-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 OCTOBER 28th @ 12PM
STANDINGS
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. Massachusetts has a total population of 6.5 million but because of nearby NH, CT, and RI, the total population of all Census-based Metropolitan Statistical Areas that are at least partially in Massachusetts is around 8 million. Name a state whose shared MSA populations similarly outnumber its own population, but by at least 2 million (10)
2. Name one of the 12 most common irregular verbs in the English language, as ranked by usage in their base form (12)
HINT: Number 13 is "become"
3. FROM GOODKARMA: Name a U.S. president who has been in office at the time of a state being officially admitted to the Union since James Monroe presided over the addition of 6 new states during his term (13)
4. Name any movie starring George Clooney that grossed more than $90 million in the U.S., when adjusted for ticket price inflation (10)
NOTE: 9 of the 10 also appear on the non-inflation-adjusted list
5. FROM PDX: Name the band or artist responsible for one of Metal Injection's "10 Heaviest Songs Released Before Metal Was a Thing" (10)
HINT: Think pre-Black Sabbath
6. FROM MISTER D: Per FanGraphs DRAA (Defensive Runs Above Average), name one of the 15 cumulative most valuable defensive players of the 1980s (15)
NOTE: Pitchers and catchers NOT eligible
7. The PNC Father/Son Challenge is a golf tournament held in Orlando every December and is open to golfers who have won either a major tournament or a PLAYERS Championship and a son or daughter who does not own a PGA Tour card. Name a World Golf Hall of Fame member who participated in 2015 as a father (12)
8. Name any top ten NBA Draft pick from the University of Kansas in the lottery era (9)
9. Name a signal flag officially used in NASCAR events (10)
NOTE: You may describe what it looks like ("Purple with brown polka dots") or what it means ("Baby on track")
10. Name any current owner or ownership group of an NFL team that has been in that position since or before 1995 (12)
