NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Super Wild Card Weekend

[mister d]

Fuck. Going now ...

[Jerloma]

Sent!

[Ryan]

That's everyone and hoo boy...

[EdRomero]

That's everyone and hoo boy...

"8. Appropriate occasions to wear Zubaz (17)" must have been a game changer

[The Sybian]

That's everyone and hoo boy...

"8. Appropriate occasions to wear Zubaz (17)" must have been a game changer

I feel like "Sister's Wedding" will be the big point answer on that one.

[A_B]

That's everyone and hoo boy...

"8. Appropriate occasions to wear Zubaz (17)" must have been a game changer

I feel like "Sister's Wedding" will be the big point answer on that one.

I said "my wedding" but I am also from Kentucky.

[Ryan]

Q1 - Victor Wembanyama is leading the NBA this season in blocks per 48 minutes. Name one of the players pictured below, all of whom have had at least 8 games in a single season in which they blocked 5 or more shots in less than 30 minutes (9)

CORRECT
Alton Lister (1) - Carwash
Larry Sanders (1) - Duff
Jaren Jackson Jr (4) - AB, Bengal, Rex, Tony
Theo Ratliff (5) - Bronto, Giff, GPJ, LJam, Mister D
Tree Rollins (5) - Enoch, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Shirley
Shawn Bradley (7) - Cerrano, Chedda, DiS, GoodKarma, Rass, Romero, Syb
Manute (accepted Manure) Bol (8) - BFJ, Brian, BSF, Citgo, PDX, Rush, Sancarlos, Trav

INCORRECT (13)
Brian Skinner - DSafe

LEFTOVERS
Hassan Whiteside
Adonal Foyle

[Ryan]

So many Twonies

Q2 - Name one of Rolling Stone's top 10 Canadian musical acts of all-time (10)

CORRECT
Celine Dion (MINUS-1) - AB
Rush (2) - Bronto, GoodKarma
Leonard Cohen (2) - Chedda, PDX
Joni Mitchell (2) - DiS, Rush
Drake (2) - Citgo, Rex
Shania Twain (2) - Nonlinear, Trav
Alanis Morissette (3) - DSafe, GPJ, Syb
The Band (3) - Enoch, Giff, Pruitt
Neil Young (5) - BSF, Cerrano, Duff, Jerloma, Sancarlos

INCORRECT AND CLEARLY WORSE THAN THE UNSAID GUY BELOW (10)
Bryan Adams - Rass, Romero, Shirley
Tragically Hip - Bengal, LJam
Nickelback - Brian, Tony
Arcade Fire - Mister D
Anne Murray - BFJ
The Guess Who - Carwash

LEFTOVERS
The Motherfuckin' Weeknd

[Nonlinear FC]

Kind of surprised The Barenaked Ladies aren't on there... Glad I went with my "go to" canadian hottie.

(I'm also glad I didn't submit my answers after having some booze, because I would've answered Great Big Sea which I happen to listen to in that state quite a bit.)

[EnochRoot]

I'm glad I didn't go with Sloan, cuz FFS if The Tragically Hip didn't crack that top 10, there's no way Sloan would have.

[Ryan]

Q3 - Name one of the top 10 EUROPEAN car manufactuers for sales in the US in 2022 (10)

CORRECT
Land Rover (MINUS-1) - GPJ
BMW (3) - BFJ, Giff, PDX
Volvo (4) - GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rass, Syb
Mercedes-Benz (5) - BSF, DSafe, Citgo, Romero, Shirley
Audi (7) - AB, Bengal, Brian, DiS, Enoch, Rex, Sancarlos
Volkswagen (9) - Bronto, Carwash, Cerrano, Chedda, Duff, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear, Trav

INCORRECT (14)
Range Rover - LJam
Renault - Rush
Fiat - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Porsche
Mini
Alfa Romeo
Jaguar

[P.D.X.]

Just had an internal debate over peak Joni vs peak Shania and I think it's the former for me.

[mister d]

LEFTOVERS

On the Heat
Turning shots away from me
Might score on those other guys
But that's my block number 5
This is just the spot I play
So elite defensively
Give me that shot blocking prize
Cause I'm ...

[Ryan]

Q4 - Rick Mirer threw exactly 50 touchdowns in his NFL career. Name any top 5 pick since 1980 that is RETIRED and threw less than 50 passing TDs (11)

CORRECT
Vince Young (2) - Nonlinear, Rush
Heath Shuler (3) - Bronto, LJam, Pruitt
Akili Smith (3) - Carwash, GoodKarma, Mister D
Robert Griffin III (4) - AB, Cerrano, Duff, Rass
Art Schlichter (4) - BFJ, DSafe, Enoch, A very pissed GPJ
Ryan Leaf (4) - BSF, Romero, Shirley, Trav
JaMarcus Russell (6) - Brian, Chedda, Giff, Citgo, Jerloma, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
David Klingler - Bengal
Joey Harrington - DiS
Tim Tebow - PDX
Andre Ware - Rex
Dan McGwire - Sancarlos
Josh Rosen - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Timm Rosenbach
Dave Wilson
Steve Walsh
Dave Brown
Terrelle Pryor, jk

[Ryan]

LEFTOVERS

On the Heat
Turning shots away from me
Might score on those other guys
But that's my block number 5
This is just the spot I play
So elite defensively
Give me that shot blocking prize
Cause I'm ...

Another Swamper Bowl golden ticket has been found

[P.D.X.]

GPJ winning some floor

[Ryan]

Q5 - The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography has been awarded annually since 2000. Name the event represented by any winning entry that happened in the United States (10)

CORRECT
Elian Gonzalez (1) - LJam
George Floyd (1) - Pruitt
Columbine (1) - Rass
Charlottesville (1) - Rush
9/11 Airlines reminding us of that tragedy (3) - DSafe, Citgo, Tony
January 6th (6) - BFJ, Brian, Bronto, DiS, Duff, Jerloma
Hurricane Katrina (10) - BSF, Carwash, Giff, GoodKarma, GPJ, Mister D, Nonlinear, Shirley, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (15)
Boston Marathon - AB, Enoch
BP Gulf of Mexico - Bengal
Columbia explosion - Cerrano
Hurricane Sandy - Chedda
Bin Laden - PDX
Las Vegas shooting - Rex
Sandy Hook - Romero
Saddam Hussein - Sancarlos

LEFTOVERS
Ferguson
Des Moines flooding
(Would have accepted any but Colorado specifically) Wildfires

[Ryan]

Everyone at the half (playoff homefield taken out)

16 Pruitt
21 GPJ
24 HaulCitgo
25 Bronto
25 Duff
26 GoodKarma
26 Rass
27 Giff
27 Rush
28 DSafe
28 Nonlinear
29 AB
30 Syb
31 BFJ
31 Jerloma
32 BSF
33 Carwash
33 DiS
33 L-Jam
33 Travzilla
34 Enoch
34 Shirley
37 Brian
37 Mister D
39 Chedda
39 PDX
39 Rex
40 Cerrano
41 Romero
42 Tony
46 Sancarlos
47 Bengal

[L-Jam3]

The Weeknd? Ugh. Fuck that guy. I knew I should’ve went with my closet appreciation Celine Dion.

[govmentchedda]

GPJ winning some floor

More like GPJ wiping the floor with me.

[Ryan]

Q6 - Name the creature most commonly cited as being represented by one of the following constellations (8)

CORRECT
Corvus = CROW (1) - Brian
Aquila = EAGLE (1) - Carwash
Cetus = WHALE (1) - Rush
Vulpecula = FOX (3) - BSF, Giff, PDX
Taurus = BULL (5) - Bronto, Chedda, Jerloma, Rass, Tony
Lupus = WOLF (7) - Bengal, BFJ, Duff, GPJ, Rex, Syb, Trav
Cygnus = SWAN (8) - AB, DSafe, Enoch, GoodKarma, Ljam, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (13)
Goat - Cerrano
Rabbit - DiS
Bear - Citgo
Lion - Mister D
Ram - Romero
Dolphin - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Monoceros = UNICORN

[GoodKarma]

Swamply Connect teammates now bitter rivals duking it out to stay alive...

[Gunpowder]

Q4 - Rick Mirer threw exactly 50 touchdowns in his NFL career. Name any top 5 pick since 1980 that is RETIRED and threw less than 50 passing TDs (11)

CORRECT
Vince Young (2) - Nonlinear, Rush
Heath Shuler (3) - Bronto, LJam, Pruitt
Akili Smith (3) - Carwash, GoodKarma, Mister D
Robert Griffin III (4) - AB, Cerrano, Duff, Rass
Art Schlichter (4) - BFJ, DSafe, Enoch, A very pissed GPJ
Ryan Leaf (4) - BSF, Romero, Shirley, Trav
JaMarcus Russell (6) - Brian, Chedda, Giff, Citgo, Jerloma, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
David Klingler - Bengal
Joey Harrington - DiS
Tim Tebow - PDX
Andre Ware - Rex
Dan McGwire - Sancarlos
Josh Rosen - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Timm Rosenbach
Dave Wilson
Steve Walsh
Dave Brown
Terrelle Pryor, jk

I actually was kinda pissed that you didn't make the cutoff a few years earlier for Jack Thompson

[Ryan]

Nobody did the Fox-Foxx exacta

Q7 - Name an MLB player whose name (in the baseball-reference database) is Jim or starts with J-I-M with more career home runs than Jim Hickman's 159 (10)

CORRECT
Jim Gentile (MINUS-1) - LJam
Jim Bottomley (2) - Enoch, GPJ
Jimmy Rollins (3) - AB, DSafe, GoodKarma
Jim Edmonds (4) - Bengal, Brian, Bronto, Duff
Jimmy Wynn (4) - Giff, Mister D, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Jimmie Foxx (5) - BFJ, Carwash, Citgo, Rass, Syb
Jim Thome (6) - BSF, Cerrano, Cedda, Shirley, Tony, Trav
Jim Rice (6) - DiS, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Rex, Romero, Rush

INCORRECT (11)
Jim Howitzer - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Jim Ray Hart
Jim Lemon

[govmentchedda]

The Throwin' Samoan!

[Giff]

Warms the heart seeing mister d pick an Astro.

[mister d]

NL Astros are perfectly OK with me.

[Gunpowder]

I debated Alfa Romeo but in the end didn't think they'd be top 10. Oh well, still worked out.

(That being said if I were Ljam and in this week's games I'd probably argue my cause on that one)

[Giff]

NL Astros are perfectly OK with me. I loved Craig Biggio so much!

Understood.

[Ryan]

Q8 - For any US state beginning with the letter M, name the location of the main campus of its "University of M_____" (8)

CORRECT
Unsaid until the very last person, Ann Arbor (MINUS-1) - Jerloma
Missoula (2) - BSF, GoodKarma
College Park (2) - Cerrano, Rex
Twin Cities (2) - Enoch, Trav
Columbia (5) - Bronto, Chedda, DiS, GPJ, Shirley
Amherst (5) - Citgo, Mister D, Rass, Romero, Syb
Orono (6) - Brian, Carwash, DSafe, Nonlinear, Rush, Tony
Oxford (8) - AB, Bengal, BFJ, Duff, Giff, LJam, Pruitt, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (13)
Bozeman - PDX

LEFTOVERS
None

[Gunpowder]

The Throwin' Samoan!

The amount of QB draft busts from that school is staggering

[Ryan]

No way this comes down to Subjective Swampcrash...

[The Sybian]

Manute (accepted Manure) Bol

Time to head down to the Acai place and pick up a manure bowl.

[mister d]

NL Astros are perfectly OK with me. I loved Craig Biggio so much!

Understood.

I didn't say American Association.

[Ryan]

Q9 - Name a team with a top ten ranked current primary logo in the NHL, per the users of sportslogos.net (10)

CORRECT
Sharks (MINUS-1) - Sancarlos
Kraken (2) - DiS, PDX
Maple Leafs (4) - AB, BFJ, Brian, GPJ
Canadiens (6) - Chedda, Giff, Citgo, Jerloma, Pruitt, Rush
Red Wings (9) - Bengal, Carwash, Cerrano, DSafe, Duff, GoodKarma, LJam, Nonlinear, Trav

INCORRECT (14)
Bruins - Bronto, Romero, Tony
Flyers - Enoch, Rex
Rangers - Mister D
Predators - BSF
Flames - Rass
Hurricanes - Shirley
Sabres - Syb

LEFTOVERS, NO SERIOUSLY
Blues
Wild
Blackhawks
Coyotes
Devils

[L-Jam3]

Which Coyotes? The head or the Kachina?

[Ryan]

Carnage (starring Dwayne Johnson)

Q10 - Adam Sandler ranks 32nd all-time in money made domestically by films in which he is credited with $2.87 billlion. Name anyone that ranks higher on the list WITHOUT yet appearing in any Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (12)

CORRECT
Will Ferrell (1) - BFJ
Tom Cruise (1) - Chedda
Johnny Depp (1) - Enoch
Bruce Willis (1) - Giff
Will Smith (1) - Pruitt
Harrison Ford (4) - DiS, PDX, Rass, Syb
Tom Hanks (5) - Cerrano, GoodKarma, Citgo, Romero, Rush

INCORRECT (10)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Brian, Carwash, DSafe
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jerloma, Rex
Matt Damon - Duff, Nonlinear
Robert DeNiro - Bengal, Tony
Orlando Bloom - AB
Daniel Radcliffe - Bronto
Ryan Gosling - BSF
George Clooney - GPJ
Sam Rockwell - LJam
Ben Stiller - Sancarlos
Sigourney Weaver - Shirley
Keanu Reeves - Trav

LEFTOVERS/b]
Dwayne Johnson
Eddie Murphy
Steve Carell
Jim Carrey
The only female, Emma Watson

[L-Jam3]

Dammitt. Not that it would've made a difference, but I mixed up Sam Rockwell with Sam Worthington. Figured those Avatar movies made shittons of cash might've put it up over the number.

[Giff]

Covid brain is the only explanation. GG, AB.

[A_B]

Did I miss Bloom in a marvel movie? Because honestly that blows my mind that was incorrect.