NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Conference Championships

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:31 am

We are good to go for this week, except I won't be posting questions until at least late morning.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:05 pm

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 9th @ 12PM ET

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:12 pm

WEEK TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS

1. MOVIES
Give the FIRST name of the character played by Tom Hanks, Will Smith, or Al Pacino in any role for which the earned a Best Lead Actor Oscar nomination (12)

2. SOCCER
Name any team that either the USMNT or USWNT played in their last game at a FIFA World Cup since and including 1990 (12)

3. NBA
Damian Lillard recently scored his 20,000th point in the NBA. Name one of the next 10 ACTIVE players (as in, below him) on the career scoring list (10)

4. SCIENCE
Name an element of the periodic table that starts with the letter S (9)

5. GENERAL SPORTS
The NCAA currently sponsors 19 sports in which men compete, including 3 co-ed programs. Name one of the sports in which FEWER THAN 200 schools currently compete at the DIVISION I level (10)

6. GEOGRAPHY
Listed below are some commonly-cited candidates to one day become a UN-recognized independent country. Name the nation that currently owns or contains any of these areas (9)

Donetsk
Scotland
Rojava
Bougainville
Catalonia
Abkhazia
Chuuk
Somaliland
New Caledonia

7. NFL
There have been 7 Super Bowls where both starting quarterbacks had already won a Super Bowl as a starter. Name ONE of the QBs from these matchups (10)

8. MUSIC
Name one of Madonna's first ten songs to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 or Billboard Dance Songs charts, covering 1983 through 1986 (10)

9. MLB
Name anyone who played for the Red Sox or Yankees since 1980 and has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame BUT wears the cap of another team on their HOF plaque (12)
NOTE: I'm taking Mike Mussina (no cap logo) and Wade Boggs (played for both but still represented by one) off the list

10. MISCELLANEOUS
In the US, a person is killed by a shark about once every two years. Name an animal responsible for more frequent human deaths in the United States per known statisics (10)
NOTE: None of these are very indirect (e.g. "mosquitos cause malaria"). They're all a result of close encounters of one kind or another, although death may not be immediate

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:19 pm

How specific do we need to be for #10? Would getting to a genus suffice, or would we need to name the species? Like "Dragon" would be fine, and not necessary to say "Dothraki brown Dragon"?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:29 pm

Not specific

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:35 pm

#4... full name or periodic table 2-letter thingy? (or does it even make a difference?)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:48 pm

The full name as it would say under/over the symbol on an English language PToftheEs

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:43 pm

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:38 pm

Sent.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:12 am

IN:

AB
Bengal
BFJ
Brian
Chedda
DSafe
GoodKarma
GPJ
Nonlinear
Pruitt
Rex
Romero
Sancarlos
Shirley

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:06 pm

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:07 pm

Sent!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:58 pm

This is a bad question. Lazy.

Damian Lillard recently scored his 20,000th point in the NBA. Name one of the next 10 ACTIVE players (as in, below him) on the career scoring list (10)

This is a great question that's breaking my brain rn...

Name anyone who played for the Red Sox or Yankees since 1980 and has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame BUT wears the cap of another team on their HOF plaque (12)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:11 pm

I can already tell there's gonna be a lot of issues with this too...

NOTE: None of these are very indirect (e.g. "mosquitos cause malaria"). They're all a result of close encounters of one kind or another, although death may not be immediate

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:26 am

So many. (Zero so far)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:43 am

Think we just need:

Giff
Citgo
LJam
PDX
Rass
Tony

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:49 am

I’m sending mine at 11 ET. I’m in the middle of stuff right this second.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:40 am

I just sent mine and you better fucking deal with it. Ill send my shit whenever i please and you'll make it work and entertain us.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:57 am

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:40 am I just sent mine and you better fucking deal with it. Ill send my shit whenever i please and you'll make it work and entertain us.

No problem, thanks for letting me know

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:00 am

Actually, I take mine back. I'll be sending new answers shortly.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:07 am

I'm in.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:09 am

Same.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:11 am

1PM eastern reveal today.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:58 am

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:40 am I just sent mine and you better fucking deal with it. Ill send my shit whenever i please and you'll make it work and entertain us.

This pleases me tremendously.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:05 pm

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:09 pm

Q1 - Give the FIRST name of the character played by Tom Hanks, Will Smith, or Al Pacino in any role for which the earned a Best Lead Actor Oscar nomination (12)

CORRECT
Chris (1) - GPJ
Sonny (1) - Jerloma
Chuck (1) - Tony
Michael (2) - Carwash, Duff
Frank (2) - Giff, Syb
Forrest (3) - Chedda, Citgo, Nonlinear
Josh (4) - AB, Enoch, PDX, Sancarlos
Richard (4) - Bengal, Bronto, DiS, Shirley
Andrew (6) - BFJ, Brian, Cerrano, LJam, Rass, Rex
Muhammad (6) - BSF, GoodKarma, Mister D, Pruitt, Romero, Trav

INCORRECT (11)
Tony - DSafe
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Rush

LEFTOVERS
John
Arthur

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:11 pm

wtf rush

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:13 pm

Q2 - Name any team that either the USMNT or USWNT played in their last game at a FIFA World Cup since and including 1990 (12)

CORRECT
Sweden (1) - GoodKarma
Austria (1) - Nonlinear
Canada (1) - Romero
China (1) - Shirley
FR Yugoslavia (1) - Syb
Brazil (3) - Brian, Chedda, Enoch
Ghana (3) - Bronto, Duff, LJam
Germany (4) - Bengal, BFJ, DiS, Jerloma
Netherlands (4) - BSF, Giff, Citgo, Tony
Belgium (5) - Carwash, Cerrano, GPJ, Rass, Rex
Japan (5) - DSafe, Mister D, Pruitt, Rush, Trav

INCORRECT (10)
South Korea - AB
Italy - PDX
England - Sancarlos

LEFTOVERS
Norway

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:18 pm

Q3 - Damian Lillard recently scored his 20,000th point in the NBA. Name one of the next 10 ACTIVE players (as in, below him) on the career scoring list (10)

CORRECT
Bradley Beal (1) - Bronto
Kyle Lowry (1) - Trav
Paul George (3) - Duff, Giff, Pruitt
Anthony Davis (4) - AB, BSF, Shirley, Tony
Kyrie Irving (4) - Bengal, Rex, Romero, Rush
Giannis Antetokounmpo (6) - Carwash, Chedda, DSafe, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Syb

INCORRECT (11)
Rudy Gay - Enoch, Nonlinear
Steph Curry - PDX, Sancarlos
Chris Paul - BFJ
Nikola Jokic - Brian
James Harden - Cerrano
Kawhi Leonard - DiS
Jimmy Butler - GPJ
Russell Westbrook - Citgo
Klay Thompson - LJam
DeMar DeRozan - Mister D
Joel Embiid - Rass

LEFTOVERS
Brook Lopez
Mike Conley
Jrue Holiday
Kevin Love

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:20 pm

Beal and Lowry good answers. obvisouly but they didn't make my list of possibles

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:23 pm

My wife and I are cackling at lunch at Rush’s answer to Q1.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:26 pm

Q4 - Name an element of the periodic table that starts with the letter S (9)

CORRECT
Scandium (1) - AB
Samarium (1) - GPJ
Sulfur (3) - BSF, Pruitt, Shirley
Sodium (4) - BFJ, Carwash, Chedda, Trav
Selenium (6) - Cerrano, DSafe, Duff, Enoch, GoodKarma, Sancarlos
Silver (8) - Bronto, Mister D, PDX, Rex, Romero, Rush, Syb, Tony
Silicon (9) - Bengal, Brian, DiS, Giff, Citgo, Jerloma, LJam, Nonlinear, Rass

INCORRECT (14)
none

LEFTOVERS
Seaborgium
Strontium

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:30 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:23 pm My wife and I are cackling at lunch at Rush’s answer to Q1.

I mean, it's no Shaquille O'Neal... But it's something.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:30 pm

I can remember scandium but not japan. this game, man.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:33 pm

Q5 - The NCAA currently sponsors 19 sports in which men compete, including 3 co-ed programs. Name one of the sports in which FEWER THAN 200 schools currently complete at the DIVISION I level (10)

CORRECT
Volleyball (1) - Bengal
Gymnastics (1) - DiS
Lacrosse (1) - Tony
Rifle (2) - AB, Romero
Fencing (2) - LJam, Pruitt
Swimming & Diving (3) - BFJ, Rex, Sancarlos
Skiing (3) - Carwash, Jerloma, PDX
Wrestling (4) - Brian, Bronto, Duff, GPJ
Ice Hockey (4) - DSafe, Mister D, Syb, Trav
Water Polo (5) - Cerrano, Enoch, Giff, Rush, Shirley

INCORRECT (10)
Bowling - GoodKarma, Nonlinear
Field Hockey - BSF
Rowing - Chedda
Soccer - Citgo
Cross Country - Rass

LEFTOVERS
none

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:38 pm

Ah... RIF strikes* again.

* - I see what I did there.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:41 pm

Q6 - Listed below are some commonly-cited candidates to one day become a UN-recognized independent country. Name the nation that currently owns or contains any of these areas (9)

CORRECT
Bougainville = PAPUA NEW GUINEA (2) - Giff, Pruitt
Abkhazia = GEORGIA (2) - GPJ, Shirley
Somaliland = SOMALIA (3) - Carwash, Sancarlos, Tony
New Caledonia = FRANCE (4) - Enoch, GoodKarma, Nonlinear, PDX
Scotland = UNITED KINGDOM (8) - AB, Chedda, Duff, Jerloma, Mister D, Rex, Romero, Rush
Catalonia = SPAIN (13) - Bengal, BFJ, Brian, Bronto, BSF, Cerrano, DiS, DSafe, Citgo, LJam, Rass, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (18)
none

LEFTOVERS
Rojava = SYRIA
Chuuk = MICRONESIA
Donetsk = UKRAINE

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm

It's getting late early for our underdogs. Let's see what happens...

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm

I would never have guessed Volleyball has less than 200 schools…maybe because everyone in the Midwest seems to have it.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:44 pm

But this is men’s. Probably a Title IX thing