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 FEBRUARY 2nd @ 12PM ET

WEEK TWENTY QUESTIONS

1. COLLEGE BASKETBALL/THE FLOOR
Name the Division I NCAA school whose teams are the only one to have any of the following nicknames (9)
NOTE: Bisons aren't Bison and Broncs aren't Broncos

Broncs
Toreros
Mountain Hawks
Pilots
Bisons
Thunderbirds
Spiders
River Hawks
Governors

2. NFL
Name anyone to lead an NFC West team in rushing for any of the last 5 regular seasons (13)

3. LANGUAGE
Name a 5 OR 6-letter word that you can play in Scrabble out of the letters F,O,O,T,B,A,L, and L (11)

4. GEOGRAPHY
Name a US state where at least one county has a majority Native American population according to the 2020 Census (9)

5. MLB
Name the MLB player who is FIRST OR SECOND all-time in one of the following statistics (10)

Strikeouts (as a hitter)
RBIs
Singles
Slugging Percentage
Career earnings (salary only)

6. MUSIC
Name a band or singer with at least 4 Billboard #1 hits in the 1970s (11)

7. GOLF
Other than Greg Norman, name any golfer from Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa to win a men's major championship since and including 1990 (13)

8. LITERATURE
Name a TWO-WORD title of a Shakespearean comedy or tragedy OR a TWO-WORD title from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series (8)
NOTE: Shakespearean history plays (e.g. Henry VIII) are not included

9. TELEVISION
Name any TV show whose opening credits/theme are depicted in the images below (9)



10. OLYMPICS
Give the name of the CURRENT country where the modern Olympics have been held exactly one time (8)

For #10 is that winter AND summer or just summer?

1 hosting from all games combined

For #8, do articles and prepositions count?

A yes

Guesses sent.

IN:

Bengal
BFJ
Brian
Bronto
Chedda
Duff
GPJ
Nonlinear
Pruitt
Rex
Romero
Sancarlos

Just GoodKarma since then.

#6 - duets count, right?

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:59 am #6 - duets count, right?

ETA: Yes they do

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:03 am IN:

Bengal
BFJ
Brian
Bronto
Chedda
Duff
GPJ
Nonlinear
Pruitt
Rex
Romero
Sancarlos

Sent...

Sent!

Sent.

STILL NEED

AB
BSF
Citgo
Jerloma
Rass
Rush

just sent sorry

PMd, couldn't get email to load because I got a new phone and changed the passsword and now I have to remember the new password

No matter how many times he says it doesn't matter when you send your answers in and it doesn't set him back at all if they come closer to the deadline, you fucking guys will just keep apologizing and making excuses. Need a name for this phenomenon.

BSF
Jerloma
Rush

We have a 13-point correct answer at the moment.

Reveal is 12:15 et today

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:59 am No matter how many times he says it doesn't matter when you send your answers in and it doesn't set him back at all if they come closer to the deadline, you fucking guys will just keep apologizing and making excuses. Need a name for this phenomenon.

How about "I don't believe when nice ppl say things don't inconvenience them when I think it secretly does"?

Too long?

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:57 am BSF
Jerloma
Rush

We have a 13-point correct answer at the moment.

Point deduction for first person to correctly guess which one?

Jerloma wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:59 am No matter how many times he says it doesn't matter when you send your answers in and it doesn't set him back at all if they come closer to the deadline, you fucking guys will just keep apologizing and making excuses. Need a name for this phenomenon.

Manners? Etiquette? I'm with NLFC, I still feel some guilt. I hate waiting to finish something because someone else is procrastinating, so I feel bad even if it doesn't make it more difficult for Ryan. And I used to be the worst at forgetting and getting these in at the last minute.

It's in the same general realm of "come over for happy hour...don't need to bring anything!!"

I'm still bringing something.

Alright we're missing two players so if anyone loses by less than 20, at least they can claim to have been screwed

Q1 coming in a few minutes. Hope nobody picked "College Logos" as their specialty category

Q1 - Name the Division I NCAA school whose teams are the only one to have any of the following nicknames (9)

CORRECT
SOUTHERN UTAH Thunderbirds (1) - Brian
RIDER Broncs (1) - Rex
PORTLAND Pilots (2) - DiS, PDX
LEHIGH Mountain Hawks (2) - LJam, Romero
AUSTIN PEAY Governors (3) - AB, Bengal, Duff
SAN DIEGO Toreros (6) - Bronto, DSafe, Enoch, Giff, GoodKarma, Sancarlos
RICHMOND Spiders (14) - BFJ, Carwash, Cerrano, Chedda, GPJ, Citgo, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rass, Shirley, Syb, Tony

INCORRECT (19)
Alaska - Trav

LEFTOVERS
LIPSCOMB Bisons
UMASS LOWELL River Hawks

Q2 - Name anyone to lead an NFC West team in rushing for any of the last 5 regular seasons (13)

CORRECT
Kenneth Walker (1) - BFJ
Kyren Williams (1) - Brian
Elijah Mitchell (1) - Bronto
Jeff Wilson (1) - DSafe
Sony Michel (1) - Citgo
Todd Gurley (2) - Cerrano, Enoch
Raheem Mostert (2) - Jerloma, Pruitt
Cam Akers (2) - Duff, Syb
Chris Carson (3) - GPJ, Mister D, Romero
James Conner (7) - Bengal, Giff, LJam, Rass, Rex, Sancarlos, Tony
Christian McCaffrey (9) - AB, Carwash, Chedda, DiS, GoodKarma, Nonlinear, PDX, Shirley, Trav

INCORRECT (14)
none

LEFTOVERS
Rashaad Penny
Kenyan Drake

NM

Q3 - Name a 5 OR 6-letter word that you can play in Scrabble out of the letters F,O,O,T,B,A,L, and L (11)

CORRECT
Atoll (1) - GoodKarma
Afoot (1) - Jerloma
Float (1) - Nonlinear
Aloof (1) - Rex
Aloft (3) - AB, Bronto, Trav
Taboo (3) - Carwash, Giff, Syb
Loofa (3) - GPJ, PDX, Pruitt
Allot (4) - Brian, Rass, Sancarlos, Shirley
Ballot (5) - Bengal, Cerrano, Chedda, Mister D, Tony
Bloat (6) - BFJ, DiS, DSafe, Duff, Citgo, Romero

INCORRECT (11)
Afloat - Enoch
Total - Ljam

LEFTOVERS
Flota (?)

What the hell was I thinking?

I was going to guess Q1 as the 13 pointer, because it was literally the only one I could come up with. Now I'm annoyed my son bailed on a visit to Lehigh. I knew they changed from Engineers, but didn't remember what their new mascot is.

This one's on me - a better question writer notices the obvious answer is wrong and points it out. On the other hand, a high score of 3!

Q4 - Name a US state where at least one county has a majority Native American population according to the 2020 Census (9)

CORRECT
Wisconsin (1) - Duff
Alaska (1) - Pruitt
New Mexico (2) - Carwash, DiS
North Dakota (2) - Mister D, Trav
South Dakota (3) - Bengal, Jerloma, LJam
Arizona (3) - BFJ, Brian, Giff
Utah (3) - Chedda, PDX, Sancarlos
Montana (3) - Enoch, GPJ, Syb

INCORRECT (8)
Oklahoma - Bronto, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Citgo, Nonlinear, Rass, Romero, Tony
North Carolina - AB, Shirley
Idaho - Rex
Wyoming - DSafe

LEFTOVERS
Nebraska

I don't think Pruitt's score is correct.

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:38 pm I don't think Pruitt's score is correct.

Even factoring homefield?

Q5 - Name the MLB player who is FIRST OR SECOND all-time in one of the following statistics (10)

CORRECT
2nd in RBIs = ALBERT PUJOLS (1) - AB
2nd in SLG = TED WILLIAMS (1) - Duff
2nd in earnings is somehow still ALEX RODRIGUEZ (1) - Tony
1st in SLG = BABE RUTH (2) - Bengal, Giff
1st in Ks = REGGIE JACKSON (3) - Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear
2nd in singles = TY COBB (4) - Bronto, Enoch, GoodKarma, GPJ
1st in RBIs = HANK AARON (5) - Brian, Carwash, Cerrano, Pruitt, Syb
1st in singles = PETE ROSE (8) - BFJ, DSafe, LJam, Rex, Romero, Sancarlos, Shirley, Trav

INCORRECT (13)
Barry Bonds - Citgo, Rass
Ichiro - DiS, PDX
Justin Verlander - Chedda

LEFTOVERS
2nd in Ks = JIM THOME
1st in earnings = MIGUEL CABRERA



Thru 5
13 Duff
14 Brian
20 Bengal
21 Giff
22 Bronto
23 Jerloma
24 AB
25 Pruitt
25 Rex
26 Enoch
27 GPJ
27 Mister D
27 Romero
28 GoodKarma
28 Sancarlos
29 DSafe
30 PDX
31 L-Jam
32 BFJ
32 DiS
33 Carwash
34 Cerrano
35 Nonlinear
42 HaulCitgo
43 Shirley
44 Chedda
46 Rass
65 BSF
65 Rush

Is that a thing?

Tried the Jordan answer on Q2...that didn't work.

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:40 pmIs that a thing?

Yes

Q6 - Name a band or singer with at least 4 Billboard #1 hits in the 1970s (11)

CORRECT
Stevie Wonder (1) - DiS
Elton John (1) - Sancarlos
Barbra Streisand (2) - Enoch, Citgo
The Jackson 5 (3) - Duff, Pruitt, Tony
Bee Gees (4) - Bengal, GoodKarma, LJam, Rass
Eagles (8) - AB, Bronto, Chedda, Giff, GPJ, Jerloma, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (13)
ABBA - BFJ, Brian
Fleetwood Mac - PDX, Rex
The Beatles - Nonlinear
Led Zeppelin - Mister D
Dionne Warwick - DSafe
Rod Stewart - Carwash
Doobie Brothers - Cerrano
Barry Manilow - Romero
Rolling Stones - Trav

LEFTOVERS
Paul McCartney & Wings
Diana Ross
John Denver
KC & the Sunshine Band
Donna Summer

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:41 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:40 pmIs that a thing?

Yes

Thank God for that