The Swamp

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


SCHEDULE




ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY MARCH 13 @ 12PM


WEEK TWO QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name any national capital city located within 5 degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian (12)
NOTE: There are 6 in Europe and 6 in Africa.
NOTE: Dublin is somehow the 13th closest

2. MOVIES
FROM DSAFE - Name any movie that Bruce Willis has acted in that surpassed $100m in domestic box office earnings (12)
NOTE - Includes voice roles and does NOT account for inflation

3. LANGUAGE
Name a letter of the Greek alphabet whose modern uppercase form does NOT match any uppercase letter from our alphabet (9)

4. SCIENCE AND NATURE
FROM PDX - The image below shows examples of birds from the Corvidae family. Name one of the general species that belongs to this family (9)
NOTE: General species here means "Cardinal" or "Pelican" instead of "Northern Cardinal" or "Zion's Pelican". Not all answers are represented in the picture



5. MUSIC
Name any Top 15 entry on vividseats.com's list of the 100 greatest music festival lineups of all time (12)
NOTE: Repeat appearances are combined into one correct answer so you don't have to say the year, although not every answer is/was an annual thing

6. MLB
According to baseball-reference, name one of the top 10 players in career offensive WAR for the Cleveland Indians franchise (10)

7. NHL
2019 inductee Sergei Zubov became the 13th Hockey Hall of Famer whose NHL playing career lasted into the 2010s. Name one of the first 12 members with this distinction (12)
NOTE: Hall of Famers who retired in 2009 include Sergei Fedorov, Joe Sakic, Brendan Shanahan, and Mats Sundin

8. COLLEGE HOOPS
Name any UConn or Tennesee player to be named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament since 1990 (10)

9. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FROM BRONTO - Joe Burrow set the single-season record for passing efficiency (202.0) in 2019. Name a player in the top 50 in FBS single-season passing efficiency who played before the year 2000. (8)
NOTE: Correct answers represent Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Penn State, Tulane, Florida, and BYU three times

10. NFL
FROM REX - Name a team that has played in MORE THAN ONE postseason game against the Seattle Seahawks (10)

Clarification request: Cleveland offensive WAR means position players or batting separate from defense?

BIRDS!

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:09 am Clarification request: Cleveland offensive WAR means position players or batting separate from defense?

Position players minus fielding

On the music question, you're looking for the festival name, not a band that played the festival? You're also not looking for the year?

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:33 pm On the music question, you're looking for the festival name, not a band that played the festival? You're also not looking for the year?

I don't even understand how to begin to go about answering that questions except for the exceedingly obvious one. Do people really remember who played in specific years?

Yeah, I'm thinking I misread the question too. I just put a festival, not a year (which he did say you didn't need) or band.

It’s like if I asked you to name one of the 15 highest-scoring baseball lineups of all-time but just needed “Blue Jays”. The usual caveats that this is one website’s opinion but don’t make it too hard

And don’t say “Phish”

(Did I even answer your question? Yes, I need the name of a festival where one of those top lineups appeared)

I think I'm being really stupid, but does Q7 mean "name a player named to the HOF who was active from 2010 or later?"

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:23 pm I think I'm being really stupid, but does Q7 mean "name a player named to the HOF who was active from 2010 or later?"

From the NHL, yes

Sergei Zubov's last NHL game was in November 2008.

STILL NEED:

Bengal
BSF
Carwash
Diamond
DSafe
Duff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Shirley
Syb
Wlu
Zipper

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:35 pm Sergei Zubov's last NHL game was in November 2008.

Good catch - I was just going by "playing career" on Wiki but he was in the KHL. Checking the actual answers now

STILL NEED:

Bengal
BSF
Carwash
Duff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Shirley
Syb
Wlu
Zipper

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:39 am STILL NEED:

Bengal
BSF
Carwash
Duff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Shirley
Syb
Wlu
Zipper

PM'd you yesterday

Forgot - got it

Sent via email.

Do you have mine? E-mailed last night.

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:40 am Do you have mine? E-mailed last night.

Yep sorry

Not sure what the record is for most people saying the same wrong answer (probably anything hockey that didn't involve Gretzky) but we have a bad one this week

Is there any danger of the coronavirus shutting down Swampcrash?

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:49 am Is there any danger of the coronavirus shutting down Swampcrash?

If we don't have march madness to watch while we're quarantined AND no swampcrash I riot in the streets.

Just realized I f'ed up #10 by answering a player instead of a team.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:49 am Is there any danger of the coronavirus shutting down Swampcrash?

Quite the opposite - look for 6 days a week of MLB Swampcrash

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:46 am Not sure what the record is for most people saying the same wrong answer (probably anything hockey that didn't involve Gretzky) but we have a bad one this week

Well that's never good for me.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:37 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:46 am Not sure what the record is for most people saying the same wrong answer (probably anything hockey that didn't involve Gretzky) but we have a bad one this week

Well that's never good for me.

I know of at least one I missed, and I could see it being the one.

Almost made the funniest typo. Good thing I got a phone call before submitting and took a second look. Would the wrong first name be a wrong answer if no person with that name existed?

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:33 pm Almost made the funniest typo. Good thing I got a phone call before submitting and took a second look. Would the wrong first name be a wrong answer if no person with that name existed?

Like if you said "Gary Favre"? I am shockingly inconsistent, but I'd probably count it.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:50 am

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:49 am Is there any danger of the coronavirus shutting down Swampcrash?

If we don't have march madness to watch while we're quarantined AND no swampcrash I riot in the streets.

I'd like to reframe:

Can we do an expedited Swampcrash while everyone is waiting for The Plague?

STILL NEED:

BSF
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
PDX
Rass
Zipper

(If Zip doesn't submit anything this week, let's try and get a replacement)

In, thanks.

Got it. Now if only 2 more people say that really popular wrong answer, it will be worth the same as if it was right.

:(

Do I have to name a music festival line-up or just the name of a music festival?

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:54 am Do I have to name a music festival line-up or just the name of a music festival?

I think Ryan said you have to be able to name one headliner, one on second row of lineup poster, three others from rows 3-20, and a local DJ for it to count.

In.

And yes that festival question was a bit confusing but I suck at this so I'm just out here throwing darts at the wall.

I mean, it's a shittily-worded question. Just sayin.

Do pitchers have WARs or can I not know that?

I ASK PEOPLE TO REFER TO FOLLOW-UP CHATTER IN THREADS FOR A REASON

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:11 am Do pitchers have WARs or can I not know that?

Position players only.