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 WEDNESDAY @ 11 AM
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. Several countries have more than one official capital for legislative, judicial, adminstrative, or de facto purposes. Name any such capital city of Bolivia, Chile, the Netherlands, South Africa, or Tanzania (11)
2. FROM JERLOMA - Name any black male cast member in Saturday Night Live history (11)
3. FROM SHIRLEY - Name one of the 10 most-visited websites in the world in June 2014, according to Alexa (10)
COMMISH NOTE: 3 are accessed primarily outside of the U.S.
4. Name one of thrillist.com's 16 Southern Restaurant Chains the Rest of the Country Needs, compiled in March of this year (16)
NOTE: "Southern" here seems to include anything from Virginia down through the deep south and west to Texas and Oklahoma. Several of these have already branched out beyond this area but are still primarily associated with the South
NOTE: Does not include Puerto Rico
NOTE: Or food trucks
NOTE: Except Fords
5. Name any Country Music Assocation award winner for Male Vocalist of the Year from 1968 through 1988 (14)
6. Name Japanese-born player who has pitched more than 400 innings in his MLB career (11)
7. FROM BSF -Since the 1970-1971 season, 10 players have won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct with a high standard of playing ability) multiple times. Name one. (10)
8. Name one of the 10 countries with the most golf courses per capita in the world, per a 2007 Golf Digest study (10)
NOTE: Countries with fewer than 500,000 people are excluded, and the constituent countries of the United Kingdom ARE considered as separate entities.
9. FROM GIFF - Name any NBA player who has made at least 67 consecutive free throws at any point in his career (10)
10. FROM ROMERO - Since the 2000 season, 11 people have ended the season as the number one ranked NFL fantasy player on pro-football-reference.com (according to an in-house points formula) Name one. (11)
NOTE: Correct answers include 2 quarterbacks and 9 running backs
