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 DECEMBER 15th @ 12PM ET

WEEK FIFTEEN QUESTIONS

1. GEOGRAPHY
Name a country that is home to any of the following pairs of subnational divisions, such as states, territories, and districts (10)

Central Kalimantan & Aceh
Ayacucho & Arequipa
Sevastopol & Luhansk
Tyrol & Burgenland
Sharjah & Fujairah
Norfolk Island & Jervis Bay Territory
Tocantins & Acre
Goa & Assam
Mayotte & Occitania
Valparaiso & O'Higgins

2. SOCCER
Name any of the players pictured below, all of whom have been named FIFA World Player of the Year or The Best Women's FIFA Player (9)
NOTE: It's the same award that just changed names in 2016



3. BUSINESS
Name one of The Ringer's top 8 streaming services right now, according to its "formula" of buzz, quality, prestige, and app experience (8)

4. NFL
Since 2000, name one of the six NFL teams that have played at least forty regular season games on a Sunday night OR one of the four teams that have played less than ten (10)
NOTE: Qualifying games must have started at or after 7pm eastern

5. TELEVISION
Name a soap opera that has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at least three times (8)

6. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name a state that will host EXACTLY ONE FBS bowl game this season, including anything part of the College Football Playoff (10)
NOTE: You probably already knew this, but North Carolina is no longer a correct answer now that the Bahamas Bowl got moved to Charlotte due to stadium construction

7. TRAVEL
Name an AIRLINE that flies daily non-stop service from JFK Airport to any destination at least 11 hours away per scheduled departure and arrival times (11)

8. NBA
Name anyone who has scored more than 25 points in an NBA Finals game AGAINST the Golden State Warriors in the Steph Curry era (10)

9. HISTORY
Name any of the people pictured below, all of whom were head of state/ruler for their country in 1986 (9)



10. MLB
Name the MLB player traded during a season for any of the following packages (10)
NOTE: The teams are listed in the direction of the players in the package - the correct answer would be going the other way
NOTE: In the event that more than one player is a possible answer for the same trade and you happen to know them all, I'm looking for the clearly well-known one and will credit you with that answer only

John Halama, Freddy Garcia, & Carlos Guillen from the Astros to the Mariners
Jose Herrera & Steve Karsay from the Blue Jays to the Athletics
JP Feyereisen, Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, & Ben Heller from Cleveland to the Yankees
Shane Baz, Tyler Glasnow, & Austin Meadows from the Pirates to the Rays
Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Roenicke, & Zach Stewart from the Reds to the Blue Jays
Derek Lowe & Jason Varitek from the Mariners to the Red Sox
Travis Lee, Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, & Vicente Padilla from Diamondbacks to the Phillies
Eric Ludwick, TJ Matthews, & Blake Stein from the Cardinals to the Athletics
Matt LaPorta, Zach Jackson, Rob Bryson, & Michael Brantley from the Brewers to Cleveland
Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore, & Lee Stevens from the Expos to Cleveland

I know answers to several of these questions!

Guesses sent. Like, on 7 of them. Pretty sure I biffed question 1.

I feel less confident in these answers than maybe any other week in SwampCrash history. Like most weeks I feel I could get 9 of 10 if I’m willing to “risk” a popular answer but maybe 4 or 5 legit straight-up guesses this week.

Lots of people waiting to see if the come across boxes of female soccer players in the grocery store. I get it.

IN:

AB
Bengal
BFJ
Brian
Chedda
GoodKarma
GPJ
Pruitt
Rush
Trav

ETA: Ew, sorry

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:27 am Lots of people waiting to see if the come across boxes of female soccer players in the grocery store. I get it.

Change that to former world leaders and I think you're right.

Inskie.

I have an interesting mix of too much info for some questions and a couple of straight up guesses. Though, this week my guesses are more in the "educated" variety as opposed to straightup out me bum.

Without saying who, I'm getting several wrong answers for the airline question but I don't have a rock-solid source so if anyone wants to pre-emptively try and prove their answer is right, I wouldn't mind.

Well, I just sent and then corrected because of RIF (again).

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:16 am Without saying who, I'm getting several wrong answers for the airline question but I don't have a rock-solid source so if anyone wants to pre-emptively try and prove their answer is right, I wouldn't mind.

If I'm on your list, it looks like my answer is wrong. I thought of it, because a friend flew into JFK on this airline to visit 20 years ago. She was coming from a location that makes sense as a stopover between the origin and JFK (yes, my Canadian girlfriend). Not seeing any direct flights.

Upsetting to miss this one, since JFK was part of my territory when I worked for Customs and Border Protection. I've even been in the jail cells at JFK and got to see the specially designed toilet for retrieving swallowed balloons filled with cocaine. I don't envy the guys who have that job.

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:34 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:27 am Lots of people waiting to see if the come across boxes of female soccer players in the grocery store. I get it.

Change that to former world leaders and I think you're right.

Rex is hoping to see Angela Merkel’s box?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:56 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:34 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:27 am Lots of people waiting to see if the come across boxes of female soccer players in the grocery store. I get it.

Change that to former world leaders and I think you're right.

Rex is hoping to see Angela Merkel’s box?

Hey. No kink shaming.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:05 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:56 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:34 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:27 am Lots of people waiting to see if the come across boxes of female soccer players in the grocery store. I get it.

Change that to former world leaders and I think you're right.

Rex is hoping to see Angela Merkel’s box?

Hey. No kink shaming.

Since when?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:56 pm Angela Merkel’s box?

Hell of a band name.

IIIIIII'M IN MERRRRRRKEL'S BOX
BURRRRRIED IN MY DICK

bfj wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:14 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:56 pm Angela Merkel’s box?

Hell of a band name.

It's the first single of Die Sexpistolen.

I was singing to the tune of Jessie's Girl, "I wish I was in Merkel's box"

Sent!

STILL NEED:

Duff
Giff
Citgo
Ljam
Mister D

Sent.

Citgo and Mister D now. We've got two one-point games and a tie. Reveal is up in the air but probably 1ish?

Either just Citgo or we're done.

Been done

Wonder if Ryan is taking a #hugeshit

Hasn't stopped me before

OK, after a couple weeks of mostly ho-hum results, we got 7 games decided by 5 points or less today. See you in a few.

Game of the Week

The fuckin' Bay of Pigs! Enoch's Bucs (9-4) vs. Brian's Pack (9-4). This one's for all the jeans.

NFL SNL Skit of the Week

You knew this was, um, on its way



Halftime Report of the Week

Polaroids, more concussions, and the best Bears QB ever

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:49 pm Game of the Week

The fuckin' Bay of Pigs! Enoch's Bucs (9-4) vs. Brian's Pack (9-4). This one's for all the jeans.

About to hop on a plane for this game.

Q1 - Name a country that is home to any of the following pairs of subnational divisions, such as states, territories, and districts (10)

CORRECT
Ayacucho & Arequipa = PERU (1) - Duff
Sharjah & Fujirah = UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1) - GPJ
Norfolk Island & Jervis Bay Territory = AUSTRALIA (2) - BFJ, Enoch
Sevastapol & Luhansk = UKRAINE (4) - AB, Brian, Bronto, Citgo
Tyrol & Burgenland = AUSTRIA (4) - Cerrano, DiS, LJam, Pruitt
Valapariso & O'Higgins = CHILE (4) - Giff, GoodKarma, Nonlinear, Rex
Goa & Assam = INDIA (8) - Carwash, Chedda, PDX, Rass, Rush, Sancarlos, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (13)
Canada - DSafe, Tony
New Zealand - Bengal
Fiji - BSF
Saudi Arabia - Jerloma
Spain - Mister D
UK - Romero
Afghanistan - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Central Kalimantan & Aceh = INDONESIA
Tocantins & Acre = BRAZIL
Mayotte & Occitania = FRANCE

I stayed away from Indonesia thinking the people here would’ve remembered Aceh from the 2004 Tsunami.

Too many EDM-listening tea-drinkers in here I reckon.

This might the most "predictable result that ended up being actually predictable" that we've had

Q2 - Name any of the players pictured below, all of whom have been named FIFA World Player of the Year or The Best Women's FIFA Player (9)

CORRECT
Nadine Angerer (MINUS-1) - Nonlinear
Alexia Putellas (2) - AB, Bronto
Lucy Bronze (2) - DiS, Mister D
Megan Rapinoe (8) - BFJ, Cerrano, DSafe, Enoch, Jerloma, Romero, Sancarlos, Tony
Abby Wambach (9) - Chedda, Duff, Giff, GoodKarma, GPJ, Rex, Rush, Shirley, Syb
Marta (10) - Bengal, Brian, BSF, Carwash, Citgo, LJam, PDX, Pruitt, Rass, Trav

INCORRECT (15)
none

LEFTOVERS
Birgit Prinz
Lieke Martens
Homare Sawa

Q3 - Name one of The Ringer's top 8 streaming services right now, according to its "formula" of buzz, quality, prestige, and app experience (8)

CORRECT
Paramount+ (2) - BSF, LJam
Peacock (2) - Carwash, Mister D
Prime (2) - Jerloma, Shirley
Disney+ (3) - AB, BFJ, Brian
Max (4) - Chedda, DiS, Enoch, Rass
Apple TV+ (4) - DSafe, GoodKarma, Rush, Sancarlos
Hulu (6) - Bengal, Cerrano, Giff, Nonlinear, Syb, Trav
Netflix (8) - Bronto, Duff, GPJ, Citgo, Pruitt, Rex, Romero, Tony

INCORRECT (13)
YouTube - PDX

LEFTOVERS
none

Q4 - Since 2000, name one of the six NFL teams that have played at least forty regular season games on a Sunday night OR one of the four teams that have played less than ten (10)

CORRECT
Packers (1) - Cerrano
Eagles (1) - Jerloma
Browns (1) - Pruitt
Cowboys (3) - Bronto, Duff, Rex
Jaguars (5) - Brian, Chedda, DSafe, Sancarlos
Steelers (6) - AB, GoodKarma, GPJ, Mister D, PDX, Rass
Patriots (7) - BFJ, BSF, DiS, Citgo, Romero, Rush, Tony

INCORRECT (12)
Panthers - Shirley, Trav
Texans - Carwash, Giff
Bengals - Bengal
Dolphins - Enoch
Colts - LJam
Broncos - Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Giants
Titans
Lions

Panthers have played exactly 10 times
Colts were 2 short

Titans?? Browns???? Lions????????

Oh, never mind. I forgot it was also teams that weren’t on a lot.

#proud

Q5 - Name a soap opera that has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at least three times (8)

CORRECT
Santa Barbara (1) - Jerloma
The Bold & the Beautiful (1) - Trav
Guiding Light (2) - AB, Tony
As the World Turns (2) - PDX, Sancarlos
All My Children (3) - DiS, Shirley, Syb
The Young & the Restless (5) - Bronto, Giff, GoodKarma, Citgo, Pruitt
General Hospital (6) - Bengal, Brian, Cerrano, Chedda, DSafe, Romero
Days of Our Lives (12) - BFJ, BSF, Carwash, Duff, Enoch, GPJ, LJam, Mister D, Nonlinear, Rass, Rex, Rush

INCORRECT (17)
none

LEFTOVERS
none