The Swamp

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ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY AUGUST 7TH @ 12PM

QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name a country that shares a land border with one of the 7 microstate nations of Europe (7)
NOTE: The microstates are independent nations of less than 1,000 sq miles. Do NOT name any of these countries themselves

2. COLLEGE SPORTS
Give the team nickname (e.g. "Bears") of any current full Division I NCAA member school from the state of Indiana (10)

3. MOVIES
Name any Best Picture Oscar nominee since and including 1990 with a number (or a Roman numeral, or a word representing a number) in its title (10)
NOTE: Ordinals don't count (like The Sixth Sense) nor do numbers found in larger words (like Slumdog Millionaire)

4. OLYMPICS
Name a sport from the 2016 Rio Olympics that took place partially or fully in the water (9)
NOTE: Don't get cute with steeplechase or golf or equestrian if the horses jump over water or something.

5. WORDS
There are 13 languages spoken by at least 100 million people worldwide. Give the PRIMARY Google translation for "Hello" in any of those languages other than English (which I just spoiled) and Urdu (which comes up blank for me) (11)

6. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name the player for whom any of the following national "Most Outstanding..." awards for College Football are currently named (11)

Passer
Receiver
Linebacker
Placekicker
Punter
Tight End
Center
Quarterback
Interior Lineman
Running Back
Defensive Back

7. SCIENCE
Name a specific weather- or climate-related event in the last 20 years that killed at least 80 Americans (10)
NOTE: These are all either named storms (hint, hint) or other short-term/seasonal events.

8. SOCCER
Orlando City FC and New York City FC began play in Major League Soccer in 2015. Name any club that has more recently joined the league or is planned to be added by 2023 (10)

9. MUSIC
Name one of the ALBUMS with snippets pictured below (9)
NOTE: There is one album for each of the last 9 decades



10. GENERAL SPORTS
Considering the "Big 6" major sports of North America (NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, CFL, and MLS), there are six states or provinces currently represented by exactly 2 active teams. Name any of these TEAMS (12)

11. HISTORY
Name the famous international agreement that matches any of the following descriptions (8)

1905-Ended the Russo-Japanese War
1919-Ended World War I
1929-Established rules for prisoners of war
1944-Established financial and commercial relations between industrialized nations
1955-Established an alliance of Communist states in Eastern and Central Europe
1992-First established the the European Union
1993-Created a peace process and mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO
1997-Mandated international reduction of greenhouse gases

12. MLB
Name any MLB team whose current single-season home attendance record dates back EARLIER than 2000 (10)

13. TELEVISION
Other than the 10 main characters, name any CHARACTER who appeared in at least 20 episodes of either Seinfeld or Friends (12)

14. NBA
Name any top 3 pick in the lottery era of the NBA Draft (1985-current) with a higher career scoring average than Zion Williamson (11)
NOTE: Only 3 are retired

15. NFL
Name the MVP of any Super Bowl that was decided by more than 25 points (8)

After a week of negative Covid tests for the entrants...

Yinz frogs wanna do another amateur game? I don't mind writing up some Q's

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:23 pm Yinz frogs wanna do another amateur game? I don't mind writing up some Q's

The things that some here would do for a just fleeting distraction from the real world would make even you blush, so yeah please...

seconded... gotta stay fresh for the NIT finals!

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:17 am seconded... gotta stay fresh for the NIT finals!

Word.

You are going down like a Marlin team tradition of licking a communal bat for luck.

ew

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:05 amew

Just trying to figure out how they spread it so efficiently...

Cool - I got busy today but I'll try to get some up by end of the day

Questions have been posted up top. Good luck to the teams playing for something, and nice job to whatever team actually gets the best score this week and gets to challenge the champion at any point during the offseason.

(No)

Don't answer if it's too much of a clue, but I assume Seinfeld has 4 main characters and that other show has 6?

Just checking, but for #3, we're looking at movies RELEASED in 1990, with the Oscars handed out that following March of 1991, right?

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:11 am Just checking, but for #3, we're looking at movies RELEASED in 1990, with the Oscars handed out that following March of 1991, right?

Yes

Rex wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:42 am Don't answer if it's too much of a clue, but I assume Seinfeld has 4 main characters and that other show has 6?

Yes

Re: q2, does "full division I" mean football too?

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:18 pm Re: q2, does "full division I" mean football too?

Yes, though there's no FCS schools in Indiana that don't also play D-1 basketball also.

Actually, I'm pretty sure not every school on the list has a FBS/FCS football team so it's better to think in terms of basketball, I guess.

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:53 pm Actually, I'm pretty sure not every school on the list has a FBS/FCS football team so it's better to think in terms of basketball, I guess.

I don't know if mine is gonna be the lowest answer, but it's the best answer.

brian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:04 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:53 pm Actually, I'm pretty sure not every school on the list has a FBS/FCS football team so it's better to think in terms of basketball, I guess.

I don't know if mine is gonna be the lowest answer, but it's the best answer.

Agreed

IN:

Brian
Bronto
Duff
Gunpowder
Mister D
NO3L
Pruitt
Rush (clarification pending)
Sancarlos
Wlu

I know every answer to #2 and I'm still gonna be high-mid pack I'm sure.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:36 am I know every answer to #2 and I'm still gonna be high-mid pack I'm sure.

Same. And same.

There's one school for Indiana that would be a very low score but I just can't remember the mascot. Go with that one.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:44 pm There's one school for Indiana that would be a very low score but I just can't remember the mascot. Go with that one.

Probably not the one I went with.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:44 pm There's one school for Indiana that would be a very low score but I just can't remember the mascot. Go with that one.

I would say there are two. And three others that will probably be low.

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:44 pm There's one school for Indiana that would be a very low score but I just can't remember the mascot. Go with that one.

I think I know which one you're talking about but I also can't remember the mascot.

There are 5 Kraken already so don't say that.

Need a TEAM name for question 10, thanks

STILL NEED:

AB
Bengal
BFJ
BSF
Carwash
Cerrano
Diamond
Giff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
Nonlinear
PDX
Rass
Shirley
RSL

On #5, is there a difference between the "formal" and "informal" versions of "Hello"?

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:26 am On #5, is there a difference between the "formal" and "informal" versions of "Hello"?

Google only returns one main result for each language, but there are alternates in small print underneath for some of them. I'm prepared to accept anything that comes up, although everybody has given me the exact one so far.

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:38 am

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:26 am On #5, is there a difference between the "formal" and "informal" versions of "Hello"?

Google only returns one main result for each language, but there are alternates in small print underneath for some of them. I'm prepared to accept anything that comes up, although everybody has given me the exact one so far.

Thanks for saying everyone was correct. I debated between two versions from the same language.

Guesses sent.

Oh shit. I got a whole sheet of answers but haven’t sent yet. First thing tomorrow.

STILL NEED:

BFJ
BSF
Cerrano
Diamond
Giff
HaulCitgo
Jerloma
LJam
Nonliear
PDX
Rass
RSL

Don't want to give too much away but

A. This is very close right now
B. Someone who finished last in their division has the best score by 8 pts

I'll be playing golf during the reveal, so I win either way.

In this morning :)

Emails went out. We're down to:

Cerrano
Diamond
Giff
Jerloma
PDX
Rass
RSL

PM'd, thanks

Reveal at 1PM today for the Big Game TM. 3 people left and I'll take any answers that come in before then.