NFL Swampcrash 2014 WEEK SEVENTEEN (DUE 12-29)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:42 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 MONDAY DEC 29 @ NOON

MATCHUPS

QUESTIONS

1. Name one of the last fifteen entries on an alphabetical list of the 193 current members of the United Nations (15)

2. Name a character with more than 100 spoken (not beepbooped) lines in the 6 released films of the Star Wars franchise (11)
NOTE: Count is by character, not actor

3. Name any U.S. Secretary of State that is still alive (8)

4. Give the last name of any of the following Simpsons characters (12)
Sideshow Bob
Jasper
Patty & Selma
Carl
Barney
Jimbo
Kearney
Otto
Nelson
Apu
Cletus
Moe

5. Name any singer or band on the Wikipedia list of British Invasion artists that has been inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (11)

6. FROM ROMERO - Name any Baseball Hall of Famer who played with Dennis Eckersley at any point in his major league career (13)

7. Name anyone who has won the Art Ross Trophy as the top point scorer in the NHL EXACTLY 1 or 2 times and is active in the league (8)

8. Name any US or European captain of a Ryder Cup team since Bernhard Langer and Hal Sutton in 2004 (10)

9. Name one of the 13 most recent Olympic athletes to appear on a Wheaties box, dating back to 2004 (13)

10. Name a kicker with at least 4 total field goal attempts AND at least 3 total field goals made in combined Super Bowls (11)

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:47 am

Shit. I was rushing through this thinking it was due today. Oops.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:00 am

Division scenarios

Diamond wins the AFC East
Keg wins the AFC South
Rush wins the AFC North

Wlu wins the AFC West with a win OR a Giff loss
Giff wins the AFC West with a win AND a Wlu loss

Pruitt wins the NFC East
SL wins the NFC South
DC wins the NFC North

Bengal wins the NFC West with a win or an AB loss
If Bengal loses and AB wins, we'll go to the record vs. common opponents tiebreak
Alex cannot win the division on any tiebreak

Conference seeding and wild card scenarios

Fuck you

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:38 am

Guess sent. Hoping that PDX is looking to the off-season and has mentally packed his bags.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:31 am

Not resting my starters.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:42 am

IN:

SL
Diamond
Brian
TT
Sabo
BFJ
Pruitt
Alex
Bengal

I won't be around much to remind people, so get to it

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:58 am

Come on BFJ, you got this!

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:41 pm

Not that it matters or to get all 'Loma'd on things, but what are we constituting as a "line" of dialogue for the Star Wars question? A spoken line broken by another person speaking or a cut I'm assuming?

EX in the following:

A) yea it was good
B) I agree
A) we should move on
B) I'll follow you
A) let's go

Does A have 3 lines of dialogue here or is that 1 line because it is the same conversation?

/overthinking

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:31 am

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:46 pm

BSF21 wrote:Not that it matters or to get all 'Loma'd on things, but what are we constituting as a "line" of dialogue for the Star Wars question? A spoken line broken by another person speaking or a cut I'm assuming?

EX in the following:

A) yea it was good
B) I agree
A) we should move on
B) I'll follow you
A) let's go

Does A have 3 lines of dialogue here or is that 1 line because it is the same conversation?

/overthinking

That would be three

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:06 am

How we looking? Reveal today?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:41 am

Reveal today at 1 PM. Currently missing...

PDX
Rush
Bronto
Jerloma
Ljam
Sybian
Fluff
Cerrano
Shirley
Keg

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:49 am

Come onnnnn BFJ!

B-F-J!

B-F-J!

B-F-J!

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:30 am

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:10 am

I'm in and can't see who I am playing. Little help?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:17 am

The Sybian wrote:I'm in and can't see who I am playing. Little help?

Just lay back and enjoy it.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:17 am

The Sybian wrote:I'm in and can't see who I am playing. Little help?

Jetloma

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:41 am

David Cameron'ed

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:46 am

Sorry, I almost forgot. I'm in now.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:48 am

Everyone's in except Fluff. Still going for a 1 PM reveal.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:58 am

Alright Bronto, if we both get a win, we'll be tied for the 6th seed and since Miami didn't play Houston this year, I'm guessing it comes down to conference record. If we both lose, there could be a bunch of 8-8 teams in a breaker for the 6th seed.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:13 pm

First tiebreaker is common opponents.

So:

Bills
Raiders
Jaguars
Ravens

I think

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:14 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Come onnnnn BFJ!

B-F-J!

B-F-J!

B-F-J!

To be sure, he's a dangerous opponent. But as the check cleared, I'd say this one is not really in doubt.

Also, how many people will know that The Police was a British Invasion band? Or that Hank Greenberg once played golf with Dennis Eckersly?

Sometimes this is just a bit too easy. Not going to be a close game.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:13 pm

OKAY!

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:16 pm

Q1 - Name one of the last fifteen entries on an alphabetical list of the 193 current members of the United Nations (15)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Tuvalu (1) - SL
United Arab Emirates (1) - Rush
United States (1) - AB
Uzbekistan (1) - Pruitt
Zimbabwe (1) - Alex
Vanuatu (2) - Sabo, TT
Venezuela (2) - Degen, Ljam
Zambia (2) - Carwash, Sybian
Uruguay (3) - Bronto, DC, Keg
Vietnam (5) - Bengal, BSF, Diamond, Giff, Wlulax
Yemen (9) - Bensell, BFJ, Brian, Cerrano, Cheddah, Jerloma, Junkyard, Sancarlos, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (14)
Zanzibar - PDX
Zaire - Rass
Thailand - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Turkmenistan
Uganda
United Kingdom

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:20 pm

Q2 - Name a character with more than 100 spoken (not beepbooped) lines in the 6 released films of the Star Wars franchise (11)
NOTE: Count is by character, not actor

CORRECT ANSWERS
Jar-Jar Binks (1) - TT
Obi-Wan Kenobi (1) - Brian
Princess Leia (2) - Junkyard, Sancarlos
Luke Skywalker (2) - DC, Degen
Yoda (3) - Bengal, SL, Trav
C-3PO (4) - Bronto, BSF, Carwash, Shirley
Padme Amidala (4) - AB, Bensell, Diamond, Rass
Darth Vader (5) - BFJ, Cerrano, Keg, PDX, Pruitt
Han Solo (7) - Alex, Cheddah, Giff, Jerloma, Sabo, Sybian, Wlulax

INCORRECT ANSWERS (12)
Lando Calrissian - Ljam, Rush

LEFTOVERS
Qui-Gon Jinn
Emperor Palpatine

THRU 2
3 TT
4 SL
4 Degen
5 DC
5 AB
6 Carwash
6 Pruitt
7 Bronto
8 Alex
8 Bengal
8 Keg
9 Diamond
9 Sabo
9 Sybian
9 BSF
10 Brian
11 Junkyard
11 Sancarlos
12 wlulax
12 Giff
12 Trav
13 Rush
13 Bensell
14 BFJ
14 Ljam
14 Cerrano
16 Cheddah
16 Jerloma
18 Rass
18 Shirley
19 PDX
26 Fluff

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:22 pm

Q3 - Name any U.S. Secretary of State that is still alive (8)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Colin Powell (1) - Wlulax
Henry Kissinger (2) - Cheddah, Jerloma
George Shultz (3) - DC, Junkyard, Rush
John Kerry (4) - BSF, Giff, Sabo, Trav
Condoleeza Rice (4) - AB, Alex, Sancarlos, Shirley
Madeleine Albright (5) - Bengal, Brian, Bronto, Pruitt, TT
James Baker (5) - Carwash, Cerrano, Degen, Diamond, Sybian
Hillary Clinton (6) - Bensell, BFJ, Keg, PDX, Rass, SL

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Robert Gates - Ljam

LEFTOVERS
None

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:26 pm

Q4 - Give the last name of any of the following Simpsons characters (12)
Sideshow Bob
Jasper
Patty & Selma
Carl
Barney
Jimbo
Kearney
Otto
Nelson
Apu
Cletus
Moe

CORRECT ANSWERS
Jasper BEARDLEY (1) - TT
Apu NAHASAPEEMAPETILON (1) - BFJ
Kearney ZZYWICZ (1) - Wlulax
Carl CARLSON (2) - Alex, Sybian
Jimbo JONES (2) - Pruitt, Trav
Otto MANN (2) - Bronto, Diamond
Nelson MUNTZ (2) - BSF, Sancarlos
Cletus SPUCKLER (2) - Giff, Rush
Patty and Selma BOUVIER (3) - Degen, Ljam, SL
Barney GUMBLE (3) - Carwash, Jerloma, Junkyard
Sideshow Bob TERWILLIGER (3) - Bengal, Bensell, PDX
Moe SZYSLAK (6) - Brian, Cerrano, DC, Keg, Rass, Sabo

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Jenkins - AB
Nelson - Cheddah
Crabapple - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
None

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:28 pm

Fuck da simpsons.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:29 pm

Q5 - Name any singer or band on the Wikipedia list of British Invasion artists that has been inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (11)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Small Faces (1) - DC
The Rolling Stones (1) - Alex
Dave Clark Five (2) - Diamond, Pruitt
Dusty Springfield (2) - Carwash, Wlulax
The Who (3) - AB, Giff, Trav
The Beatles (5) - Bronto, BSF, Degen, Junkyard, Keg
The Kinks (6) - BFJ, Brian, PDX, Rass, Rush, Sancarlos
The Yardbirds (6) - Bengal, Cerrano, Sabo, SL, Sybian, TT

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
The Guess Who - Bensell
Davy Jones - Cheddah
Traffic - Jerloma
The Animals - Ljam
Led Zeppelin - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Donovan
The Hollies
Tom Jones

HALFTIME
15 DC
15 TT
15 Pruitt
15 Alex
16 Carwash
16 wlulax
17 Degen
18 Diamond
19 SL
19 Bronto
20 BSF
21 Giff
21 Trav
22 Junkyard
22 Sybian
22 Bengal
23 Sancarlos
23 AB
24 Rush
25 Sabo
25 Keg
27 Brian
27 BFJ
31 Cerrano
32 Jerloma
33 Bensell
34 PDX
36 Rass
39 Ljam
40 Cheddah
44 Shirley
59 Fluff

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:32 pm

Q6 - FROM ROMERO - Name any Baseball Hall of Famer who played with Dennis Eckersley at any point in his major league career (13)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Wade Boggs (1) -Wlulax
Gaylord Perry (1) - Sabo
Ryne Sandberg (2) - Junkyard, Rush
Carlton Fisk (3) - Giff, Rass, TT
Carl Yastrzemski (3) - DC, Diamond, Jerloma
Jim Rice (4) - Bengal, BFJ, Pruitt, Sybian
Rickey Henderson (5) - Bensell, Cerrano, Degen, Sancarlos, Shirley
Ozzie Smith (9) - AB, Alex, Bronto, BSF, Carwash, Keg, Ljam, SL, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (14)
Rollie Fingers - Brian
Fred Lynn - Cheddah
Mark McGwire - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Goose Gossage
Greg Maddux
Reggie Jackson
Frank Robinson
Tony Perez

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:35 pm

Q7 - Name anyone who has won the Art Ross Trophy as the top point scorer in the NHL EXACTLY 1 or 2 times and was active in the league this past season (8)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Joe Thornton (2) - Sancarlos, TT
Jarome Iginla (4) - Carwash, Degen, Rush, Trav
Evgeni Malkin (4) - Jerloma, Rass, Sabo, SL
Martin St. Louis (4) - Brian, BSF, Cheddah, Diamond
Sidney Crosby (5) - AB, Alex, Bensell, DC, Shirley
Alex Ovechkin (6) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Giff, Junkyard, Pruitt

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Jaromir Jagr - PDX, Wlulax
Teemu Selanne - Keg, Sybian
Patrick Kane - Cerrano
Steven Stamkos - Ljam

LEFTOVERS
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:38 pm

Q8 - Name any US or European captain of a Ryder Cup team since Bernhard Langer and Hal Sutton in 2004 (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Nick Faldo (1) - TT
Paul McGinley (1) - Degen
Jose Maria Olazabal (1) - Rass
Corey Pavin (1) - Cerrano
Paul Azinger (2) - BFJ, Cheddah
Ian Woosnam (3) - AB, Jerloma, Wlulax
Colin Montgomerie (4) - Bengal, BSF, Ljam, Sybian
Tom Watson (13) - Alex, Bensell, Brian, Bronto, Carwash, DC, Giff, Junkyard, Keg, Rush, Sancarlos, Shirley, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (18)
Seve Ballesteros - Diamond
Phil Mickelson - PDX
Ben Crenshaw - Pruitt
Sam Torrance - Sabo
Fred Couples - SL

LEFTOVERS
Davis Love III
Tom Lehman

THRU 8
21 TT
27 Degen
31 wlulax
36 DC
36 Bengal
37 BSF
39 BFJ
40 AB
41 Sybian
42 Carwash
42 Jerloma
42 Alex
43 Diamond
43 Rush
43 Junkyard
43 Giff
43 Sancarlos
43 Pruitt
44 Rass
47 Bronto
47 Trav
48 Sabo
48 Cerrano
50 SL
56 Bensell
58 Brian
58 Keg
60 Cheddah
63 Ljam
67 Shirley
77 PDX
102 Fluff

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:41 pm

Q9 - Name one of the 13 most recent Olympic athletes to appear on a Wheaties box, dating back to 2004 (13)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Misty May-Treanor (1) - TT
Mikaela Shiffrin (2) - Ljam, Rush
Lindsey Vonn (2) - DC, Degen
Apolo Ohno (3) - Brian, Cerrano, Diamond
Michael Phelps (5) - Alex, BFJ, Junkyard, Sancarlos, SL
Shaun White (7) - Bengal, Cheddah, Giff, Jerloma, Rass, Trav, Wlulax

INCORRECT ANSWERS (12)
Usain Bolt - BSF, Keg, Sabo
Shawn Johnson - Bronto, Shirley
Gabby Douglas - Bensell, Pruitt
Makayla Maroney - AB
Dawn Harper - Carwash
Lance Armstrong - PDX
Carl Lewis - Sybian

LEFTOVERS
Sage Kotsenburg
Seth Wescott
Bryan Clay
Joey Cheek
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Carly Patterson
Justin Gatlin

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:43 pm

Fuck you corn flakes for stealing wheaties' schtick.

boxcar · Post by **boxcar** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:43 pm

so nervous

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:43 pm

boxcar wrote:so nervous

I wouldn't be.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:43 pm

4 point lead...come on, Gerela.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:44 pm

Q10 - Name a kicker with at least 4 total field goal attempts AND at least 3 total field goals made in Super Bowls (11)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Don Chandler (1) - DC
Jason Elam (1) - Sancarlos
Rich Karlis (1) - Ljam
Jim Turner (1) - Wlulax
Jeff Wilkins (1) - TT
Ray Wersching (2) - Bengal, Pruitt
Mark Moseley (3) - BFJ, Shirley, SL
Adam Vinatieri (12) - AB, Alex, Bensell, Brian, Bronto, BSF, Cerrano, Degen, Giff, PDX, Rass, Trav

INCORRECT ANSWERS (17)
Roy Gerela - Carwash, Jerloma, Junkyard
Steve Christie - Diamond, Rush, Sybian
Scott Norwood - Cheddah, Sabo
Mike Vanderjagt - Keg

LEFTOVERS
Matt Stover
Uwe von Schamann
Chris Bahr

FINALS
23 TT
39 DC
39 wlulax
41 Degen
45 Bengal
47 BFJ
49 Sancarlos
57 Pruitt
58 SL
59 Alex
61 BSF
62 Rush
62 Giff
63 Diamond
63 Rass
63 Cerrano
64 AB
65 Junkyard
66 Jerloma
66 Trav
66 Ljam
70 Sybian
71 Carwash
71 Bronto
73 Brian
77 Sabo
80 Bensell
82 Shirley
84 Cheddah
87 Keg
101 PDX
131 Fluff

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:45 pm

Oh man...so lucky.