The Swamp

The top five were tripping, hooking, roughing, interference, and slashing

Q2 - Name one of the 15 most-called penalties in the NHL from 2010 to current EXCEPT FOR ANYTHING IN THE TOP FIVE (10)

CORRECT
High-sticking (1) - Bengal
Fighting (1) - Bronto
Holding the stick (1) - Chedda
Cross-checking (3) - BFJ, Pruitt, Syb
Goalie interference (3) - Carwash, Duff, Rush
Boarding (4) - Brian, DiS, GoodKarma, Trav
Delay of Game - puck over the glass (5) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Mister D, Rex

INCORRECT (10)
Too many men - BSF, DSafe, Enoch, Giff, Rass, Tony
Hooking - AB, LJam, Romero, Shirley
Slashing - Citgo
Tripping - PDX
Diving - Sancarlos
Embellishment - Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Holding
Misconduct
Unsportsmanlike

Q3 - Name one of the designated national foods pictured below and labeled with their country (9)

CORRECT
Indonesia = SATAY (MINUS-1) - Pruitt
Peru = CEVICHE (2) - Duff, GPJ
UK = FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST (3) - Bengal, Bronto, Shirley
Belgium = POMMES FRITES (3) - Chedda, Jerloma, Rex
Lebanon = TABBOULEH (3) - DiS, Enoch, Syb
Hungary = GOULASH (4) - Brian, Giff, GoodKarma, Sancarlos
Greece = MOUSSAKA (5) - AB, Citgo, Nonlinear, PDX, Rass
Ukraine = BORSCHT (7) - Carwash, DSafe, LJam, Mister D, Romero, Rush, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Pasticcio - BFJ, Cerrano
Fattoush - BSF
Bangers and Mash - Tony

LEFTOVERS
South Africa = BOBOTIE

I would have way guessed wrong that there are more Too Many Men calls than Puck over Glass calls. That's wild.

EdRomero wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:57 pm My first negative one! And I answered them because I thought they sang My Girl

And I thought the Temptations sang Reach Out. So I should get the -1

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:04 pm Q3 - Name one of the designated national foods pictured below and labeled with their country (9)

CORRECT
Indonesia = SATAY (MINUS-1) - Pruitt

Shocked by this. You can get satay everywhere in Toronto.

Yeah but it turns out it's actually Indonesian.

This was one of my favorite questions. Mostly a good job here.

Q4 - Name any MLB player who, in the divisional era (1969-), hit at least 65 combined home runs in seasons when his team won the World Series (13)

CORRECT
Derek Jeter (1) - Chedda
Joe Carter (1) - Giff
Albert Pujols (1) - Citgo
Willie Stargell (1) - LJam
George Foster (2) - AB, DSafe
David Ortiz (4) - Bengal, DiS, Rush, Tony
Reggie Jackson (4) - Brian, Carwash, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Paul O'Neill (4) - Duff, Enoch, MIster D, Syb
Bernie Williams (6) - Bronto, Cerrano, GoodKarma, GPJ, Jerloma, Rex

INCORRECT (11)
Manny Ramirez (63!) - Romero, Shirley, Trav
Alex Rodriguez (30) - BSF
Jeff Kent (no WS) - BFJ
Jose Canseco (23) - PDX
Frank Robinson (25) - Pruitt
Barry Bonds (no WS) - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Tino Martinez
Jorge Posada
Darryl Strawberry
Sal Bando

Darryl Strawberry is a very fun answer to that question.

You missed 4.

Crap, I missed 5 actually. Hang on, but those spoiled halftime scores are correct

Q5 - Name one of the top ten leading underlying causes of death in the United States for 2022 (10)

CORRECT
Holy jesus fuck, Cancer (1) - Bronto
Kidney disease (1) - Rush
Stroke (2) - Bengal, Jerloma
COVID-19 (3) - GoodKarma, Citgo, PDX
Unintentional injury (4) - AB, Cerrano, Chedda, Shirley
Lower respiratory disease (5) - Brian, BSF, Carwash, DSafe, Sancarlos
Diabetes (6) - BFJ, Enoch, GPJ, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Romero
Heart disease (7) - Duff, Giff, Rass, Rex, Syb, Tony, Trav

INCORRECT (12)
Suicide - Mister D
Homicide - DiS
Hypertension - LJam

LEFTOVERS
Liver disease
Alzheimers

How can any country claim 'meat on a stick'?

Q6 - Name a country represented by any of the top 16 seeds in any WOMEN'S singles Grand Slam event from 2023 (11)

CORRECT
Switzerland (1) - PDX
Spain (1) - Romero
Poland (2) - Brian, Rex
France (2) - Duff, Enoch
Czechia (5) - BFJ, Giff, GPJ, LJam, Pruitt
Tunisia (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Trav
USA (8) - Bengal, BSF, DiS, GoodKarma, Citgo, Mister D, Rass, Syb

INCORRECT (13)
Belarus - AB, Chedda
Australia - Carwash
Italy - DSafe
Ukraine - Rush
China - Sancarlos
Japan - Shirley
Turkiye - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Greece
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Estonia

One of the joys of this game is seeing the one point answer you considered before you switched to an incorrect one or the most popular one.

Q7 - Name any Best Picture Oscar winner since 1950 with a non-letter in its official title (12)

CORRECT
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (1) - AB
Oliver! (1) - Chedda
12 Years a Slave (2) - Brian, BSF
The King's Speech (2) - Duff, GoodKarma
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2) - Giff, Rex
Around the World in 80 Days (2) - Pruitt, Rush
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2) - Rass, Trav
Schindler's List (4) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Romero
Kramer vs. Kramer (6) - Bengal, Carwash, DSafe, Enoch, Citgo, LJam
The Godfather: Part II (6) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
1917 - Tony
12 Angry Men - Nonlinear
Se7en - Mister D
2001: A Space Odyssey - PDX

LEFTOVERS
All the King's Men
Ben-Hur

20-ish minute break

Hey friends, when your opponent cedes victory to you prior to game day... Be very afraid.

TB with what I assume is on close to a record low (personal) score at the moment.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:30 pm Q7 - Name any Best Picture Oscar winner since 1950 with a non-letter in its official title (12)

CORRECT
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (1) - AB
Oliver! (1) - Chedda
12 Years a Slave (2) - Brian, BSF
The King's Speech (2) - Duff, GoodKarma
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2) - Giff, Rex
Around the World in 80 Days (2) - Pruitt, Rush
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2) - Rass, Trav
Schindler's List (4) - Cerrano, GPJ, Jerloma, Romero
Kramer vs. Kramer (6) - Bengal, Carwash, DSafe, Enoch, Citgo, LJam
The Godfather: Part II (6) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
1917 - Tony
12 Angry Men - Nonlinear
Se7en - Mister D
2001: A Space Odyssey - PDX

LEFTOVERS
All the King's Men
Ben-Hur

Oh... apostrophes! Couldn't come up with much on this one.

Didn't even think of possessive apostrophes. (Also couldn't get C.H.U.D. out of my head.)

Didn’t even consider apostrophes. Nice.

Dammitt. I couldn't remember if Ben-Hur had the hyphen.

Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

Q8 - In 1968, Nashua native Greg Landry became the third and final quarterback of the pre-merger NFL to be drafted in the first round out of a NON-Division I school. Name any such QB taken in the first round since and including 1970 OR the college they attended (15)

CORRECT
UC Davis (1) - Brian
Phil Simms (1) - Rex
Ken O'Brien (1) - Syb
Joe Flacco (2) - Bengal, Nonlinear
Trey Lance (2) - DiS, GPJ
Morehead State (2) - Enoch, Pruitt
Carson Wentz (2) - Rass, Rush
Steve McNair (3) - Chedda, GoodKarma, Jerloma
Delaware (4) - AB, BFJ, Cerrano, Mister D
Alcorn State (7) - Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Duff, Giff, Citgo, LJam

INCORRECT (12)
Byron Leftwich - Romero
Weber State - PDX
Gio Carmazzi - Sancarlos
Randall Cunningham - Tony
McNeese State - Shirley
Notre Dame - Trav
Throwy McPicksix - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Terry Bradshaw
Dan Pastorini
Louisiana Tech
Santa Clara
North Dakota State

Q9 - Holy shit - Washington DC and Lima, Peru lie at almost exactly the same longitude! Name another world capital that is within 5 degrees east or west of these two cities (8)

CORRECT
Quito (1) - Syb
Port-au-Prince (1) - Cerrano
Havana (2) - AB, Chedda
Bogota (2) - Giff, GoodKarma
Panama City (4) - Enoch, LJam, Sancarlos, Trav
Kingston (5) - Duff, GPJ, Nonlinear, Rush, Shirley
Ottawa (8) - Brian, Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Pruitt, Rass, Romero, Tony

INCORRECT (13)
Sanitago - Bengal, BSF
Buenos Aires - DiS
La Paz - PDX
Port of Spain - Rex
Rio de Janeiro - BFJ
Freeport - Citgo
Montego Bay - Jerloma
Sao Paulo - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Nassau

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:45 pm Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

I'm so glad I didn't know the name Corona as the singer of This is the Rhythm of the Night, as that is the song I was thinking of.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:56 pm Q8 - In 1968, Nashua native Greg Landry became the third and final quarterback of the pre-merger NFL to be drafted in the first round out of a NON-Division I school. Name any such QB taken in the first round since and including 1970 OR the college they attended (15)

CORRECT


Ken O'Brien (1) - Syb

All those years of idolizing Ken O'Brien finally paid off.

EdRomero wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:57 pm My first negative one! And I answered them because I thought they sang My Girl

My parents are huge Motown heads and I don't know if even they could tell you which songs were Temptations and which were the Four Tops.

Q10 - Name one of the players pictured below, all of whom are the all-time scoring leaders for their school (9)

CORRECT
Shawn Respert (1) - Mister D
Don MacLean (1) - Rush
Lawrence Moten (2) - DSafe, Syb
Kerry Kittles (2) - Rass, Rex
Todd Day (3) - AB, Giff, Shirley
Wayman Tisdale (3) - Bronto, Carwash, Enoch
Sean Elliott (5) - BFJ, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Citgo, Sancarlos
Jerry West (5) - Brian, Chedda, GPJ, PDX, Pruitt
Calbert Cheaney (6) - Bengal, DiS, Duff, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Romero

INCORRECT (11)
Mookie Blaylock - LJam
Scottie Pippen - BSF
Jackie Moon - Tony
No Answer - Trav

LEFTOVERS
none

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:45 pm Rhythm of the Night = DEBARGE

I was going to make a joke about this before my real answer because I assumed there was an older motown song w/ the same name.

Forgot about the worries on your mind?

1. Pruitt
2. AB
3. Syb
4. Rush
5. Giff
6. Bengal
7. Rex-Nonlinear-GoodKarma

1. Duff
2. Bronto
3. SL
4. Brian
5. Enoch
6. Mister D
7. Carwash

Wow FG at the buzzer to win it...gg Rush. Surprised I squeaked by...

Damn. I really botched this week.

Good game TB!

It wouldn't have mattered, but I had Nassau in my email to Turd as my "maybe I should go with" column.

Lawrence Moten, that's the one I couldn't recognize.

BTW, I switched from a 1 or 2 pointer to an incorrect answer at least twice in this one. Typical.

I thought Jerry West was a black dude in the slideshow.

Good game LJam.

This restaurant has been in my neighbourhood for over 20 years.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:33 pm Hey friends, when your opponent cedes victory to you prior to game day... Be very afraid.

TB with what I assume is on close to a record low (personal) score at the moment.

Just reading through these now and am beyond stunned at 1-point hit on the hockey. I knew two penalties and that was one of them. Figured it was gonna be top 5 and not even a correct answer.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:26 pm Q6 - Name a country represented by any of the top 16 seeds in any WOMEN'S singles Grand Slam event from 2023 (11)

CORRECT
Switzerland (1) - PDX
Spain (1) - Romero
Poland (2) - Brian, Rex
France (2) - Duff, Enoch
Czechia (5) - BFJ, Giff, GPJ, LJam, Pruitt
Tunisia (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Trav
USA (8) - Bengal, BSF, DiS, GoodKarma, Citgo, Mister D, Rass, Syb

INCORRECT (13)
Belarus - AB, Chedda
Australia - Carwash
Italy - DSafe
Ukraine - Rush
China - Sancarlos
Japan - Shirley
Turkiye - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Greece
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Estonia

How the fuck is the #2 ranked woman in the world not getting a seed?

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:56 pm Damn. I really botched this week.

Good game TB!

It wouldn't have mattered, but I had Nassau in my email to Turd as my "maybe I should go with" column.

Geography continues to kill me. Glad I had a cushion...


Good game.