NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 17

[Ryan]

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 JANUARY 5th @ 12PM ET

[Ryan]

The standings should be fixed from the end of Week 16, by the way. I think it was just one matchup I forgot to record so two teams were a game short.

[Ryan]

WEEK SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS

1. TELEVISION
Name the general product made or sold by any of the following fictional companies as seen on The Simpsons (9)

Mr. Sparkle
Bloodbath & Beyond
Kingpin
Fourth Reich
Buzz
Laramie
La-Z-Mom
Lard Lad
Duff
Donner's

2. NFL
Name the TWO teams involved in one of the 10 greatest AFC or NFC Conference Championship games, according to an average I compiled from 5 different lists (9)

3. MOVIES
Name a full-length Pixar movie with exactly two words in its title (11)
NOTE: Numbers count as words

4. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Name any male or female college basketball player to be named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player from a team during any part of a back-to-back (or longer) title run since 1980 (13)

5. GEOGRAPHY
Name a country that shares a land border with any country starting with Q, V, Y, or Z (9)

6. NHL
Name anyone else in the top 5 in a season when Mario Lemieux scored the most goals (13)

7. TELEVISION, MUSIC, MOVIES, and THEATRE
Given the following list of works for which they won the other three awards, name anyone who is one win away from an EGOT (8)

Mary Poppins, (Answer)'s Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies, Broadway: the American Musical
I'm Gonna Love Me Again, Aida, That's What Friends Are For
Mad About You, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Kinky Boots
A Beautiful Mind, Arrested Development, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
Mildred Pierce, The Reader, Listen to the Storyteller
Elizabeth I, The Queen, The Audience
The Rose,The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Hello Dolly!
How Far I'll Go, Bigger!, In the Heights

8. MLB
Name a PLAYER whose number has been retired by the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, or San Diego Padres (12)

9. SCIENCE
Name one of the 3 most recent geologic ERAS (dating back to 538.8 million years ago) OR one of the 8 most recent geologic PERIODS (dating back to 358.9 million years ago) (11)

10. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name a current FBS College Football program with at least 75 wins since 2013 without ever playing in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 ,or SEC (11)

[A_B]

This is a good week of "Some I know 100 percent and the rest are guesses with little in between." Great job with questions this year Ryan. So varied.

[tennbengal]

No stakes in the game with me and Rex, lol...pretty much a de facto play-in game.

[mister d]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

[DaveInSeattle]

Is there an email coming with this weeks questions?

[Gunpowder]

#1 seed is still possible, yet we decided to rest starters this week anyway.

[Ryan]

FYI there are way more than 9 answers on the borders question. I meant to NOT include Z in the question, but it's there now

[mister d]

That’ll only make it more humiliating.

[tennbengal]

Guesses sent

[DaveInSeattle]

Is there an email coming with this weeks questions?

Thanks...wrong answers have been sent.

[tennbengal]

Is there an email coming with this weeks questions?

Thanks...wrong answers have been sent.

wrong guesses you mean

[Pruitt IV]

I am remarkably confident that I got #4 wrong.

[Ryan]

IN:

Bengal
BFJ
Brian
Chedda
DiS
DSafe
GoodKarma
GPJ
Mister D
Pruitt
Rush
Sancarlos

[tennbengal]

Feel free to take a week off , Rex

[Ryan]

Think I still need:

Enoch
Giff
Citgo
Jerloma
LJam
PDX
Rass
Romero
Shirley
Syb

[mister d]

Rass messaged me he's out this week so you can just check for the others.

[Nonlinear FC]

Subterfuge.

[L-Jam3]

Just sent.

[Ryan]

Rass messaged me he's out this week so you can just check for the others.

I get a lot of spam from similar addresses so I’ll just block his too for now

[Giff]

Same.

[EnochRoot]

Sent!

[Jerloma]

I sent it last night. It's there in my sent items so you should have it.

[Jerloma]

Off to an appt. PM'ed it just in case.

[rass]

Sent. Twice, because I can't read.

[The Sybian]

Shit. Totally forgot, sending now

[Ryan]

That'll be the last one. Reveal shortly after noon et today. Some large numbers going up on the board today. If you think you had a common answer, you did.

[P.D.X.]

Hope I break 90!

[Ryan]

Average is 74

[The Sybian]

Shit. Totally forgot, sending now

In. This will be a good test if I should continue to overthink things and change my mind 10 times or just go with the first thing that pops in my head.

[Ryan]

Game of the Week

Potential early playoff games as the streaking Rass Cards (8-7) take on the slumping Mister D Eagles (8-7) and the Rex Bengals (9-6) battle the Bengal not-Bengals (9-6)

NFL SNL Skit of the Week

Obligatory



Halftime Report of the Week

Whoa, Nantz and Bradshaw?!?

[Ryan]

Q1 - Name the general product made or sold by any of the following fictional companies as seen on The Simpsons (9)

CORRECT
Donner's PARTY SUPPLIES (MINUS-1) - PDX
Mr. Sparkle DETERGENT (2) - Cerrano, Rass
Lard Lad DONUTS (3) - BSF, Chedda, DiS
Buzz COLA (3) - Romero, Sancarlos, Trav
Laramie CIGARETTES (5) - Brian, DSafe, Giff, Pruitt, Syb
Fourth Reich CARS (5) - BFJ, Enoch, Nonlinear, Rex, Rush
Duff BEER (13) - AB, Bengal, Bronto, Carwash, Duff, GoodKarma, GPJ, Citgo, Jerloma, LJam, Mister D, Shirley, Tony

INCORRECT (18)
none

LEFTOVERS
Bloodbath & Beyond GUNS
Kingpin MALT LIQUOR
La-Z-Mom BABY MONITORS

[Ryan]

Q2 - Name one of the 10 greatest AFC or NFC Conference Championship games, according to an average I compiled from 5 different lists (9)

CORRECT
Falcons-Vikings (MINUS-1) - GPJ
Giants-49ers (2) - Enoch, Rex
Colts-Patriots (4) - BSF, Syb, Tony, Trav
Broncos-Browns (6) - AB, Bronto, Duff, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Sancarlos
49ers-Cowboys (7) - Brian, Carwash, DiS, Giff, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Rass

INCORRECT (12)
Only gave one team - BFJ, Citgo
Steelers-Raiders - DSafe, Shirley
Chargers-Bengals - Bengal
Bills-Browns - Cerrano
Packers-Cowboys - Chedda
Seahawks-Packers - LJam
Bengals-Bills - Mister D
Packers-Vikings - PDX
Patriots-Raiders - Romero
Steelers-Colts - Rush

LEFTOVERS
Saints-Vikings
Giants-Packers
Patriots-Chiefs
Bengals-Chiefs

[Ryan]

Q3 - Name a full-length Pixar movie with exactly two words in its title (11)

CORRECT
Cars 2 (MINUS-1) - Carwash
Finding Nemo (2) - Bengal, Brian
Inside Out (3) - BSF, Nonlinear, Trav
Monsters University (3) - Rush, Shirley, Syb
The Incredibles (4) - BFJ, DSafe, Jerloma, Sancarlos
Turning Red (4) - Chedda, Duff, Pruitt, Rass
Monsters Inc (6) - AB, DiS, Enoch, Giff, GoodKarma, LJam
Toy Story (7) - Bronto, Cerrano, GPJ, PDX, Rex, Romero, Tony

INCORRECT (12)
Toys 2 - Citgo
Frozen II - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Cars 3
Finding Dory
Incredibles 2 (yes, that's the name)

[A_B]

Not great, bob!

[Ryan]

Q4 - Name any male or female college basketball player to be named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player from a team during any part of a back-to-back (or longer) title run since 1980 (13)

CORRECT
Breanna Stewart (1) - DSafe
Candace Parker (1) - GoodKarma
Cheryl Miller (1) - PDX
Bobby Hurley (1) - Rex
Chamique Holdsclaw (2) - AB, GPJ
Corey Brewer (2) - Enoch, LJam
Christian Laettner (3) - Nonlinear, Rass, Sancarlos
Joakim Noah (4) - Chedda, Duff, Giff, Tony
Diana Taurasi (6) - Bengal, Bronto, Carwash, Cerrano, Jerloma, Shirley

INCORRECT (11)
Sue Bird - BFJ, DiS, Romero, Rush, Syb, Trav
Rebecca Lobo - Brian
Britney Griner - BSF
Al Horford - Citgo
Elena Delle Donne - Mister D
Grant Hill - Pruitt

LEFTOVERS
Michelle Marciniak
Swin Cash
Tina Charles
Maya Moore

[Rex]

Definitely a lot of recency bias in that NFL answer. So much so that I’m wondering which Giants-NIners game they went with.

[P.D.X.]

huh, 3 pixar movies I haven't even heard of

[Ryan]

Q5 - Name a country that shares a land border with any country starting with Q, V, Y, or Z

CORRECT
Laos (1) - AB
China (1) - Duff
South Africa (1) - GoodKarma
Zambia (1) - PDX
Italy (1) - Trav
Guyana (2) - Enoch, Nonlinear
Namibia (2) - GPJ, Rush
Angola (2) - Pruitt, Syb
Colombia (4) - Carwash, DSafe, Giff, Shirley
Cambodia (4) - BSF, LJam, Romero, Tony
Brazil (5) - Brian, Citgo, Mister D, Rex, Sancarlos
Saudi Arabia (7) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Cerrano, Chedda, DiS, Rass

INCORRECT (12)
Chad - Jerloma

LEFTOVERS
Zimbabwe
Malawi
DRC
Tanzania
Mozambique
Botswana