NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK FIFTEEN

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:15 am

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 12 @ NOON

MATCHUPS

QUESTIONS

1. Name a U.S. state capital that has the same number of letters in its name as its state (8)

2. Name any Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress Emmy winner for drama or comedy that represented a show on a network OTHER THAN CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX since Tony Shalhoub's last win for USA's Monk in 2006 (13)

3. FROM SABO - Name one of the 10 brightest stars in our sky, as determined by average apparent magnitude (10)
NOTE: Proper name ("Polaris") or Bayer designation ("Alpha Ursae Minoris") accepted

4. FROM PDX - Name a Germanic language with more than 300,000 native speakers (10)

5. Name anyone listed on poetry.org's "Famous Poets" page (12)

6. Of the top 15 players on Keith Law's Top 100 MLB Prospects rankings from the start of the 2014 season, 11 have yet to appear in a regular season game. Name one. (11)

7. FROM TRAV - Since the ’81-’82 season, the Vezina Trophy has been awarded to the top goaltender in the NHL as voted on by GMs. From 1982 to 2014, the trophy has been awarded 32 times, with a total of 12 teams represented by the winners. Name one of these teams. (12)

8. Since 1980, 6 quarterbacks have led Division 1A (FBS) college football in passing yards in more than one season. Name one of these QBs OR a school they played for (11)

9. FROM AB - Name a golfer who, since 1960, who has won more than one major, but never any of the four major events more than a single time. (For example, has won a Masters and a PGA, but not two Masters or just a PGA) (11)

10. In his career, Tom Brady has been penalized 43 times for 301 total yards. Name a specific penalty he's been called for (9)

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:24 am

Illegal Dreaminess to the Face

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:48 am

We have a new hardest question ever. For #6, you meant to list the 11 players, and we all pick one, right? If I had the list in front of me, I'd probably have a 75-80% chance of guessing wrong.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:48 am

Does #2 include premium (is that the word?) channels like HBO, Showtime, etc?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:51 am

P.D.X. wrote:Does #2 include premium (is that the word?) channels like HBO, Showtime, etc?

Yes

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:24 am

The Sybian wrote:We have a new hardest question ever. For #6, you meant to list the 11 players, and we all pick one, right? If I had the list in front of me, I'd probably have a 75-80% chance of guessing wrong.

Yeah, that may be the first question ever where there's 0% chance that I can guess an answer. I literally have no idea.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:43 am

#6 is my favorite question ever. I'm sure Delaware would agree if he had a squad.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:52 am

Gunpowder wrote:#6 is my favorite question ever. I'm sure Delaware would agree if he had a squad.

He's about to send me a list with no mistakes.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:53 am

And by about to, I guess I mean 6 minutes ago

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:54 am

Ryan wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:#6 is my favorite question ever. I'm sure Delaware would agree if he had a squad.
He's about to send me a list with no mistakes.

My answer was top 15, right? I sure hope I didnt fuck it up.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:03 pm

You're safe

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:16 pm

I think I know 3 possible answers to that question, will be sure, I would imagine, to pick the most popular one.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:03 pm

Guesses sent

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:07 am

For #6, does "regular season game" imply that it is in the major leagues?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:16 am

DC47 wrote:For #6, does "regular season game" imply that it is in the major leagues?

It means you're supposed to name a player who has not yet signed a professional contract.*

* But, I might just be saying that because I'm playing you this week.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:34 am

On the Emmy question, I forgot to add the supporting actors to my list. So there's actually 18 correct answers.

IN:

SL
Carwash
Cheddah
TT
Junkyard
Trav
Sancarlos
Pruitt
Alex
Bengal

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:02 am

I'm sure it does not mean professional contract - baseball contracts are weird. It has to mean MLB regular season game.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:29 am

More people know bright actual stars than bright baseball stars. This country is so fucked.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:41 am

Ryan wrote:More people know bright actual stars than bright baseball stars. This country is so fucked.

It's easier to Google something that doesn't require ESPN Insider.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:44 pm

NEED:

Rass
Bronto
Giff
Jerloma
Ljam
Sybian
Fluff
Cerrano
Shirley
Keg
Degen

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:29 pm

cent.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:37 am

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:45 am

Post-Meridium'd

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:55 am

e-mailed

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:12 am

I may be at the vet later today so if I don't show up for the reveal, know that I'm comforting a barfing dog

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:18 am

Flu game!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:22 am

Anyone else tempted to give a wrong answer for #10 just because?

AB, that golf question is just like blowing my mind, man.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:25 am

Ryan wrote:I may be at the vet later today so if I don't show up for the reveal, know that I'm comforting a barfing dog

Good luck.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:27 pm

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:48 pm

Everyone's in but Fluff, and I'm all out of Clorox wipes, so give me an hour or so to get some fucking high quality mapping done and then we'll get this thing going around 2.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:50 pm

SL can just about start resting his starters over the next few weeks.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:56 pm

First round bye is on the line, TB!

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:18 pm

I'm just going to say this in advance: fuck poetry.com and their "famous" and not altogether biased list of poets.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:21 pm

P.D.X. wrote:I'm just going to say this in advance: fuck poetry.com and their "famous" and not altogether biased list of poets.

I just checked their list and I'm surprised I got it right. I simply picked the first poet that came to mind.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:29 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:I'm just going to say this in advance: fuck poetry.com and their "famous" and not altogether biased list of poets.
I just checked their list and I'm surprised I got it right. I simply picked the first poet that came to mind.

Obviously you didn't vote for 1 of the 2 most important poets of the 20th century that aren't represented. (To my fault, I should've realized the site is probably run by NPR-sweater-wearing school marms.)

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:32 pm

Andrew Dice Clay better have made that list.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:39 pm

P.D.X. wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:
P.D.X. wrote: I'm just going to
say this in advance fuck that
poetry site list
I checked out the list
I'm surprised I got it right
picked first I thought of

I should've realized
site is run by NPR
be-sweater'd school marms.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:39 pm

P.D.X. wrote:I'm just going to say this in advance: fuck poetry.com and their "famous" and not altogether biased list of poets.

Fuck, now I am going to have to check my answer. I went for the low hanging fruit. Golf is easy, I have two answers I alternate between, unless it asks for a non-American.

Contrary to SL's comment, it is very easy to Google Keith Law's list without Insider. I gave myself way too much credit in being able to identify players on the list. I figured I would have at least heard of 10-15 players, and they all would have been current big leagues stars. I recognized exactly one player on that list, and I never heard of him before he died. Actually, I recognized 2 other names, but only because they are both Jr.s of former major leaguers, and I didn't know they existed. Baseball is apparently really easy to avoid these days. I am not even trying to avoid baseball, I just don't see or hear anything about it, other than a few comments about the Mets or Yankees on the rare time I listen to the radio. Although I did hear a lot about Jeter and his goddamned retirement tour.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:42 pm

The Sybian wrote:Contrary to SL's comment, it is very easy to Google Keith Law's list without Insider. I gave myself way too much credit in being able to identify players on the list. I figured I would have at least heard of 10-15 players, and they all would have been current big leagues stars.

Current big league stars that have yet to play in a game?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:46 pm

Jerloma wrote:
The Sybian wrote:Contrary to SL's comment, it is very easy to Google Keith Law's list without Insider. I gave myself way too much credit in being able to identify players on the list. I figured I would have at least heard of 10-15 players, and they all would have been current big leagues stars.
Current big league stars that have yet to play in a game?

Current big league stars on the list, fucker. Not correct answers for this game. I knew I had no chance of knowing a correct answer.