The Swamp

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

Yes they do and I can't think of a way that knowing that helps or hurts you.

Everyone but the comedian is in.

We have 6 games decided by 5 points or less, and you won't want to miss this week's halftime performance. Tune in at 1.

Welcome everybody to the Week 2 NFL Swampcrash pregame show, sponsored by Jncos. I'm the lesser accomplished Jim Brown and here with me today are three generic football guys from 20 years ago and Nate Burleson, for some reason.




I used to play with Calvin Johnson. I know him.




That's incredible, Nate. But let's just skip the formalities and get right into the games. There are some good ones this week, all kicking off at 1 pm, defiant in the face of the coronavirus shutdown. Bill, you coached in the NFL at one point which for some reason means that you must always be referred to as "Coach". Coach, which game are you most interested in watching today?




Well there are a ton of good ones today but the game that stands out to me is Sabo traveling to face Rex at Epstein Stadium. Rex put up an incredible 8 points last week in the 2nd half but was still a hardluck loser to Rush, 49-44. Well, now he gets to take on Sabo, who played a dominant game last week against L-Jam, putting a 46 on the board. Life is tough in Swampcrash but that's what these guys signed up for. Who can stay disciplined on special teams? That's who is probably going to win this one. I'm taking Rex to put one in the win column this week.




Hot shit from Hall of Fame coach Bill Cowher.




Remember when we did that on set? The Hall of Fame thing?




God damn it Coach, we remember.




I wasn't sure because, haha, you got hit in the head a lot!



*all laughing*

OH MY GOD YOU KILLED HIM COACH! LOL

*Boomer's soul that was sucked out by Cowher gets up and re-enters his body*




Well, if you guys wanna know what I think...




We don't




....well I think that Diamond is going to beat Gunpowder this week. Diamond is disciplined and plays good football, while Gunpowder is not disciplined and plays, you know, bad football.





Incredible insight.





Coach you're killing people today! You ARE the coronavirus!




*coughs*

What the fuck?





Is it hot in here? I'm sweating bullets.




....hey why don't you guys check on Zipper's game?




Apparently I'm just now receiving word that Zipper is forfeiting this week due to the ongoing epidemic. Coach this isn't funny anymore what in the actual fuck is going on?





*spitting everywhere*

They're already infected. You're all already infected. I AM HALL OF FAMER WILLIAM LAIRD COWHER





Damn it Coach, stop spitting on me!!

*shits khakis*




*chin out, gallons of spittle soaking the studio*





*coughs a mixture of blood, beaver piss and maple syrup*

Coach what the fuck you're going to kill us all! CUT TO THE GAMES!!!

That was the best.

The only good thing left.

Q1 - 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

CORRECT
Accra, Ghana (1) - GoodKarma
Andorra la Vella, Andorra (1) - Chedda
Brussels, Belgium (1) - Brian
Lome, Togo (1) - Gunpowder
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1) - LJam
London, UK (3) - Bengal, NO3L, Rush
Madrid, Spain (4) - BSF, Mister D, Rex, Shirley
Algiers, Algieria (5) - AB, Nonlinear, PDX, Pruitt, Sabo
Paris, France (6) - DSafe, Duff, Giff, Sancarlos, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Lisbon (9° W) - Cerrano, Rass
Rabat (6° W) - Carwash
Oslo (10° E) - HaulCitgo
Rome (12° E) - Bronto
Praia (23° W) - Diamond
Cairo (31° E) - Jerloma
Barcelona (not the capital)

LEFTOVERS
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Niamey, Niger
Porto Novo, Benin

Q2 - 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

CORRECT
Oceans 12 (1) - GoodKarma
Split (1) - AB
Die Hard (2) - Gunpowder, PDX
Over the Hedge (2) - BFJ, Diamond
Pulp Fiction (2) - Jerloma, Rush
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (2) - Sabo, Syb
The Sixth Sense (4) - Bengal, Chedda, Mister D, Rex
Die Hard 2 (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, HaulCitgo, Sancarlos, Shirley
Look Who's Talking (5) - Carwash, Giff, LJam, NO3L, Rass
Armageddon (6) - Brian, DSafe, Duff, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Looper ($66M) - BSF

LEFTOVERS
Live Free or Die Hard
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Glass
The LEGO Movie 2
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

LETS DO THIS

Q3 - Name a letter of the Greek alphabet whose modern uppercase form does not match any uppercase letter from our alphabet (10)

CORRECT
Sigma Σ (1) - GoodKarma
Xi Ξ (1) - NO3L
Gamma Γ (2) - Nonlinear, Rass
Theta Θ (2) - Carwash, Diamond
Delta Δ (3) - Bengal, Giff, Sancarlos
Omega Ω (4) - Brian, Bronto, Chedda, PDX
Phi Φ (4) - DSafe, Jerloma, Mister D, Shirley
Lambda Λ (5) - AB, Cerrano, Duff, Gunpowder, Pruitt
Psi Ψ (6) - BFJ, Rex, Rush, Sabo, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (11)
Mu (M) - BSF
AE - HaulCitgo
Omicron (O) - LJam

LEFTOVERS
Pi! Π

God, I totally misread the Greek Letter question. Punch me in the kidneys.

I didn't know Bruce Willis was in Look Who's Talking.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:25 pm I didn't know Bruce Willis was in Look Who's Talking.

Voice of the baby.

that's literally who was talking

Ohhh...no shit.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:25 pm I didn't know Bruce Willis was in Look Who's Talking.

He plays a younger character than he actually was when it filmed. Movie magic.

Q4 - 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

CORRECT
Chough (1) - PDX
Crow (4) - Duff, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Syb
Raven (5) - BFJ, BSF, Jerloma, LJam, Nonlinear
Magpie (8) - Carwash, Cerrano, Diamond, Giff, Rass, Sabo, Sancarlos, Shirley
Jay (9) - AB, Brian, Bronto, Chedda, Mister D, NO3L, Rex, Rush, Wlulax

INCORRECT (14)
Finch - Bengal, HaulCitgo
Starling - DSafe
Oriole - Gunpowder

LEFTOVERS
Rook
Jackdaw
Treepie
Nutcracker

Referees are now frantically running out on the field to stop play in advance of Q5...

Turns out that I forgot to include the pretty important words "North American" in the music festival question. By the time I realized it, there wasn't enough time to ensure that everyone who gave a reasonable European answer could pick again, so I'm just throwing this one out. The answers were:

Astrodome Jazz
Bonnaroo
Coachella
Desert Trip
Lollapalooza
Monterey International Pop Music
Newport Folk
Newport Jazz
Outside Lands
Tibetan Freedom Concert
US Festival
Woodstock

Literally the only time I've ever gotten a 0.

HALFTIME!

SCORES



THIS WEEK IN SWAMPCRASH HISTORY

Moment of the Week (2009!!) - The late Shrew with the obscure one-point pull on the U.S. Federal Holiday question:

Christmas (1) - Shrew

Quote of the Week (2014) - Holy shit

AB wrote:And so much for thinking all mine were right. SCREW YOU CORONA.

Out of Context Quote of the Week (2016) - Me

Everyone definitely alive is in.

Sp prescient, so clean.

Shrew died?

Jerloma was in a bad place for a long while, guys.

Announced on Twitter.

Q6 - According to baseball-reference, name one of the top 10 players in career offensive WAR for the Cleveland Indians franchise (10)

CORRECT
Lou Boudreau (1) - Sabo
Tris Speaker (1) - Pruitt
Larry Doby (2) - Diamond, GoodKarma
Kenny Lofton (5) - Gunpowder, Mister D, Nonlinear, Rex, Wlulax
Jim Thome (6) - BFJ, Chedda, Duff, HaulCitgo, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
Albert Belle (16th) - AB, Brian, Carwash, Cerrano, DSafe, Giff, Rass, Shirley
Al Rosen (12th) - LJam, Sancarlos
Travis Hafner (23rd) - BSF
Jason Kipnis (24th) - Bronto
Jose Ramirez (28th) - NO3L
Rocky Colavito (36th) - Bengal
Robbie Alomar (39th) - Jerloma
Johnson (none in the top 200) - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Earl Averill
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Joe Sewell
Manny Ramirez
Literally Had the Team Named For Him At One Point Nap Lajoie

That's the one, right?

Q7 - Okay, nevermind about Sergei Zubov but Hockey Hall of Fame, played into the 2010s, etc)

CORRECT
Mike Modano (1) - Giff
Chris Chelios (2) - Carwash, Sabo
Paul Kariya (2) - Rex, Wlulax
Nicklas Lidstrom (2) - Brian, GoodKarma
Peter Forsberg (4) - Bronto, Diamond, Rass, Sancarlos
Teemu Selanne (4) - Gunpowder, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear
Martin St. Louis (4) - Chedda, DSafe, Ljam, Rush
Marin Brodeur (5) - BFJ, BSF, NO3L, Pruitt, Syb

INCORRECT (10)
Jarome Iginla (not yet eligible) - Cerrano, Duff
Jaromir Jagr (not yet eligible) - Bengal, PDX
Mario Lemieux (retired 2006) - HaulCitgo
Joe Sakic (retired 2009, someone should have mentioned that) - AB
Rod Brind'Amour (not in the HOF) - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Chris Pronger
Mark Recchi
Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer

Holy Horseballs. That's probably the only reason I even thought of Sakic, to be honest.

I knew I was cutting it close with Al Rosen.

Q8 - Name any UConn or Tennesee player to be named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA WOMEN'S Basketball Tournament since 1990 (10)

CORRECT
Swin Cash (1) - Gunpowder
Maya Moore (1) - Bengal
Breanna Stewart (1) - DSafe
Diana Taurasi (2) - NO3L, Shirley
Chamique Holdsclaw (6) - AB, Carwash, Diamond, Giff, LJam, Nonlinear
Candace Parker (6) - BSF, GoodKarma, HaulCitgo, Mister D, Rex, Sancarlos
Rebecca Lobo (7) - Bronto, Cerrano, Jerloma, Rass, Rush, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (12)
Sue Bird - Chedda, Duff, Sabo
Tamika Catchings - Brian
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Cheryl Miller - PDX
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Rudy Gay - BFJ
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Sasha Grey - Pruitt

LEFTOVERS
Michelle Marciniak
Shea Ralph
Tina Charles

I had maya moore typed in then thought it was too recent since she had been in the news. This game kills me.

How the fuck did Tamika Catchings not win!

Q9 - 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

CORRECT
Kerry Collins (1) - Diamond
Steve Sarkisian (1) - Bronto
Shaun King (3) - Chedda, Gunpowder, Rush
Jim McMahon (3) - Pruitt, Rex, Sabo
Danny Wuerffel (3) - AB, DSafe, NO3L
Ty Detmer (12) - Bengal, Carwash, Cerrano, Duff, GoodKarma, HaulCitgo, LJam, Mister D, Rass, Shirley, Syb, Wlulax

INCORRECT (17 big ones)
Steve Young - Brian, Jerloma
Tim Tebow - BFJ
Ryan Leaf - BSF
Koy Detmer - Giff
Drew Brees - Nonlinear
Robbie Bosco - PDX
Gifford Nielsen - Sancarlos

LEFTOVERS
Joe Hamilton
Jerry Rhome

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:52 pm Q7 - Okay, nevermind about Sergei Zubov but Hockey Hall of Fame, played into the 2010s, etc)

CORRECT
Mike Modano (1) - Giff
Chris Chelios (2) - Carwash, Sabo
Paul Kariya (2) - Rex, Wlulax
Nicklas Lidstrom (2) - Brian, GoodKarma
Peter Forsberg (4) - Bronto, Diamond, Rass, Sancarlos
Teemu Selanne (4) - Gunpowder, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear
Martin St. Louis (4) - Chedda, DSafe, Ljam, Rush
Marin Brodeur (5) - BFJ, BSF, NO3L, Pruitt, Syb

INCORRECT (10)
Jarome Iginla (not yet eligible) - Cerrano, Duff
Jaromir Jagr (not yet eligible) - Bengal, PDX
Mario Lemieux (retired 2006) - HaulCitgo
Joe Sakic (retired 2009, someone should have mentioned that) - AB
Rod Brind'Amour (not in the HOF) - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Chris Pronger
Mark Recchi
Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer

A weird youtube rabbit hole I crawled down was NHL retirement/last game clips a few months ago. Probably wouldn't have been able to come up with anything otherwise.

Q10 - FROM REX - Name a team that has played in MORE THAN ONE postseason game against the Seattle Seahawks (10)

CORRECT
Bears (1) - Chedda
Dolphins (1) - Wlulax
Falcons (1) - Rex
Raiders (1) - LJam
Cowboys (2) - Bronto, Rass
Redskins (2) - Nonlinear, Pruitt
Saints (3) - Carwash, DSafe, Giff
Broncos (6) - Bengal, Brian, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, Sabo, Sancarlos
Packers (10) - AB, BFJ, Cerrano, Diamond, Duff, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, PDX, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT (15)
49ers - BSF, Mister D, NO3L
Steelers - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Panthers

Chedda came in and fucked me up like Brazil is gonna do to Qatar. Host Country Seeding for sure.

Ooof. PDX really let me off the hook scoring only 2 less 2nd half points than Zipper. I didn't do much better.

See you Monday. SCREW YOU CORONA.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:49 am Everyone but the comedian is in.