The Swamp

It starts tonight, for us Answer and Question heads. Here are the first three days of the month.

Wednesday, 11/1

Category: THE OSCARS

Clue: For 1992, this New Yorker was the first man with 2 acting Oscar nominations in the same year for different films.

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

Whoo-Ah! Who is Al Pacino? (won lead for Scent of a Woman, nominated supporting for Glengarry Glen Ross.)

Thursday, 11/2

Category: U.S. HISTORY

Clue: Only 4 men have been both VP & president & served in both houses of Congress; 2 of them shared this last name.

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is Johnson? (Andrew and Lyndon)

Friday, 11/3

Category: WORLD CAPITALS

Clue: The world's highest international airport, at an elevation of over 13,000', serves this South American capital city.

ANSWER:

[+] spoiler

What is La Paz? Need to fade into Bolivian for that answer.

I hit Wednesday and Thursday, but missed Friday, so.

L-Jam 2-1

3-0

[+] spoiler

On the Oscars question, after the category was revealed and it was going into ad, I yelled out "Al Pacino!" Completely kidding. When the question came up I freaked - Psychic flash?

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2

One of the guys on tomorrow's show is a teacher here in town. Go that guy.

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2
Syb 1-2

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2
Syb 1-2
AB 1-2

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2
Syb 1-2
AB 1-2
Shirley 1-2


I've missed this even though I suck at it.

Pruitt 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2
Syb 1-2
AB 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Gunpowder 1-2

Pruitt 3-0
Carwash 3-0
L-Jam3 2-1
Giff 1-2
Duff 1-2
Syb 1-2
AB 1-2
Shirley 1-2
Gunpowder 1-2

Got the call!

February 21st, I'm on "Jeopardy!"

I'm going to pass out.

Awesome!

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:23 pm Got the call!

February 21st, I'm on "Jeopardy!"

I'm going to pass out.

Learn your airport codes.

Congrats Pruitt!

Here's hoping the final category is "cartoons about animals in law enforcement."

Awesome! Quinn and I are watching daily now (pretty great father/son thing with a 16-year-old) - can’t wait to tell him I “know” another contestant. We

Congrats, bud! That makes three Swampers. We're easily the smartest sports blog around that doesn't have a front page!

Good luck! Having made it as far as the in-person tryout I'm a little jealous.

Congrats!

How are you going to signal us a shoutout?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:57 pm Congrats!

How are you going to signal us a shoutout?

I'll shave my head for you guys!

That's awesome! Congrats, man.

If you need recommendations in that general area (I know you have some experience), let me know as it was my old neighborhood, more or less.

Break a leg!

Is your episode airing or are you just now going to film?

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:44 pm Congrats, bud! That makes three Swampers. We're easily the smartest sports blog around that doesn't have a front page!

But we've only had one winner, so we aren't that smart.

Congrats, Pruitt. Good luck, that's exciting news.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:46 pm Is your episode airing or are you just now going to film?

Filming on the 21st - apparently, it won;t air until late June. Guess they're running tournaments in the meantime.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:24 pm If you need recommendations in that general area (I know you have some experience), let me know as it was my old neighborhood, more or less.

I'll hit you up for some recommendations. My wife is coming with me and we're going to make it a week-long holiday. Why not? It;s warm and even if I shit the bed, I'll still get $1,000 and a case of aleve!

We'll be staying in Culver City near the studio and Santa Monica (which is near my agent's office and a couple of meetings she's setting up for me. A couple meetings, and the whole trip is a write off!

What is "Thinking Like A Jew" for $800?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:57 pm Congrats!

How are you going to signal us a shoutout?

Someone needs to send him a little glass frog he can take as a charm like some people do. PM me your address Pru. I'll get it done.

Frogs,

We gotta outfit our man. Are we going with small trinket or am I shipping this shit to our friends north of the border?

Ummm, I'll need to get approval from my wardrobe consultant who will be travelling with me!

"And what special group of people have you taken this very special and rare opportunity to represent today?"
"(10 seconds of soon-to-be-edited-out silence) Yeah ok, my wife's an fresh water ecologist."

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:09 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:44 pm Congrats, bud! That makes three Swampers. We're easily the smartest sports blog around that doesn't have a front page!

But we've only had one winner, so we aren't that smart.

Congrats, Pruitt. Good luck, that's exciting news.

Maybe Pruitt will catch a break like this:

Was watching that as it aired last night. It was glorious.

I'm on an FB group for Jeopardy contestants where we have a strict rule on ragging on contestants, and even we relaxed it after that debacle.

To be fair, sports categories can be like that - sure you may pick up that Tom Landry = Cowboys even if you've never watched a game in your life but "offsetting penalties"? No way.

Even the very first one, where they even wrote in a secondary way to get at "option" was not a gimme, especially for a top row clue.

In some alternate reality, there's a site called BalletFrog where all of us rip on the contestants who bomb that category.

It probably doesn't have a front page either.

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:19 am Maybe Pruitt will catch a break like this:

I was SCREAMING at the TV!

I know that a lot of people aren't football fans, but "Fair catch?!" That category and those contestants are my fantasy combination.

As my show(s!) will be airing in late June, I just hope they run out a World Cup category.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:38 am To be fair, sports categories can be like that - sure you may pick up that Tom Landry = Cowboys even if you've never watched a game in your life but "offsetting penalties"? No way.

Even the very first one, where they even wrote in a secondary way to get at "option" was not a gimme, especially for a top row clue.

Meg and I went down this rabbit hole. I thought those were pretty tough for someone who doesn't actively watch football. Normally on sports cats they'll at least give a freebie phrased like "Tom Brady plays for this team, who could also go by the name Minutemen" or something to give you a foothold into "Patriots" even if you've never watched a game in your life.

That said it was the first time in a while we had to pause the broadcast and collect ourselves. That was too funny they way Alex just didn't give a shit and knew it was doom for them.

Also I'll put down 500/1 that our current champ is single and struggling mightily to mingle.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:36 am Also I'll put down 500/1 that our current champ is single and struggling mightily to mingle.

I noticed that his t-shirt under the big boy shirt had a frayed collar.