The Swamp

Turns out I'm away from a computer all day Monday and since I only have the one preseason week lined up, let's give everyone some bonus time. This doesn't count and there will be no pretend H2H matchups. It's been a while, so read all the usual notes below but first one hopefully obvious thing since we have some newcomers...

NO GOOGLING

SEASON-LONG REMINDERS

-Each week consists of 10 questions (5 sports, 5 not). The Swamper Bowl will have 20 questions.
-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 DO NOT REPLY ALL if answering by email


SCORING

-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

-For your own questions only, you may "cheat" and submit any answer you want
-Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail, and don't forget the middle initial T) or private message here
-From time to time, there will be discussion, clarification, questions, etc. in these threads. I will NOT be emailing any important updates to questions that may affect answers, so it's on you to keep up before submitting


ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 @ 12PM


PRESEASON QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name one of the ten most populous cities in Georgia the state or the one most populous city in Georgia the country (11)

2. MUSIC
Name a band/group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with at least TWO females that are listed as officially inducted members (9)

3. HISTORY
Name a country where one of the following people was or is the head of state (10)

• Goodluck Jonathan
  George Weah
  Jean-Bertrand Aristide
  Suharto
  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  Daniel Ortega
  Éamon de Valera
  Mahmoud Abbas
  Viktor Yushchenko
  Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

4. MISCELLANEOUS
According to a 2014 Washington Post analysis of U.S. Census geographical data, the most popular street name in Hawai'i is "Lehua". Name one of the 14 different street names that are the most common in at least one of the other 49 states (14)

5. MOVIES
Name the voice actor behind any of the Pixar characters pictured below (10)
NOTE: The duo is one combined answer

6. BASEBALL
Name a Baseball Hall of Famer who played for the Rays, Marlins, Rockies, or Diamondbacks (9)

7. OLYMPICS
Name a sport in which India has won a Summer Olympic medal (8)

8. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Name a current Division I NCAA school from the state of South Carolina (12)

9. SOCCER
Name one of goal.com's 12 best Brazilian soccer players of all-time (12)

10. FOOTBALL
Only 12 men have been named Super Bowl MVP while playing for a team that did NOT draft them. Name one of these MVPs since Jim Plunkett in 1980 (10)

Can we use Bing?

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:58 pm Can we use Bing?

That's still Googling, right? Nobody says "I Binged it on Bing"

(This is a good start)

Does "street" include avenues, roads, boulevards, ways, etc?

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:15 pm Does "street" include avenues, roads, boulevards, ways, etc?

Yes

For NUmber 8, do schools from North Carolina count if I can't think of a really good one from South Carolina?

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:27 pm For NUmber 8, do schools from North Carolina count if I can't think of a really good one from South Carolina?

You mean like Fuck U?

Isn't that one in Cedar Key, Florida?

Damn, these are much harder than I remembered.

Good when you realize early on how its gonna go

Ryan - did you get my questions?

Having issues with the PM thing...

Useless. Nameless. Faceless.

Guesses sent to your email.

IN so far:

AB
Bengal
Brian
Cerrano
Chedda
Duff
GoodKarma
Gunpowder
NO3L
Nonlinear
Pruitt
Sancarlos
Wlu

And I just realized I never sent the questions as an email, which is the main thing I wanted to test this week. So I'm about to do that. I believe a couple of you are on my email list twice, so if you get one at an unwanted address let me know. If you didn't get one at all, I probably don't have your address. Remedy that.

Also, we are officially good to go for Week 1 next Monday.

HOLDOUTS:

Bronto
BSF
Giff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
L-Jam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Sabo
Shirley
Syb
Zipper

One-ish day to go

Submitted via PM.

Guesses emailed.

I was in a meeting in my boss' office with others on conference, and she needed to take a 5 minute break to take care of something. So I told her I was going to use that time to send in my answers and proceeded to explain. Long story, short. I think she'd be really good at this game, but we'll find out tomorrow!

"Had to shit really bad in the middle of a meeting today. After getting up to leave, a guy who works for me started talking about an internet game ..."

Ha, I thought that was the issue, but she had to reload her daughter's card for her school lunch, then spent 10 minutes making everyone wait. I hope I'm not disqualified.

She sure knows her Brazilian soccer legend.

Good Morning Football

STILL NEED:
Bronto
BSF
PDX
Rass
Rex
Zipper

Answers due at noon. Reveal probably 1PM

Thanks for sending, BSF!

He's clearly, IN.

Yay, got one. He's subliminally bragging about his two singles this late in the game.

Will try to remember to BCC everyone next time

(...)

Just missing 2. Will start right at 1PM ET

Q1 - Name one of the ten most-populous cities in Georgia the state or the one most populous city in Georgia the country (11)

CORRECT
Augusta (1) - Shirley
Columbus (1) - Diamond
Warner Robins (1) - Sabo
Atlanta (2) - Bronto, Cerrano
Sandy Springs (2) - HaulCitgo, Wlulax
Tbilisi (4) - BFJ, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, Nonlinear
Athens (5) - Bengal, Carwash, Mister D, Rush, Sancarlos
Savannah (5) - AB, BSF, Giff, Jerloma, Syb
Macon (8) - Brian, Chedda, DSafe, Duff, LJam, NO3L, PDX, Pruitt

INCORRECT (13)
Alpharetta (11th) - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Roswell
Johns Creek

Reverse psych on the Augusta deal? I crossed that off as too obvious on a sports message board.

Q2 - Name a band/group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with at least TWO females that are named as official inducted members (10)

CORRECT
Heart (1) - GoodKarma
Martha & the Vandellas (1) - LJam
The Ronettes (1) - Sancarlos
Sly & the Family Stone (2) - Diamond, Rush
The Supremes (4) - Cerrano, HaulCitgo, Mister D, Sabo
Fleetwood Mac (5) - Brian, Bronto, DSafe, Giff, Rass
ABBA (6) - AB, Bengal, BFJ, BSF, Duff, Pruitt
The Mamas & the Papas (6) - Chedda, Gunpowder, Nonlinear, Shirley, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Carwash
Talking Heads - Jerloma
Eurythmics - NO3L
The Runaways - PDX

LEFTOVERS
The Shirelles
The Staple Singers

OK, first Jordan of the preseason.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:12 pm OK, first Jordan of the preseason.

I mean, shit. Of course that's the first one I thought of, but this game is stupid.

Heart is in the R&RHOF?

Q3 - Name a country where one of the following people was or is the head of state (10)

CORRECT
Iceland - Vigdis Finnbogadottir (1) - BSF
Ireland - Eamon de Valera (1) - Sabo
Nigeria - Goodluck Jonathan (1) - Pruitt
Ukraine - Viktor Yuschenko (1) - Rush
Argentina - Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (2) - Carwash, Gunpowder
Indonesia - Suharto (2) - Diamond, Giff
Liberia - George Weah (5) - Brian, Bronto, Nonlinear, PDX, Shirley
Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide (6) - BFJ, Chedda, DSafe, HaulCitgo, LJam, Rass
Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (6) - Bengal, Duff, Mister D, Sancarlos, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Sweden - AB
Finland - Cerrano
Colombia - GoodKarma
Mexico - Jerloma
Yugoslavia - NO3L

LEFTOVERS
Palestine - Mahmoud Abbas

Damn. I'm rusty as hell, apparently.

I need to go with my gut next time, I'd have gone with Mamas/Papas regardless, but I'd have 4 points (total) on the other 2.

/no one cares, Jerry

Q4 - According to a 2014 Washington Post analysis of U.S. Census geographical data, the most popular street name in Hawai'i is "Lehua". Name one of the 14 different street names that are the most common in at least one of the other 49 states (14)

CORRECT
3rd (1) - Giff
Maple (1) - Sancarlos
Elm (2) - DSafe, Mister D
Park (2) - Jerloma, Rush
1st (3) - Cerrano, Duff, LJam
Oak (4) - Bengal, GoodKarma, NO3L, Syb
2nd (5) - AB, BFJ, Brian, Chedda, Sabo
Main (6) - Bronto, Carwash, HaulCitgo, Pruitt, Shirley, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Washington - BSF
Center - Diamond
Mountain - Gunpowder
4th - Nonlinear
Roosevelt - PDX
North - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Apache
Aspen
Cedar
Dogwood
Holly
Lee
Magnolia

Q5 - Name the voice actor behind any of the Pixar characters pictured below (10)
NOTE: The duo is one combined answer

CORRECT
Bill Hader - Fear from Inside Out (1) - BSF
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Atta from A Bug's Life (1) - Duff
Paul Newman - Doc Hudson from Cars (1) - Rush
Steve Buscemi - Randall from Monsters, Inc. (2) - Diamond, Pruitt
Key & Peele - Ducky & Bunny from Toy Story 4 (2) -AB, BFJ
Holly Hunter - Elastigirl from The Incredibles (5) - Bengal, DSafe, Giff, Sancarlos, Shirley
Patton Oswalt - Remy from Ratatouille (5) - Chedda, Jerloma, LJam, NO3L, Nonlinear
Ed Asner - Carl Fredericksen from Up (8) - Brian, Bronto, Carwash, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Sabo, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (13)
Ray Romano - Gunpowder
John Goodman - HaulCitgo
Eddie Murphy - Mister D
Tom Hanks - PDX
French Stewart - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Laurie Metcalf - Andy's Mom from Toy Story
Benjamin Bratt - Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco

I think Ed Asner was the only one I knew for that one so can't kick myself too much.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:30 pm I think Ed Asner was the only one I knew for that one so can't kick myself too much.

Same with me and Patton, though now I'm feeling stupid about Asner, as I literally just watched the opening to that the other day to remember how sad it was.

HALFTIME!

SCORES
11 Rush
18 Diamond
18 Giff
18 Sancarlos
19 Sabo
23 BFJ
23 L-Jam
23 Pruitt
23 Shirley
24 BSF
24 Duff
26 Bengal
26 Bronto
26 DSafe
28 Cerrano
28 GoodKarma
28 Wlulax
29 AB
29 Syb
30 Chedda
30 Mister D
31 Brian
31 HaulCitgo
31 Nonlinear
32 Carwash
34 Jerloma
36 Gunpowder
39 NO3L
48 PDX
48 Rass
59 Rex
59 Zipper

THIS WEEK IN SWAMPCRASH HISTORY

Moment of the Week (2016) - Giff schools everyone on women playing together

Stephen F Austin Ladyjacks (1) - Giff

Quote of the Week (2016) - Carwash on Ferris Bueller

I've always been fascinated by that list from Q5. What's a Wasteoid? Do people really self-identify as Dickheads? How many of those was Grace just making up?

Out of Context Quote of the Week (2016) - Mister D

This would mean so much to me.

Make sure to look up some Alcoa™ Fantastic Finishes too.