-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
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
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"?
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)
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
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.
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.
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
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
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)
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)
