The Swamp

I like to give Ryan shit sometimes, but coming up with new, unique questions for this every week has to be an absolute, Herculean task. I get to do it once this week though as he prepares the epic 20 question Super Bowl. There are no head to head matchups of course and the lowest score will be the Pro Bowl winner. Apologies if any of these questions have been asked before!

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


INSTRUCTIONS

-Send answers to jerloma (gmail) 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, blah, blah, blah

WEEK TWENTY-TWO QUESTIONS

1. NFL
From the following list of NFL hall of famers (Peppers voted in, induction pending) drafted #2 overall, name the player that was drafted before them (9)

Tom Mack
Tony Dorsett
Lawrence Taylor
Randy White
Eric Dickerson
Marshall Faulk
Tony Boselli
Julius Peppers
Calvin Johnson

2. POLITICS
Name any of the first ten countries in the world to legalize gay marriage (10)

3. GOLF
Name a captain for any current Liv golf team (13)

4. MISC
Name one of either the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the four horsemen of atheism, or the four horsemen of Notre Dame (12)

5. MLB
Name any of the top ten career leaders in saves amongst left-handed pitchers (10)

6. MOVIES
Name an acting duo (must have both correct) that has appeared in at least 10 films together. (8 of these are two men and 1 is a man and a woman) (9)
NOTE: These are all very famous people with speaking roles and doesn't include scenarios involving chef #2 or guy on skateboard.

7. TENNIS
Name a men's player not named Feder, Nadal, Djokovic to win a tennis grand slam tournament from 2004 – Present (10)

8. MUSIC
Name the original song and artist from which the following rap songs take their sample (10)
Hypnotize, Biggie Smalls
Rappers Delight, SHG
Regulate, Warren G/Nate Dogg
Can I Kick It, A Tribe Called Quest
Mind Playing Tricks On Me, Geto Boyz
Stan, Eminem
It Ain’t Hard to Tell, Nas
Hits From The Bong, Cypress Hill
Rhymin and Stealin, Beastie Boys
Cold Rock A Party, MC Lyte

9. NBA
Name any white player from the playoff rosters of the 1985 NBA Championship between the Celtics and Lakers (9)

10. SWAMP HISTORY
Name 1 of the top ten Swampers by post volume from the first version of the Swamp which ran from January 2003 – December 2006. Any iteration of the person’s username is fine. (10)

cAn NumbEr sEVN be a womEN?

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:07 pm cAn NumbEr sEVN be a womEN?

Nope. Edited accordingly. Thanks.

There are teams in LIV golf? How the hell does that work? Good questions, but man some of these are difficult.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:22 pm There are teams in LIV golf? How the hell does that work? Good questions, but man some of these are difficult.

Thought this was the flag football version.

I can confidently answer three of those questions, I believe. Educated guesses for another 3-4.

wtf is Liv golf?

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:55 pm I can confidently answer three of those questions, I believe. Educated guesses for another 3-4.

I had some jokes lined up, but two more potentially correct answers popped into my head, one I'm 90% certain is correct. I think if I sit with these, I may be able to come up with some legit guesses.

I'm going to boycott the golf question.

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:08 pmwtf is Liv golf?

It goes craaaaazy. Craaaaaazy...

Apologies to Loma for my email response today. I didn't read this thread or even the email before I responded. I thought he'd emailed his answers to all of us.

Sorry J-Lo

bfj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:40 pm Apologies to Loma for my email response today. I didn't read this thread or even the email before I responded. I thought he'd emailed his answers to all of us.

Sorry J-Lo

Fucking rookie.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:12 pm

bfj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:40 pm Apologies to Loma for my email response today. I didn't read this thread or even the email before I responded. I thought he'd emailed his answers to all of us.

Sorry J-Lo

Fucking rookie.

No doubt.

Thanks, bfj. I'll be okay. You good, Giff?

In. Those were some great questions. Can't wait to see the reveal for #10. And I liked how there were no geography questions, kinda like there's no tackling in the pro bowl.

Having no deadline is one way to stop us from apologizing for being late.

I put in a Pro Bowl-level of effort into my answers... which will leave them virtually indistinguishable from my regular season play.

I also don't believe I should have been voted into the game.

Yeah, I don't know any of these and its making me want to run a counter-game to make everyone feel good again.

Sent - This week’s quiz got me thinking about how Win Butler from Arcade Fire would play really well, trying very hard during those celebrity basketball games during the NBA ASG weekends way back when.

There are few things funnier than the guy who cares too much.

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:33 pm There are few things funnier than the guy who cares too much.

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:33 pm There are few things funnier than the guy who cares too much.

So seriously, do the kids today still feel this way or is this a gen-x indicator, like "selling out"?

It’s gotta be worse now. “That kid’s a tryhard” is their introduction.

(Don’t do it)

I'd make you sound italian if I did.

The term "sweat" exists among my kids... so yes still a thing

I used the word "sway" in a sentence just to bug my daughter. It worked.

Still Need

AB
Bengal
Bronto
BSF
Carwash
Cerrano
DiS
Duff
Enoch
HaulCitgo
L-Jam
PDX
Rass
Rex
Rush
Shirley
Syb
Tony

I honestly wasn't going for difficult here, but yeah in hindsight all of these questions originated from whatever useless shit happened to be floating around in my brain this week, so that adds up.

Gonna shoot for lunchtime reveal tomorrow but I'm fully expecting like 4-5 of you to send them at 11:59 and then tell me to go fuck myself, which is definitely the right play here.

Sent mine in.....

I sent mine in the other day. Came in from cantonjester [@] gmail.com.

Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:16 pm I honestly wasn't going for difficult here, but yeah in hindsight all of these questions originated from whatever useless shit happened to be floating around in my brain this week, so that adds up.

Mister Turd, if you need another week I’m willing to fill it by aggressively going in the opposite direction.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:02 pm I sent mine in the other day. Came in from cantonjester [@] gmail.com.

Hey can you check your sent items? I definitely don't have that. Or just PM to me here. Thx!

I would provide my phone number.

Need

Bengal
Bronto
L-Jam
pdx
Rass
Rush
Syb

I just sent.

PM'd

gmail'd

Sent to gmail

Guys, the spreadsheet doesn't seem to be tallying the scores and Ryan is MIA so this might be a bit slow.

Is this mic working? We're live... just... How do you turn this damn thing on? Is there a knob of some sort