The Swamp

The Colorado Avalanche did used to have a Yeti mascot named Howler.

And the record for most close-but-wrong answers...

Q6 - Name any MLB player with more total hits from 1900-1949 than Babe Ruth's 2873 (12)

CORRECT
Paul Waner (1) - Enoch
Mel Ott (1) - GPJ
Honus Wagner (2) - BFJ, Duff
Eddie Collins (2) - Pruitt, Sancarlos
Rogers Hornsby (3) - Bengal, Giff, Mister D
Tris Speaker (3) - Cerrano, DSafe, LJam
Ty Cobb (10) - Brian, Bronto, BSF, GoodKarma, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Romero, Rush, Shirley, Syb

INCORRECT (15)
Nap Lajoie (2,674) - AB, Chedda
Jimmie Foxx (2,646) - DiS, Rass
Lou Gehrig (2,721) - PDX, Rex
Ted Williams (1,488) - Citgo, Tony
Joe DiMaggio (1,947) - Trav
George Sisler (2,812) - Carwash

LEFTOVERS
Sam Rice
Al Simmons
Sam Crawford
Zack Wheat
Frankie Frisch

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:12 pm Q1 - Name any character with more than 100 lines in Hamlet OR more than 400 lines in the 9 main Star Wars movies (12)

INCORRECT (14)
Leia - Brian, GoodKarma
Ophelia - DiS, Sancarlos

Still more lines than the ladies get in the Swamp.

And the record for most different wrong answers...

Q7 - There are currently 63 top-level National Parks in the U.S. National Park System. Name a STATE or TERRITORY in which one of the 15 least-visited parks for 2022 is located (10)

CORRECT
U.S. Virgin Islands (1) - DiS
Nevada (1) - Sancarlos
Michigan (2) - Bengal, Brian
California (2) - Carwash, DSafe
Florida (3) - Enoch, Giff, Rush
Alaska (9) - AB, BSF, Duff, GPJ, Jerloma, PDX, Pruitt, Rex, Syb

INCORRECT (14)
North Dakota - Cerrano, Romero
Maine - Mister D, Trav
Arizona - BFJ
Arkansas - Bronto
New Mexico - Chedda
Colorado - GoodKarma
Guam - Citgo
Illinois - LJam
Montana - Shirley
South Carolina - Nonlinear
Delaware - Rass
Wyoming - Tony

LEFTOVERS
American Samoa
Washington
Texas
Minnesota

Q8 - Name any head coach that has defeated either Bill Belichick or Gregg Popovich in a Conference Finals/Championship or NBA Finals/Super Bowl (10)

CORRECT
John Fox (1) - LJam
Steve Kerr (1) - Bengal
Erik Spoelstra (3) - AB, BFJ, Rass
Phil Jackson (3) - DSafe, Duff, Giff
Doug Pederson (3) - Cerrano, GoodKarma, Tony
Tony Dungy (4) - Carwash, Jerloma, Rex, Romero
Gary Kubiak (5) - Bronto, Enoch, GPJ, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Tom Coughlin (8) - Brian, BSF, DiS, Citgo, Mister D, Shirley, Syb, Trav

INCORRECT (13)
Jon Gruden - Chedda
Rex Ryan - Rush
Avery Johnson - Nonlinear
Jerry Sloan - PDX

LEFTOVERS
John Harbaugh
Scott Brooks

Fucking hell. The tuck game was won by the Pats, wasn't it?

Q9 - Name the loanword defined below from its literal definition in Dutch (the first 5) or Irish (the second 5) (10)

CORRECT
Of the Houlihan family = HOOLIGAN (1) - Rass
One who ships = SKIPPER (1) - Rex
Earth pig = AARDVARK (1) - Rush
Water of life = WHISKEY (2) - Bronto, Pruitt
Small body = LEPRECHAUN (2) - Giff, GPJ
Thunder gun = BLUNDERBUSS (2) - Enoch, Shirley
Soft or marshy = BOG (3) - AB, BFJ, GoodKarma
Mound fairy woman = BANSHEE (3) - Cerrano, Jerloma, Nonlinear
Wild animal = WILDEBEEST (5) - Brian, Carwash, Chedda, LJam, PDX
Cabbage salad = COLESLAW (7) - BSF, DiS, DSafe, Duff, Romero, Sancarlos, Syb

INCORRECT (12)
Beast - Bengal
Boar - Trav
Bazooka - Citgo
O'Houlihan - Mister D
Cannon - Tony

LEFTOVERS
None

Oh, I missed the conference championship part of that question.

Q10 - Name any Pro Football Hall of Famer whose uniform history from pro-football-reference is pictured below (9)

CORRECT
Ed Reed (1) - BFJ
Ty Law (1) - Romero
Kurt Warner (1) - Trav
Dermontti Dawson (2) - AB, Jerloma
Morten Andersen (2) - Rex, Rush
Zach Thomas (3) - Brian, Giff, GoodKarma
Shannon Sharpe (4) - Bengal, DSafe, Duff, Nonlinear
Darrelle Revis (4) - Chedda, Mister D, Rass, Syb
Sam Mills (8) - Bronto, Carwash, Enoch, GPJ, LJam, Pruitt, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (12)
Randy Moss - Cerrano, Citgo
Lawrence Taylor - BSF
Mike Webster - DiS
Zack Martin - Tony
LOL - PDX

LEFTOVERS
None

I mean, Sam Mills is arguably the least famous of those players, right?

I got three one-pointers and still lost by 20.

GG, Giff.

Oh man, that's cold!

Shark - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Enoch, Citgo, Mister D, PDX, Romero

I think because of his passing and the way both teams honored it, it’s very easy to think about him when that number comes up.

Dear J-Lo,

Good game.

Love,
Mister D

Couple errors in there (people short on games, etc) that I'll fix at some point. Reminder that we are OFF next week and will return on Tuesday after New Years.

I've mentioned it before, but I almost never pay attention to athlete numbers. I just recognize the shape and movements of the players instead. So for that question, I had to try to recognize the team progression by the colors. The only one I came up with was Mills.

Over .500!

Good game cheds and thanks ryan. Everyone enjoy the holiday break!

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:41 pm I got three one-pointers and still lost by 20.

GG, Giff.

And I was down in the first half, got the highest answer on the next 4 Qs and still won. It's a crazy game, for sure. Bummed I pussed out answering Penguin on the mascot question. I was going to say Sabretooth tiger because the Sabres used to have one. Would have gotten 2 points for the wrong reason. Somehow on my list of NBA players, they were all wrong except the one I answered, who happened to be the only white guy. Not sure what that says about me...

I tried very hard to give that game back in the second half. 19 points in the first and finished with 63. Yikes.

GG, Rass, and thanks, Ryan.

how the hell was Kurt Warner a 1-point answer. The No. 10?

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:58 am No pregame stuff this week. We'll be starting in a few minutes.

When my wife hears that she braces for impact.

have been following this in part to see these answers. I literally don't/didn't know a one of these. "Stormy the pig????"


Ryan how come you didn't put YOUPPI! in this question? gutless.

...as you were...

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:19 pm Q4 - Name the ANIMAL portrayed by one of the following NHL mascots (8)

CORRECT
Wild Wing the DUCK (1) - DSafe
Fin the WHALE (1) - Pruitt
Stormy the PIG (1) - Rush
Gnash the SABERTOOTH TIGER (1) - Trav
Chance the GILA MONSTER (2) - Brian, BSF
Howler the COYOTE (2) - Duff, Nonlinear
Stinger the YELLOWJACKET (4) - Bronto, Carwash, Giff, GPJ
Iceburgh the PENGUIN (8) - AB, DiS, Jerloma, LJam, Rass, Rex, Syb, Tony

INCORRECT (13)
Shark - Bengal, BFJ, Cerrano, Enoch, Citgo, Mister D, PDX, Romero
Yeti - GoodKarma, Sancarlos
Armadillo - Chedda
Bear - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
None

Youppi the HIRSUTE FRENCH CANADIAN

Isle Royale and VGK’s peculiar mascot to the rescue for me this week.

We were thinking about doing Isle Royale and Voyageurs the summer of COVID and I bet we’d still be there.

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:15 pm We were thinking about doing Isle Royale and Voyageurs the summer of COVID and I bet we’d still be there.

It’s spectacular but obviously not only in the middle of nowhere it’s a largely inaccessible island in the middle of nowhere.

Probably going to dismantle the franchise after posting the week's best score.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:12 pm Probably going to dismantle the franchise after posting the week's best score.

Nice number - AB and me against each other had more than that in the first half respectively…

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:08 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:12 pm Probably going to dismantle the franchise after posting the week's best score.

Nice number - AB and me against each each had more than that in the first half…

Absolutely zero reason for it to happen. Lot of opposite end of the spectrum results in my play, normally leading to the bad side.

Did I miss the posting for Week 17?

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:55 pm Did I miss the posting for Week 17?

We’re taking this week off. Back at it Monday.

Looking over the standings… if this was a rotisserie league, I’d be in 9th place out of the 32. But, I’m 6-9, which is tied for the 20th best record.