SWAMPCRASH ELITE 8 - Questions posted

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:41 am

Yalls know the drill, please answer even if you've been eliminated.

Send answers to layontheice AT (Google's mail platform).

QUESTIONS:

1. Name the "Big 4" sports team best associated with one of the following players:

Francisco "Chico" Herrera
Eddie Gaedel
Sidd Finch
Robert Swift
Sun Yue
Vince Papale
Archibald "Moonlight" Graham
Taro Tsujimoto
Greg Cook
Fran Vázquez
Gord Kluzak

If a franchise has changed cities or names, I will take any iteration as a correct answer. (11)

2. In 2015, Rolling Stone assembled a "panel of experts" to rank the greatest guitarists of all-time. Name one of the top ten guitarists on their list. (10)

3. Name one of the ten oldest golfers (on the day of their win) to win a "major" tournament (PGA Championship, British Open, Masters or US Open). (11)

4. Name a college/university with one of the top ten largest enrollments in the US. This number counts all undergrads and graduate students AT A SINGLE CAMPUS, i.e. not U of Phoenix online. I'll take any school that has been in the top ten during one of the last five years. (12)

5. Name one of the top ten US cities (with CITY PROPER population over 100,000) by murder rate, according to 2019 FBI crime data. (10)

6. According to the American Kennel Club, name one of the top 12 "Most Popular Dog Breeds" in 2021. (12)

7. Name a US "fast-food" chain with more than 6,000 locations worldwide (as of 2021). (14)

8. Identify a brand of power tool shown in the following image: (8)

9. Name a winner of an MLB All-Star weekend Home Run Derby since (and including) the 2008 event. (11)

10. Name a player who has scored 65 or more goals in a single NHL season (REGULAR SEASON ONLY). (12)

OT. Name a boxer who had a heavyweight title reign ("World", WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or equivalent) of more than 1,200 consecutive days. (14)

OT2. Name a city where one of the following Halls of Fame is located:

Pro Football Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
NASCAR Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
National Soccer Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame
International Swimming Hall of Fame (11)

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:53 am

Now I have to contemplate how woke Rolling Stone was in 2015.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:20 pm

Ha I can give a hint that wokeness does not appear to be taken into account

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:11 am

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:47 am

Bad feeling in the arena during shootaround. Not a shooter's court. A solid A-10 team can absolutely capitalize on this.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:24 am

For the 3rd straight week, I trust my answers have not lost it for me. I don't believe they've ever actively won it for me. Game on, Turd!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:32 am

answers sent in...

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:33 pm

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:18 pm

Sent!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:13 pm

Anyone else have no clue what "Big 4 sports team" is? Like, are there only 4 answers?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:24 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:13 pm Anyone else have no clue what "Big 4 sports team" is? Like, are there only 4 answers?

Each name is associated with an mlb, or nhl, or nfl or nba team.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:28 pm

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:42 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:24 pm
Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:13 pm Anyone else have no clue what "Big 4 sports team" is? Like, are there only 4 answers?
Each name is associated with an mlb, or nhl, or nfl or nba team.

AH! Idiot.

That's actually an awesome question. It's twisting me all up.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:21 am

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:20 am

Here's some hot stats for yinz thru Round 2:

Free Throws

(Correct answers are made free throws, wrong answers are missed FTs)

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(Dunks are 1-point answers, three pointers are 3 point or less answers which yes includes dunks sue me, and turnovers are correct answers but worth the highest point value)

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Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:36 am

Damn it my 3PT calculator is broken. brb

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mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:01 am

Someday there needs to be a version of the game where you give as many right answers as you can and also pick one like in normal crash.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:08 am

If there was a hypothetical plan to start the NFL Crash League again this fall and someone was hypothetically looking for new spins on the format, that wouldn't be the worst one.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:13 am

The stats are awesome. Raising the bar.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:21 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:08 am If there was a hypothetical plan to start the NFL Crash League again this fall and someone was hypothetically looking for new spins on the format, that wouldn't be the worst one.

I imagine scoring it would be a mess.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:24 am

I feel like turnovers especially highlight the burden of depth of knowledge. Like a bell curve where a lot of people all coming up with the 7th most reasonable answer together and the tails are smart avoidance by getting the toughest answer and lucky avoidance by having no idea what the 7th best answer is. That's what all answers submitted would prove out.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:00 pm

love the stats

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:02 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:00 pmlove the stats

Gonna need someone to go back and add all the games in from forever. If baseball reference can get all those old box scores online, surely someone will do that here.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:16 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:21 am
Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:08 am If there was a hypothetical plan to start the NFL Crash League again this fall and someone was hypothetically looking for new spins on the format, that wouldn't be the worst one.
I imagine scoring it would be a mess.

The spreadsheet I have now (which is from Ryan plus even more automation that I've added to it) can almost certainly be modified so that it's not too big of a deal to keep track. Guess it would take a lot longer to enter the answers in but not like hours or anything.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:18 pm

Yeah, I meant from the standpoint of standardizing the wording on all submissions. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Pitt, Pitsbrug ...

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:49 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:18 pm Yeah, I meant from the standpoint of standardizing the wording on all submissions. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Pitt, Pitsbrug ...

Already accounted for

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Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:51 pm

Still need:

Bengal
BFJ
Giff
Jerloma
Ljam
N0EL
PDX
Rass
Sybian
Travzilla

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:12 pm

Sent. Been running horses ever since my miserable showing last week.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:42 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:21 am
Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:08 am If there was a hypothetical plan to start the NFL Crash League again this fall and someone was hypothetically looking for new spins on the format, that wouldn't be the worst one.
I imagine scoring it would be a mess.

If I were to do it I would probably do like Stableford.

One point for every right answer, -1 for every wrong answer, -5 for WRONG highlighted answer, and then inverse the selected answer so it does 0 thru highest.

So like, "name the Beatles" and you go John, Ringo, George and Master P. Highlighting John.

John + Ringo + George = 3
Master P = -1

Highlighted answers:

8 people on John

2 on Ringo

10 on George

5 on Paul

0 for the people who went George, 2 for John, 5 for Paul and 8 for Ringo

Or would you rank and then go by popularity? Ie 0, 1, 2 or 3?

Just wondering how far you've thought this out

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:50 pm

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:34 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:13 am The stats are awesome. Raising the bar.

Is it weird that he's better at this than you?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:44 pm

Although, I definitely have more than one FT miss. Lobo and Ryne Sandberg off the top of my head.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:06 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:44 pm Although, I definitely have more than one FT miss. Lobo and Ryne Sandberg off the top of my head.

Damn it....I add like 0.00000001 to every cell to break ties so the ranks will work and it's screwing up this part. Making edits

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:07 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:34 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:13 am The stats are awesome. Raising the bar.
Is it weird that he's better at this than you?

I don't know, I seem to be misstepping like a mf-er

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:15 pm

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Maybe these are right

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:16 am

Still need:

Ljam
N0EL
PDX
Rass
Sybian
Travzilla

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:26 am

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:40 am

We've got some barnburners going on here

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:32 am

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:01 am Someday there needs to be a version of the game where you give as many right answers as you can and also pick one like in normal crash.

NOOOO! I'd suck at this version.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:43 am

Sent. I am so damned risk averse in this game, I play it safe even when I'm out of the competition. OTOH, when I do know some obscure answers, you fuckers all know it to.