NFL SWAMPCRASH 2016 - Week One

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:20 am

Ryan wrote:The window, she is closed. See you at 12:30?

I had no idea you could do this, instead of having people blow you off for an extra hour or so and then guilting you into including them.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:31 am

He was a cruel man, but fair.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:32 am

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:33 am

phhhhhfffttttt I'm not standing for the American anthem.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:35 am

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:37 am

degenerasian wrote:phhhhhfffttttt I'm not standing for the American anthem.

I'm the 49ers. Neither am I.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:41 am

Q1 - Name an American island with a population of more than 100,000 (8)
NOTE: Includes land in states and territories

CORRECT ANSWERS
Maui (1) - Jerloma
Puerto Rico (2) - Fritz, Trav
Long Island (4) - Bronto, Duff, Mister D, Shirley
Staten Island (4) - BSF, Ljam, Rass, Wlu
Hawai'i (5) - BFJ, Brian, Diamond, Sabo, Sancarlos
Manhattan (5) - Bengal, Cerrano, Chedda, Giff, Howard
Oahu (7) - AB, Degen, Gunpowder, Pruitt, Rush, Sybian, TT

INCORRECT ANSWERS (12)
Aquidneck (60,000 people) - Carwash
Cape Cod (a peninsula) - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Guam

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:45 am

For some reason I had thought Providence was on Aquidneck. Fuck. This is like throwing a pick-6 on the first play from scrimmage of the season.

(Also I am the Lions)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:47 am

Q2 - FROM RASS: Name a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit by either U2, UB40, or Usher (2,2,9)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Burn (1) - Bronto
Love In This Club (1) - TT
Nice and Slow (1) - BSF
OMG (the shitty one) (1) - Sybian
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1) - GoodKarma
U Remind Me (1) - Rass
Can't Help Falling In Love (2) - BFJ, Duff
Yeah! (5) - AB, Cheddah, Jerloma, Ljam, Mister D
Red Red Wine (6) - Bengal, Diamond, Howard, Sabo, Sancarlos, Shirley
With or Without You (6) - Brian, Cerrano, Degen, Giff, Rush, Wlu

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
You Make Me Wanna (#2) - Gunpowder, Trav
Beautiful Day (#21) - Fritz
I Got You Babe (#28) - Pruitt
The Way You Do the Things You Do (#6) - Carwash

LEFTOVERS
U Got It Bad
Confessions Part II
My Boo

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:51 am

Q3 - Since and including 1984, name any winner of a New Hampshire primary on the Republican or Democratic side that was NOT the sitting President at the time (12)

CORRECT ANSWERS
John McCain (1) - Wlu
Bernie Sanders (1) - Trav
El Donaldo (1) - Rass
Michael Dukakis (2) -Sabo, Sybian
Paul Tsongas (2) - Diamond, Howard
Pat Buchanan (3) - Carwash, Cerrano, Shirley
Mitt Romney (3) -AB, Brian, Bronto
Al Gore (4) - BFJ, Gunpowder, Ljam, Mister D
Gary Hitman Hart (4) - Duff, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rush
John Kerry (4) - Bengal, BSF, Sancarlos, TT
Hillary Clinton (5) - Chedda, Degen, Fritz, Giff, Jerloma

INCORRECT ANSWERS (10)
None

LEFTOVERS
George HW Bush

THRU 3
6 Rass
8 Bronto
9 BSF
10 Duff
10 Sybian
11 BFJ
11 Jerloma
11 Wlulax
12 TT
13 Diamond
13 Howard
13 L-Jam
13 Mister D
13 Sabo
13 Shirley
14 Brian
14 Cerrano
14 Travzilla
15 AB
15 Bengal
15 Chedda
15 Sancarlos
16 Giff
17 GoodKarma
17 Rush
18 Degen
18 Fritz
22 Gunpowder
22 Pruitt
26 Carwash
33 DC47
33 PDX

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:53 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:
Ryan wrote:The window, she is closed. See you at 12:30?
I had no idea you could do this, instead of having people blow you off for an extra hour or so and then guilting you into including them.

This isn't his first Swampcrash rodeo.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:54 am

i';m good at this. 7-6-5 so far. Maximum without an incorrect.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:54 am

Kinda happy PDX bailed, you guys.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:57 am

Q4 - Name any video game franchise represented on Paste Magazine's 2016 list of the 15 best first-person shooters of all-time (13)
NOTE: Not all answers are actually part of a franchise series

CORRECT ANSWERS
Counter-Strike (1) - Sabo
Far Cry (1) - Duff
Half-Life (1) - Shirley
Wolfenstein (1) - BSF

(3) - Brian, Ljam, Sancarlos
Portal (3) - Jerloma, Rush, Wlu
Doom (4) - Bengal, Degen, Diamond, Gunpowder
Halo (5) - AB, BFJ, Giff, Pruitt, Sybian
Goldeneye (6) - Bronto, Fritz, GoodKarma, Rass, Trav, TT

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Duck Hunt! - Cerrano, Chedda, Mister D
Battlefield - Carwash
Assassin's Creed - Howard

LEFTOVERS
Bioshock
System Shock
Team Fortress
Deus Ex

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:01 pm

I was going to go with Deus Ex for a probable 1-pointer before I had second thoughts that it might not be considered an FPS in the purest sense.

Fuck this week.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:01 pm

Ryan wrote:Q2 - FROM RASS: Name a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit by either U2, UB40, or Usher (2,2,9)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Burn (1) - Bronto
Love In This Club (1) - TT
Nice and Slow (1) - BSF
OMG (the shitty one) (1) - Sybian
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1) - GoodKarma
U Remind Me (1) - Rass
Can't Help Falling In Love (2) - BFJ, Duff
Yeah! (5) - AB, Cheddah, Jerloma, Ljam, Mister D
Red Red Wine (6) - Bengal, Diamond, Howard, Sabo, Sancarlos, Shirley
With or Without You (6) - Brian, Cerrano, Degen, Giff, Rush, Wlu

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
You Make Me Wanna (#2) - Gunpowder, Trav
Beautiful Day (#21) - Fritz
I Got You Babe (#28) - Pruitt
The Way You Do the Things You Do (#6) - Carwash

LEFTOVERS
U Got It Bad
Confessions Part II
My Boo

Two of the three I was choosing from were in the leftovers. 2000s pop music and the swamp do not mix.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:02 pm

Q5 - FROM LJAM: Name a Best Picture Oscar winner whose full title, including articles or words in parentheses, is exactly 2 syllables

CORRECT ANSWERS
Ben-Hur (1) - Sabo
Gigi (1) - Pruitt
Hamlet (1) - Ljam
Marty (1) - Sancarlos
Platoon (1) - Shirley
Rain Main (1) - Wlu
Braveheart (2) - Bengal, Sybian
Gandhi (2) - Cerrano, Jerloma
Patton (2) - Duff, TT
Spotlight (2) - Rush, Trav
Argo (3) - Bronto, Fritz, Rass
Rocky (3) - Chedda, GoodKarma, Howard
The Sting (6) - AB, BFJ, BSF, Carwash, Diamond, Giff

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Network - Brian
Fargo - Gunpowder
Sideways - Mister D
The Artst - Degen

LEFTOVERS
Tom Jones

HALF
13 Duff
15 Rass
15 Sabo
15 Shirley
15 Wlulax
16 BSF
16 Jerloma
17 Bronto
17 L-Jam
17 Sybian
19 Sancarlos
20 TT
21 Bengal
22 BFJ
22 Rush
22 Travzilla
23 Diamond
26 AB
26 GoodKarma
27 Cerrano
27 Fritz
27 Giff
27 Howard
28 Brian
28 Pruitt
29 Chedda
33 Degen
35 Mister D
37 Gunpowder
43 Carwash
55 DC47
55 PDX

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:02 pm

scoreboard is incorrect. I am not howard and howard is not me

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:03 pm

I considered Duck Hunt, since, you know, first person shooter. But I know nothing of your modern (post-Missile Command) video games.

Brontoburglar wrote:scoreboard is incorrect. I am not howard and howard is not me

My only shot at winning today.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:03 pm

howard wrote:I considered Duck Hunt, since, you know, first person shooter. But I know nothing of your modern (post-Missile Command) video games.

but we do post at the same time

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:04 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:scoreboard is incorrect. I am not howard and howard is not me

I don't get it

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:05 pm

i actually typed out The Artist and thought it was 2 syllables. I'm dumb.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:05 pm

If I hadn't written that question, I think the only answers I would have felt comfortable with would have been "Red Red Wine" and "Yeah!".

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:07 pm

degenerasian wrote:i actually typed out The Artist and thought it was 2 syllables. I'm dumb.

The alternative was funnier.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:12 pm

Q6 - FROM HOWARD: Name any African American manager in MLB since Frank Robinson became the first in 1975 (13)
NOTE: Only permanent managers - no interims or game-specific fill-ins.
NOTE: Only includes Latino managers that are dark-skinned (i.e. not Ozzie Guillen or similarly-complexioned gentlemen). Also includes one light-skinned man whose parents are from an African country so he counts

CORRECT ANSWERS
Dusty Baker! (1) - TT
Bo Porter (1) - Giff
Maury Wills (1) - Sancarlos
Don Baylor (2) - Rush, Wlu
Larry Doby (2) - Howard, Pruitt
Willie Randolph (2) - Mister D, Sybian
Hal McRae (3) - Carwash, Chedda, Diamond
Cito Gaston (4) - Jerloma, Ljam, Shirley, Trav
Lloyd McClendon (7) - Bengal, BFJ, Brian, Cerrano, Gunpowder, Rass, Sabo
Ron Washington (7) - AB, Bronto, BSF, Degen, Duff, Fritz, GoodKarma

INCORRECT ANSWERS (12)
none

LEFTOVERS
Jerry Royster
Jerry Manuel
Davey Lopes
Cecil Cooper
Dave Roberts

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:12 pm

I protest (that Rocky actually beat Network for Best Picture).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:13 pm

Wow. I felt decent about a few of these. How is The Sting the highest point getter.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:16 pm

Q7 - Name any active leader in career NHL goals since the retirement of Gordie Howe in 1980 (9)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Mark Messier (1) - AB
Phil Esposito (2) - Chedda, Sancarlos
Steve Yzerman (2) - Cerrano, Sabo
Brett Hull (3) - GoodKarma, Gunpowder, Sybian
Marcel Dionne (4) - Diamond, Duff, Ljam, Pruitt
Jaromir Jagr (7) - Brian, Degen, Giff, Jerloma, Rush, Trav, Wlu
Wayne Gretzky is Always Right (8) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Carwash, Fritz, Mister D, Shirley, TT

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
Mario Lemieux is Almost Always Right - Howard, Rass
Joe Sakic - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Brendan Shanahan
Teemu Selanne

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:17 pm

shit

Here comes my sports question collapse...

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:19 pm

Steve Yzerman, huh. Knock me over with a feather.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:19 pm

Q8 - FROM DUFF: Name an ACTIVE NCAA Division 1 coach that has LOST a men's national championship game (13)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Jim Boeheim (1) - Diamond
Steve Fisher (1) - Brian
Ben Howland (1) - Wlu
Thad Matta (1) - Pruitt
Mike Davis (2) - GoodKarma, Shirley
Bruce Weber (2) - Duff, Fritz
John Calipari (3) - Bengal, Gunpowder, TT
Roy Williams (3) - Bronto, Sabo, Trav
Bill Self (4) - AB, Ljam, Rass, Sancarlos
Tom Izzo (6) - BFJ, BSF, Giff, Jerloma, Mister D, Rush
Mike Krzyzewski (6) - Carwash, Cerrano, Chedda, Degen, Howard, Sybian

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
none

LEFTOVERS
John Beilein

THRU 8
25 Wlulax
26 Duff
26 Sancarlos
27 Sabo
28 Sybian
29 L-Jam
29 Shirley
31 Diamond
32 TT
33 Jerloma
35 Bronto
35 Pruitt
36 Travzilla
37 Rush
38 AB
38 GoodKarma
39 Bengal
39 Rass
40 Chedda
41 Giff
42 BSF
42 Cerrano
43 BFJ
43 Brian
44 Fritz
48 Howard
50 Gunpowder
51 Mister D
53 Degen
60 Carwash
91 DC47
91 PDX

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:21 pm

Ryan wrote: INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
Mario Lemieux is Almost Always Right - Howard, Rass

And there's the 4th Q pick six. Get 'em next week boys. and change the almost always right answer in the playbook to Teemu Selane

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:24 pm

Ryan wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:scoreboard is incorrect. I am not howard and howard is not me
I don't get it

you transposed us in the standings somehow. I'm the Chiefs

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:25 pm

Q9 - Counting all regular seasons from 2010 through 2015, name one of the 10 winningest franchises (by overall winning pct) from one of the 4 major sports that has NOT been to their league's final four (conference finals/LCS) in that timespan (10)
NOTE:NHL winning percentage is (Wins + .5*Ties)/Games
NOTE: The Angels are 11th on the list at .523

CORRECT ANSWERS
Clippers (1) - Duff
Predators (1) - Diamond
Rays (1) - Chedda
Saints (1) - AB
Nationals (2) - Howard, Mister D
Red Wings (2) - BSF, Rass
Capitals (3) - Rush, Sancarlos, Wlu
Bengals Jordan (8) - Bengal, BFJ, Brian, Bronto, Carwash, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Sabo

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13)
Bulls - Jerloma, Ljam
Pirates - Cerrano, Fritz
Nuggets - Degen
Chargers - Giff
Flyers - Gunpowder
Grizzlies - Shirley
Yankees - Sybian
Chiefs - TT

LEFTOVERS
Athletics
Blazers

THRU 9
27 Duff
28 Wlulax
29 Sancarlos
32 Diamond
35 Sabo
39 AB
40 Rush
41 Chedda
41 Rass
41 Sybian
42 L-Jam
42 Shirley
43 Bronto
43 Pruitt
44 BSF
45 TT
46 GoodKarma
46 Jerloma
47 Bengal
49 Travzilla
50 Howard
51 BFJ
51 Brian
53 Mister D
54 Giff
55 Cerrano
57 Fritz
63 Gunpowder
66 Degen
68 Carwash
104 DC47
104 PDX

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:27 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:scoreboard is incorrect. I am not howard and howard is not me
I don't get it
you transposed us in the standings somehow. I'm the Chiefs

Nope, we randomized again this year

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:33 pm

Q10. 11 current NFL franchises haven't taken a quarterback in the first round of the draft since at least 2004. Name one of the QUARTERBACKS picked most recently by any of those 11 teams (11)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Archie Manning (1) - Pruitt
Todd Blackledge (1) - Bronto
Philip Rivers (1) - Brian
Ben Roethlisberger (1) - Rass
David Carr (2) - Giff, TT
Eli Manning (2) - Cerrano, Howard
Rex Grossman (2) - Fritz, Gunpowder
Troy Aikman (3) - Degen, Jerloma, Ljam
Rick Mirer (3) - Duff, Sancarlos, Wlu
Drew Bledsoe (4) - Carwash, Diamond, Shirley, Trav
Carson Palmer (4) - Bengal, BFJ, GoodKarma, Sabo

INCORRECT ANSWERS (9)
Akili Smith - AB
Steve Young - BSF
Aaron Rodgers - Chedda
Chad Pennington - Mister D
Alex Smith - Rush
Dan Marino - Sybian

LEFTOVERS
none!

FINALS
30 Duff
31 Wlulax
32 Sancarlos
36 Diamond
39 Sabo
42 Rass
44 Bronto
44 Pruitt
45 L-Jam
46 Shirley
47 TT
48 AB
49 Jerloma
49 Rush
50 Chedda
50 GoodKarma
50 Sybian
51 Bengal
52 Brian
52 Howard
53 BSF
53 Travzilla
55 BFJ
56 Giff
57 Cerrano
59 Fritz
62 Mister D
65 Gunpowder
69 Degen
72 Carwash
113 DC47
113 PDX

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:33 pm

WOWOW! BIG SWING!

Then another one! Dangit! Almost had it.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:35 pm

Archie Manning. wow.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:36 pm

Fuck. I forgot the Bulls got to the Eastern Finals that one year Rose won MVP in 2011I could've sworn Miami beat the Celtics.

GG sancarlos. Welcome back football, Angelenos.