NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK FOURTEEN

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:37 pm

STANDINGS

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 FRIDAY DEC 5 @ NOON

MATCHUPS

QUESTIONS

1. Name any United States National Park that starts with A, B, or C (15)

2. FROM SANCARLOS - After beginning his career in England, Alfred Hitchcock directed his last 30 movies in the U.S. Adjusted for inflation, name one the 10 highest-grossing of his Hollywood films (10)

3. Name any company involved in one of the 10 largest business mergers in U.S. history, according to the announced total value of the companies at the time (16)
NOTE: Both companies have to be based in the U.S. in order for the merger to qualify for the list (i.e. Anheuser-Busch isn't correct because of InBev)

4. Name any Wheel of Fortune puzzle category used in the show's pilot or debut season in 1974 (8)

5. Name one of the 10 best-selling Roald Dahl paperback books on Amazon.com (10)

6. FROM KEG - Name any MLB player with 9 or more letters in his last name to hit at least 40 HR in a season (12)

7. Name a current NBA franchise that has NEVER had either a 65-win season or a 65-loss season in their history (11)

8. Name any college/university that has hosted the NCAA Skiing Championships more than once (10)

9. FROM BENSELL - Name any team seeded 10th or worse in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament since and including 1987 that made the Elite Eight but NOT the Final Four (11)

10. Of the 32 men who are the all-time leader in head coaching victories for a current NFL franchise, name one that's still alive but NOT currently an NFL head coach (15)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:34 am

Clarification on Q3 - I'm looking for one of the pre-merger company names. Some companies were involved with more than one. 10 mergers, 16 answers.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:39 am

Probably a stupid question, but for #7, does it have to be exactly 65 wins/losses, or just at least that many?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:43 am

no hockey, soccer or food questions, I'm dead.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:50 am

degenerasian wrote:no hockey, soccer or food questions, I'm dead.

You were dead anyway. I'm coming for blood.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:54 am

AB_skin_test wrote:
degenerasian wrote:no hockey, soccer or food questions, I'm dead.
You were dead anyway. I'm coming for blood.

Careful. He's fresh of a win against a guy who can't read and who thinks Bill Belichick is an NHL coach.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:47 pm

Ok this week's Qs are kinda ridic

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:24 pm

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:31 am

Guesses sent

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:15 am

IN

SL
Carwash
Brian
DC
Rush
Bensell
Wlulax
Cheddah
Junkyard
BFJ
BSF
Pruitt
Cerrano
Alex
Bengal
AB

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:44 am

Come on TT, sit this week out!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:38 am

I honestly can't even come up with an answer for the first one. I just made something up.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:51 am

Cranston National Industrial Park

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:11 am

Does anyone else's weekly Swampcrash cadence go like this?

1. On Monday, make a draft list of answers, assuming you'll come up with better ones over the course of the week
2. Around Thursday, review the list to realize you haven't come up with any better answers and submit as-is
3. Immediately after submission, hit up Wikipedia to see if your answers are correct
4. Sink into a mini-depression upon realizing you whiffed on multiple questions and are probably hosed unless your opponent forgets to submit

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:20 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Does anyone else's weekly Swampcrash cadence go like this?

1. On Monday, make a draft list of answers, assuming you'll come up with better ones over the course of the week
2. Around Thursday, review the list to realize you haven't come up with any better answers and submit as-is
3. Immediately after submission, hit up Wikipedia to see if your answers are correct
4. Sink into a mini-depression upon realizing you whiffed on multiple questions and are probably hosed unless your opponent forgets to submit

That's pretty close. Usually on Monday, I just think through answers. In a day or two, I create an email with all of my possible answers.

Then on Friday I go over those possible ones and choose the ones that invariably end up as wrong or most popular.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:22 am

I go through and answer them right when I receive them, sometimes kinda making lists until I say fuck it and go with an answer I just thought of during list making.

I also answer differently based on opponent. Against say Diamond I'm more apt to try for a 1 pointer.

Post by **brian** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:28 am

Since I'm out of the playoff hunt, here's I'm basically just immediately responding with whatever comes to mind after Ryan posts the questions. I'm basically the Jay Cutler of Swampcrash.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:38 pm

I generally go through and make a list of 1-3 answers that I think are correct if I can. Then I try to game the system and/or think of others over the next couple of days.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:55 pm

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:00 pm

I read the questions quickly, think I will give it some thought later, then when I see the thread Friday morning, I panic and send the first thing that pops into my head. If it is a question in my wheelhouse, I torture myself trying to balance an obscure correct answer that only most of you know, and the risk of most of you picking the obscure answer rather than a common answer most of you avoid because it is common.

That said, I already submitted. Took some time, let's see if I did any better.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:29 am

STILL NEED:

Diamond
Rass
Bronto
Sancarlos
Ljam
Fluff
Shirley
Keg

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:34 am

Getting there. Pretty pissed at Bensell right now...

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:24 am

Bensell with a perfect Hideo Nomo

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:31 am

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:19 am

In if it is not too late. A combination of technical problems, plus Delta not having the wifi working on my flight from JFK to SFO last night.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:23 am

In. The Baseball Question was a good challenge. I'm looking at probably the most popular on that one.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:42 am

#2 is the most interesting to me. Have no idea how the field is going to break.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:20 pm

Entering the last few now. Will get started in 10 minutes or so

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:28 pm

P.D.X. wrote:#2 is the most interesting to me. Have no idea how the field is going to break.

I could only think of Greenberg, Yaz and Killebrew (which is odd since I'm typically good at baseball history trivia). I think all will score high but Yaz has to be #1.

Oh and fuckin' A-Rod.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:29 pm

I wish Rocky Colavito had another letter.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:33 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:#2 is the most interesting to me. Have no idea how the field is going to break.

I could only think of Greenberg, Yaz and Killebrew (which is odd since I'm typically good at baseball history trivia). I think all will score high but Yaz has to be #1.

Oh and fuckin' A-Rod.

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with those works of Hitchcock. Are those from the out of bounds English period of his career?

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:36 pm

Took me a second to realize why we were talking about Yaz.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:36 pm

Q1 - Name any U.S. National Park that starts with A, B, or C (15)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Arches (1) - Shirley
Biscayne (1) - Wlulax
Black Canyon (1) - Rush
Canyonlands (1) - Brian
Carlsbad Caverns (1) - Alex
Crater Lake (2) - PDX, Sybian
Cuyahoga (2) - DC, Sabo
Big Bend (3) - Bronto, Giff, TT
Bryce Canyon (3) - Carwash, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Acadia (4) - Bengal, Cerrano, Cheddah, Rass
Badlands (6) - AB, Bensell, BFJ, BSF, Keg, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Calamos (let the rhythm take you over, Calamos) - Jerloma
Allegheny - Ljam
Black Hills - SL
No Answer - Degen, Junkyard

LEFTOVERS
American Samoa
Capitol Reef
Channel Islands
Congaree

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:42 pm

I've been to the Black Canyon a few times. When did they make it a national park?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:42 pm

Q2 - FROM SANCARLOS- After beginning his career in England, Alfred Hitchcock directed his last 30 movies in the U.S. Adjusted for inflation, name one of his 10 highest-grossing Hollywood films (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Dial M for Murder (1) - Wlulax
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1) - Rush
Psycho (2) - Cerrano, TT
Rebecca (2) - DC, Sancarlos
North by Northwest (4) - Bensell, BFJ, Cheddah, Pruitt
Rear Window (6) - Alex, Brian, Carwash, Ljam, Rass, Sabo

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
The Birds - Bengal, BSF, Jerloma, Junkyard, Keg, PDX, Trav
Vertigo - Giff, Shirley, Sybian
The 39 Steps - AB
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Bronto
The Raven - Degen
(Crap) in my Mouth - SL

LEFTOVERS
Spellbound
Notorious
To Catch a Thief
Suspicion

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:45 pm

Q3 - Name any company involved in one of the 10 largest business mergers in U.S. history, according to the announced total value of the companies at the time (16)
NOTE: Both companies have to be based in the U.S. in order for the merger to qualify for the list (i.e. Anheuser-Busch isn't correct because of InBev)

CORRECT ANSWERS
BellSouth (1) - PDX
Comcast (1) - Rass
Exxon (1) - Rush
Warner-Lambert (1) - DC
AOL (3) - Bengal, Brian, Cheddah
AT&T (3) - Junkyard, Keg, Sancarlos
Mobil (3) - Giff, Pruitt, Sybian
Time Warner (8) - Alex, Bronto, BSF, Carwash, Degen, Sabo, SL, Wlulax

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
JP Morgan - AB
Philip Morris - Bensell
United - BFJ
Nabisco - Cerrano
Merrill Lynch - Jerloma
RJ Reynolds - Ljam
Chrysler - Trav
Google - TT

LEFTOVERS
Pfizer
Bell Atlantic
GTE
Citicorp
Travelers
Wyeth
BankAmerica
NationsBank

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:46 pm

rass wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:#2 is the most interesting to me. Have no idea how the field is going to break.

I could only think of Greenberg, Yaz and Killebrew (which is odd since I'm typically good at baseball history trivia). I think all will score high but Yaz has to be #1.

Oh and fuckin' A-Rod.
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with those works of Hitchcock. Are those from the out of bounds English period of his career?

I'm half retarded at the least.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:48 pm

Almost went Psycho as a possible Jordan. But I also almost went with Continental/United Airlines, so I guess it worked out so far.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:49 pm

Q4 - Name any Wheel of Fortune puzzle category used in the show's pilot or debut season in 1974 (8)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Landmark (1) - Giff
Title (1) - Pruitt
Fictional Character (2) - Bengal, Junkyard
Person (4) - Brian, Cheddah, Rass, Rush
Phrase (5) - Bensell, Carwash, Cerrano, Trav, Wlulax
Thing (5) - BFJ, Bronto, Degen, Sabo, SL
Place (7) - AB, Jerloma, Ljam, Sancarlos, Shirley, Sybian, TT

INCORRECT ANSWERS (12)
Before & After - Alex, BSF, Keg, PDX
Sports - DC

LEFTOVERS
Event

THRU 4
7 Rush
11 Pruitt
14 Brian
15 Rass
15 wlulax
15 Cheddah
15 Sancarlos
17 DC
18 Giff
20 Bengal
21 Sabo
22 Carwash
23 Sybian
24 Cerrano
25 TT
26 PDX
27 Bronto
27 Junkyard
27 Alex
28 Bensell
28 BFJ
32 Shirley
32 Keg
35 SL
35 Trav
35 Degen
37 Ljam
37 BSF
37 AB
42 Jerloma
47 Diamond
47 Fluff

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:51 pm

Jebus rush.