NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK SIXTEEN (SLIGHTLY EARLY DEADLINE)
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NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK SIXTEEN (SLIGHTLY EARLY DEADLINE)
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 @ 9 AM
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. FROM BRIAN - Name a country whose largest city has at least 2 million more people than its capital city (11)
2. FROM CHEDDAH - Name one of the musical acts pictured here, all of which performed at last fall's Boston Calling festival, which the questioner attended (10)
3. Name one of TheRichest.com's 11 greatest mathematicians of all time (11)
4. Name any laundry detergent brand with more than $50 million of product sold in the U.S. in 2014 (10)
NOTE: Different versions of the same brand (i.e. Woolite and Woolite Plus) will be grouped into one answer
5. Name one of the 12 highest-grossing NON-animated movies in which one of the 6 main cast members of Friends appears (12)
NOTE: Box office is adjusted for inflation
6. FROM TT - Name any team on the losing end of one of Nolan Ryan's 7 career no-hitters (7)
7. FROM ROMERO - Name any NBA #1 overall pick from the last 50 drafts who played for the Lakers or the Celtics at any point in their career (12)
8. Name one of the men's national teams to defeat the USA in World Cup competition since and including Italia '90 (12)
9. Of the 21 women who have been ranked #1 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association since computerized rankings began in 1975, 6 were born in the United States and 2 later became U.S. citizens. Name of the remaining 13 foreign players (13)
10. FROM RASS - Super Bowl winning quarterbacks have come from 24 different colleges. Of those 24 colleges, 11 of them are not currently in one of the "Big 5" college football conferences. Name one of those SCHOOLS (11)
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 @ 9 AM
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. FROM BRIAN - Name a country whose largest city has at least 2 million more people than its capital city (11)
2. FROM CHEDDAH - Name one of the musical acts pictured here, all of which performed at last fall's Boston Calling festival, which the questioner attended (10)
3. Name one of TheRichest.com's 11 greatest mathematicians of all time (11)
4. Name any laundry detergent brand with more than $50 million of product sold in the U.S. in 2014 (10)
NOTE: Different versions of the same brand (i.e. Woolite and Woolite Plus) will be grouped into one answer
5. Name one of the 12 highest-grossing NON-animated movies in which one of the 6 main cast members of Friends appears (12)
NOTE: Box office is adjusted for inflation
6. FROM TT - Name any team on the losing end of one of Nolan Ryan's 7 career no-hitters (7)
7. FROM ROMERO - Name any NBA #1 overall pick from the last 50 drafts who played for the Lakers or the Celtics at any point in their career (12)
8. Name one of the men's national teams to defeat the USA in World Cup competition since and including Italia '90 (12)
9. Of the 21 women who have been ranked #1 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association since computerized rankings began in 1975, 6 were born in the United States and 2 later became U.S. citizens. Name of the remaining 13 foreign players (13)
10. FROM RASS - Super Bowl winning quarterbacks have come from 24 different colleges. Of those 24 colleges, 11 of them are not currently in one of the "Big 5" college football conferences. Name one of those SCHOOLS (11)
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Whoa. I'm definitely going A/V with one of my submissions if we do this again.
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Thanks, Brian!
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Can't tell if that's sarcastic or not?Gunpowder wrote:Thanks, Brian!
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Shocked that the old guy I am actually recognized one of the bands!
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brian wrote:Can't tell if that's sarcastic or not?Gunpowder wrote:Thanks, Brian!
I know every country and capital in the world. Not sarcastic at all.
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There's one in particular that old guys are likely to know.sancarlos wrote:Shocked that the old guy I am actually recognized one of the bands!
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If I was actually involved in the playoff push, there's one of those acts that I would be likely to be a dick about the specificity of the answer (assuming that some folks are going to answer wrong, but will probably be given credit for).govmentchedda wrote:There's one in particular that old guys are likely to know.sancarlos wrote:Shocked that the old guy I am actually recognized one of the bands!
But like I said. I don't really care. I'll leave it up to Ryan in this case.
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Week 2, I make everyone reanswer. Week 16? Credit all around!brian wrote:If I was actually involved in the playoff push, there's one of those acts that I would be likely to be a dick about the specificity of the answer (assuming that some folks are going to answer wrong, but will probably be given credit for).govmentchedda wrote:There's one in particular that old guys are likely to know.sancarlos wrote:Shocked that the old guy I am actually recognized one of the bands!
But like I said. I don't really care. I'll leave it up to Ryan in this case.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Nah, I could have worded that better. You know what you're doing. I'd be curious to see how many people answer one way vs. the other.
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If it's what I think you mean, then technically the same issue applies to another answer. 100% less likely to happen, but it's still the same thing.brian wrote:Nah, I could have worded that better. You know what you're doing. I'd be curious to see how many people answer one way vs. the other.
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I'm going with The Beatles. But I could see the Beatles as a legit answer.brian wrote:Nah, I could have worded that better. You know what you're doing. I'd be curious to see how many people answer one way vs. the other.
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Going to have to remember to do this from home, as the pictures are blocked at work. I would think others may have this problem as well.
I remember Cheds posting about this festival, but I can't remember any of the bands. Can I assume we are not allowed to search the threads?
I remember Cheds posting about this festival, but I can't remember any of the bands. Can I assume we are not allowed to search the threads?
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I guess I theoretically have a chance at a wildcard, but this week's questions seem to me to be very difficult.
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Was about to post a passive-aggressive remark to cheddah earlier before I recognized one of the photos. There are probably a few more whose names I've heard, but don't recognize the faces.
The Friends question is a good one, due to the lack of overlap between the movies they've made that were actually good and the ones that were financially successful.
The Friends question is a good one, due to the lack of overlap between the movies they've made that were actually good and the ones that were financially successful.
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For Brian's question, is it largest city by area or by population?
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Largest city by population. So if City A of Country B is the capital and has 1,000,000 people the country would be a correct answer if the largest city of Country B has 3 million or more people.Jerloma wrote:For Brian's question, is it largest city by area or by population?
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Okay. Because it's possible for the largest city by area to have 2,000,000 more people than the capital but still not be the largest city by population.brian wrote:Largest city by population. So if City A of Country B is the capital and has 1,000,000 people the country would be a correct answer if the largest city of Country B has 3 million or more people.Jerloma wrote:For Brian's question, is it largest city by area or by population?
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Right, I get what you're asking. It's by population though.Jerloma wrote:Okay. Because it's possible for the largest city by area to have 2,000,000 more people than the capital but still not be the largest city by population.brian wrote:Largest city by population. So if City A of Country B is the capital and has 1,000,000 people the country would be a correct answer if the largest city of Country B has 3 million or more people.Jerloma wrote:For Brian's question, is it largest city by area or by population?
ETA: And does NOT include population of the metro area also since we're clarifying. Only by the population of the specific cities.
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Word.
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They let them make movies?Johnny Carwash wrote:Was about to post a passive-aggressive remark to cheddah earlier before I recognized one of the photos. There are probably a few more whose names I've heard, but don't recognize the faces.
The Friends question is a good one, due to the lack of overlap between the movies they've made that were actually good and the ones that were financially successful.
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Anyone who knows the relative ranking of the actual physical size of any city other than Jacksonville is an asshole
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What about Hoboken, it is the "Mile Square City."Ryan wrote:Anyone who knows the relative ranking of the actual physical size of any city other than Jacksonville is an asshole
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See when I hear "largest city" I automatically think of area. I believe the term you guys were looking for is most populous. But hey, we already jumped the shark on that singular military operation BS so who gives a shit?
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Your brain is weird.
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Excluding Alaska, the 2nd largest city by area in the US is Oklahoma City, which I think is an awesome triv question. I think Houston and Phoenix are 3 and 4. And you can suck a diiiiiiicccccccckkkkkkkkkk if you got a problem with that shizzzzz PLAYA
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Jerloma wrote:See when I hear "largest city" I automatically think of area. I believe the term you guys were looking for is most populous. But hey, we already jumped the shark on that singular military operation BS so who gives a shit?
You are by yourself on this one, for real. No more than 1 out of 50 people would think this way when they read that question.
I bet when Jerloma hears "most yards" he argues yards per attempt or some shit.
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You need a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you agree that Anaconda, Montana is the 6th largest city in America"
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That doesn't make sense. It didn't say "most people." Just "largest." When you hear "largest dick" do you think size or do you think the number of bacteria residing there?Gunpowder wrote:Jerloma wrote:See when I hear "largest city" I automatically think of area. I believe the term you guys were looking for is most populous. But hey, we already jumped the shark on that singular military operation BS so who gives a shit?
You are by yourself on this one, for real. No more than 1 out of 50 people would think this way when they read that question.
I bet when Jerloma hears "most yards" he argues yards per attempt or some shit.
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Ryan wrote:You need a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you agree that Anaconda, Montana is the 6th largest city in America"
Fuck. I need one of those. With a sportsfrog.net under it.
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Just looked it up. Fuck Anaconda and Butte - now OKC isn't even right!
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Jerloma wrote:That doesn't make sense. It didn't say "most people." Just "largest." When you hear "largest dick" do you think size or do you think the number of bacteria residing there?Gunpowder wrote:Jerloma wrote:See when I hear "largest city" I automatically think of area. I believe the term you guys were looking for is most populous. But hey, we already jumped the shark on that singular military operation BS so who gives a shit?
You are by yourself on this one, for real. No more than 1 out of 50 people would think this way when they read that question.
I bet when Jerloma hears "most yards" he argues yards per attempt or some shit.
Do you think length or do you think something weird like total volume? Because one is what people typically think of while the other is the true largest dick. Unless you want to compare apples and dicks, in which case keep on trucking.
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Stop making everything about RoethlisbergerJerloma wrote:When you hear "largest dick" do you think size or do you think the number of bacteria residing there?
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Yeah, I don't know, man. I honestly would have thought that when people hear "largest city" they typically think about area. Not one of you with me here?
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Jerloma wrote:Yeah, I don't know, man. I honestly would have thought that when people hear "largest city" they typically think about area. Not one of you with me here?
FB poll!
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"Dad, who was like, the biggest band when you were younger?"
"Probably some orchestra in Russia!"
"Probably some orchestra in Russia!"
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Google "largest cities". Not a single hit on the first page has anything to do with area.
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So far 60% pop, 40% area but unfortunately I have to throw out the Swampers answers for the obvious anti-J-lo bias going on in this place so we're currently at 100% area.Gunpowder wrote:Jerloma wrote:Yeah, I don't know, man. I honestly would have thought that when people hear "largest city" they typically think about area. Not one of you with me here?
FB poll!
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God