (MINUS 1) - Carwash
Nero (2) - AB, Chedda
Tiberius (2) - Brian, Bronto
Augustus (2) - BSF, Trav
Claudius (2) - DiS, LJam
Akihito (2) - Enoch, Pruitt
Caligula (4) - Duff, Giff, GoodKarma, Romero
Charlemagne (5) - Cerrano, Rex, Rush, Sancarlos, Tony
Hirohito (9) - Bengal, BFJ, GPJ, Citgo, Nonlinear, PDX, Rass, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (14)
Marc Antony - DSafe
Constantine - Jerloma
Emperor Todd - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Yoshihito
Naruhito

Q5 - Name the MOST POPULOUS CITY of one of the 10 alphabetically last U.S. states (10)

CORRECT
Sioux Falls (1) - GPJ
Nashville (1) - Jerloma
Salt Lake City (2) - Romero, Trav
Cheyenne (4) - Bengal, PDX, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Houston (4) - Brian, Giff, LJam, Rex
Burlington (4) - BSF, Carwash, Nonlinear, Rush
Charleston (5) - AB, Chedda, Enoch, GoodKarma, Shirley
Seattle (5) - Bronto, DiS, Rass, Syb, Tony
Milwaukee (5) - Cerrano, DSafe, Duff, Citgo, Mister D

INCORRECT (10)
Provo - BFJ

LEFTOVERS
Virginia Beach

There are like 11 people in the world who confidently know the biggest city in Virginia at any one time

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:12 pm There are like 11 people in the world who confidently know the biggest city in Virginia at any one time

If they played swampcrash, it would score 11 then.

Q6 - Name any UConn Husky who scored more points in the NBA than Jeremy Lamb's 5,805 (11)

CORRECT
Donyell Marshall (2) - DSafe, Mister D
Clifford Robinson (2) - Duff, Enoch
Rudy Gay (4) - Bengal, Giff, Nonlinear, Shirley
Ray Allen (4) - BFJ, Chedda, DiS, GPJ
Kemba Walker (5) - GoodKarma, Romero, Rush, Sancarlos, Tony
Emeka Okafor (6) - BSF, Cerrano, Jerloma, LJam, Rass, Trav
Richard Hamilton (7) - AB, Brian, Bronto, Carwash, Citgo, Pruitt, Rex

INCORRECT (12)
Williams - Syb
Pass - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Caron Butler
Ben Gordon
Charlie Villanueva
Andre Drummond

Q7 - Name any of the TV news anchors pictured below (9)

CORRECT
Katy Tur (2) - Bronto, GoodKarma
Harry Reasoner (4) - BFJ, Enoch, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Walter Cronkite (4) - BSF, GPJ, PDX, Tony
Bernard Shaw (4) - DSafe, Duff, Jerloma, Mister D
David Muir (5) - AB, Giff, Rex, Romero, Rush
David Brinkley (6) - Bengal, Brian, Carwash, Cerrano, Ljam, Nonlinear
Gwen Ifill (7) - Chedda, DiS, Citgo, Rass, Shirley, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
none

LEFTOVERS
Elizabeth Vargas
Brianna Keilar

Q8 - Name any player to wear 9 or 10 for either the US or Brazil in a FIFA Men's World Cup since and including 2010 (12)

CORRECT
Kaka (1) - Chedda
Gabriel Jesus (1) - Mister D
Richarlison (1) - Pruitt
Hercules Gomez (1) - Syb
Christian Pulisic (2) - Bronto, Citgo
Neymar (8) - DiS, Giff, LJam, Rass, Romero, Rush, Sancarlos, Trav
Landon Donovan (9) - AB, Bengal, Brian, Cerrano, DSafe, Enoch, GPJ, Jerloma, Nonlinear

INCORRECT (14)
Clint Dempsey - BFJ, Carwash, GoodKarma, Tony
Ronaldinho - Rex, Shirley
Ronaldo - PDX
Weston McKinnie - Duff
Freddy Adu - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Jesus Ferreira
Fred
Luis Fabiano
Aron Johansson
Mix Diskerud

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:22 pm Mix Diskerud

LOL.

Q9 - Name a letter whose capital form can be found in the Latin (you know, our) alphabet but NOT in either Greek or Cyrillic (11)

CORRECT
S (1) - Brian
R (1) - DiS
U (1) - Romero
G (1) - Trav
F (2) - Chedda, Tony
D (2) - DSafe, Rass
Q (4) - Bengal, GPJ, Citgo, Rex
W (5) - AB, BFJ, Jerloma, Mister D, Pruitt
J (6) - Cerrano, Duff, PDX, Rush, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
C - Bronto, Carwash, Enoch, Giff, GoodKarma
P - LJam
B - Sancarlos
Phi - Nonlinear
Tau - BSF

LEFTOVERS
L
V

Thru 9
36 Pruitt
38 Romero
39 GPJ
41 DiS
44 Mister D
46 AB
46 Brian
46 HaulCitgo
48 Giff
49 Bronto
49 GoodKarma
50 Enoch
53 PDX
53 Rush
54 Bengal
54 Carwash
54 Chedda
54 Nonlinear
55 L-Jam
56 DSafe
56 Rass
56 Syb
57 Duff
58 Cerrano
59 Jerloma
59 Sancarlos
60 Rex
60 Tony
62 BFJ
63 BSF
65 Travzilla
71 Shirley

More ike CCCCCP.

I'm protesting. There's a Greek letter that resembles the Latin "P", but it's Rho. That makes an "R" sound. The Latin "P" makes a "P" sound.

Q10 - Name any St.Louis/Los Angeles Ram with more than 40 yards receiving in that franchise's 4 most recent Super Bowl appearances (SB 34 vs Tennessee through SB 56 vs. Cincinnati)

CORRECT
Robert Woods (1) - Jerloma
Brandin Cooks (1) - GPJ
Isaac Bruce (1) - Rass
Odell Beckham Jr (2) - Bengal, BFJ
Az-Zahir Hakim (2) - Bronto, DSafe
Cooper Kupp (3) - Chedda, Tony, Trav
Ricky Proehl (3) - LJam, Romero, Rush
Marshall Faulk (8) - Duff, Citgo, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rex, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb
Torry Holt (10) - AB, Brian, BSF, Carwash, Cerrano, DiS, Enoch, Giff, GoodKarma, Mister D

INCORRECT (15)
Flipper Anderson - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Darrell Henderson
I have no idea who this is - Brycen Hopkins