-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 APRIL 3rd @ 12PM
WEEK FIVE QUESTIONS
1. GEOGRAPHY
Name one of the three most-populated islands that belong, in full or in part, to Indonesia, the Philippines or Japan (3 each for a total of 9)
2. SCIENCE
All but three of the elements numbered 96-107 on the Perioidic Table are named for people in the scientific community. Name one of those famous people (10) NOTE: One element is named for multiple people and they are combined into 1 correct answer. You can name one or all and get credit.
3. TELEVISION FROM GIFF - Name one of the top 10 TV spinoffs of all-time according to a September 2017 IndieWire article (10)
4. WORDPLAY
Use one specific word to name any of the items pictured below that, like "Affluenza" and "Labradoodle", represent examples of a portmanteau (9)
5. MISCELLANEOUS FROM JERLOMA - Name a book of the King James Bible that comes in a set (i.e. there are 2 or more books of that name) (8)
6. MLB FROM RSL - Baseball Reference lists 66 defunct professional teams from 1876-1915 that have no lineage to a current MLB franchise. Name a city where one of those teams played from that is NOT represented in today's MLB (14) NOTE: Does not include "Brooklyn" or "St Paul" - all other answers are definitively separate from where any team plays now
7. OLYMPICS FROM BRIAN -20 of the countries with the current top 30 largest economies by GDP have hosted the Winter or Summer Olympics. Name one of the ten that haven't (10) NOTE - Does not include Taiwan or Hong Kong
8. NBA
Name one of the 10 worst NBA franchises in terms of combined regular season winning percentage since 1980 (10) NOTE: This includes all current teams, not just ones that have been around the whole time
9. GOLF
In 1999, Tiger Woods made his first appearance in the top 10 all-time money leaders list on the PGA Tour. Name anyone else on that list at the end of the '99 season (9)
10. NFL
Name any player that scored a go-ahead touchdown in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl since and including Super Bowl 38 between the Patriots and Panthers (15) NOTE: TD does NOT need to have been the last score of game nor from the eventual winning team
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:25 am
by GoodKarma
#4 is an absolutely fantastic.
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:43 am
by Ryan
AbFan
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:03 pm
by BSF21
Does #6 include Negro leagues?
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:09 pm
by sancarlos
GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:25 am
#4 is an absolutely fantastic.
Racking my brain on which one will be a one-pointer and which one will be the most popular choice.
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:18 pm
by Ryan
BSF21 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:03 pm
Does #6 include Negro leagues?
No - I think its the American Association, Federal League, and the Players League.
INCORRECT (11)
Okinawa - Bengal, Giff
Kyoto - HaulCitgo
Bali - NO3L
Can't be bothered to think beyond freaking New Jersey - Mister D, Rass
LEFTOVERS
Borneo
Kyushu
Negros (this was not auto-replaced)
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:09 pm
by rass
Missing a correct answer there, just in case someone used it.
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:09 pm
by Ryan
rass wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:09 pm
Missing a correct answer there, just in case someone used it.
Caught it
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:12 pm
by Ryan
Q2 - All but three of the elements numbered 96-107 on the Perioidic Table are named for people in the scientific community. Name one of those famous people (10) NOTE: One element is named for multiple people and they are combined into 1 correct answer
Not as many wrongs as usual, but still carnage everywhere.
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:26 pm
by L-Jam3
Stafford to Marvin Jones is really connecting this week in walkthroughs.
Re: Swampcrash 2020 - Week Five
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:30 pm
by Ryan
Q6 - FROM RSL - Baseball Reference lists 66 defunct professional teams from 1876-1915 that have no lineage to a current MLB franchise. Name a city where one of those teams played from that is NOT represented in today's MLB (14)
NOTE: Does not include "Brooklyn" or "St Paul"