The Swamp

SEASON-LONG REMINDERS

-Each week consists of 10 questions (5 sports, 5 not). The Swamper Bowl will have 20 questions.
-I'll post questions here and email them to the group. Make sure you DO NOT REPLY ALL if answering by email
-No Googling, No Doubt
-Answer every week, even when your NFL team has a bye

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
-If you're the only player with a one-pointer, you are credited with a score of -1
-Low score wins
-Weekly ties will be broken by best score in Q10, Q9, etc.
-Standings, tiebreakers and playoff matchups all determined exactly as they would be in the real NFL

INSTRUCTIONS

-Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail, and don't forget the middle initial T) or private message here
-Unless you're giving something away by asking, bring up any questions or clarifications in the weekly thread so everyone can see the answer. 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 SEPTEMBER 8th @ 12PM ET

WEEK ONE QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name any state whose 8th, 9th, and 10th largest cities are listed below (10)

Goose Creek, Greer, Sumter
Mandan, Jamestown, Wahpeton
Midwest City, Enid, Stillwater
Belgrade, Anaconda, Havre
Merrimack, Londonderry, Hudson
Twin Falls, Rexburg, Post Falls
Georgetown, Millsboro, Elsmere
Olive Branch, Greenville, Horn Lake
Medford, Springfield, Corvallis
Sanford, Brunswick, Westbrook

2. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name any player that rushed for more than 4,000 in their college career for Wisconsin, Texas, or Northern Illinois (12)

3. MUSIC
Name any artist who has won a Grammy Award for Song, Album, or Record of the Year since and including 2014 (19)
NOTE: Answers include 17 solo acts and 2 duos

4. OLYMPICS
Name a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame that appeared on any men's Olympic roster OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES from 1992-2008 (11)

5. HISTORY
Name any regnal name that has been used at least 3 times (e.g. "Doug" if there was a "King Doug III") by monarchs of either France, Spain, or the UK (11)
NOTE: If a name would be correct for more than one country, it only counts once as a correct answer

6. NFL
Name one of the NFL players pictured below, all of whom had at least one 1,000-yard rushing season in the 1990s (9)



7. TELEVISION
Give the CHARACTER name of anyone with more than 1,000 spoken lines of dialogue on The Sopranos (10)

8. SOCCER
Name a country that is home to a CLUB TEAM currently in Football Database's list of the top 125 in the world and is NOT in Europe or South America (8)
NOTE: Don't say Russia or Türkiye

9. MISCELLANEOUS
Name a dog breed that makes up half of any of the following popular hybrids (12)

Cavachon
Sprollie
Morkie
Chinweenie
Akipoo
Whipador

10. BASEBALL
Name any MLB player who was the ACTIVE leader in career games played at any point since Dwight Evans retired in 1991 (13)

5. FOOD AND DRINK
Name any regnal name that has been used at least 3 times (e.g. "Doug" if there was a "King Doug III") by monarchs of either France, Spain, or the UK (11)

I don’t know what you guys are about but that’s some sick shit if we have to cook and eat King Doug again.

Perfect season over

Not to open a can of worms, but for question #5, does Spain also count historical kingdoms like Leon, Aragon, etc., or just since unification? And similarly, does the UK count pre-unification England and Scotland?

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:34 am Not to open a can of worms, but for question #5, does Spain also count historical kingdoms like Leon, Aragon, etc., or just since unification? And similarly, does the UK count pre-unification England and Scotland?

Yeah, this is tricky. Because of the source I used, it's going to include names used pre-unification but ONLY if there has been one to continue the line since unification. For example, if there were 8 King Chads in England in the 500s and then King Chad IX came along last year, that would still count. But if all King Chads happened before Great Britain/UK, then it would be incorrect.

Dates here would be 1707 for UK, 1479 for Spain, and 843 for France

In, and no ACC questions for Davesez!

(unless, Texas, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, or a club team is now in the ACC)

Ryan are you emailing the questions as well? I did not see it…

In. Like I need another reason to look forward to a Friday.

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:54 pm Ryan are you emailing the questions as well? I did not see it…

Whoops, I didn’t.

EdRomero wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:57 am In, and no ACC questions for Davesez!

(unless, Texas, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, or a club team is now in the ACC)

Give it a couple of weeks.

Sent in my answers for this teardown season a while ago, will begin the offseason brain-scouting process soon.

Guesses sent

Half of you are in and we already have our first "the most popular answer is wrong" of the season brewing

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:20 pm Half of you are in and we already have our first "the most popular answer is wrong" of the season brewing

I have not checked my answers (I wait for the reveal) but I can only assume...that's me. WE'RE BACK!

I had no idea on one of the questions.

Do we need full name on Sopranos character?

The dog question was a complete mindfuck trying to read the room. I changed my answer 4 times and then just went back to original.

STILL NEED:

BSF
Carwash
DaveInSeattle
Duff
Enoch
Giff
HaulCitgo
LJam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Rush
Shirley

In.

With 3/4 of the field in, we do currently have a -1 on the board. That can obviously go away or new ones can emerge.

One day left for:

Carwash
DaveInSeattle
Enoch
HaulCitgo
LJam
PDX
Rass
Shirley

Can barely come up with an educated answer anyway so have no idea if this would matter, but since you take such care with this, #8 is men's soccer/football?

Just soccer lolololol. Yes.

I doubt it's mine, but I think I know what mine would be if I was the one.

email sent

It’s hilarious that Mr. D is repping a Philadelphia team.

I love the football question. Such a trip down memory lane, except for the one guy I can't figure out.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:35 pm I love the football question. Such a trip down memory lane, except for the one guy I can't figure out.

I only knew one guy for certain.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:00 am It’s hilarious that Mr. D is repping a Philadelphia team.

And me Green Bay. I’d rather have syphilis.
.

I’d rather have Philadelphia for this game.

BeckyHammon’s hoodie wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:04 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:00 am It’s hilarious that Mr. D is repping a Philadelphia team.

And me Green Bay. I’d rather have syphilis.
.

I thought you already had syphilis. Caused the brain injury, right?

Got dang I’m so stoked for tomorrow.

“Coach, maybe we should have Mahomes be the quarterback for this next play”

ANDY REID: *growls, shakes head no*

STILL NEED

DiS
Enoch
LJam
Shirley

Sent.

I guess I got this confused with the real thing last night. Some of my answers were probably the equivalent of Reid’s 4th quarter though

Sent!

Down to DiS and Shirley. Reveal will be around 1PM so I'll give them until I'm ready.

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:00 am STILL NEED:

DaveInSeattle

Sent

Got everyone!