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 OCTOBER 6th @ 12PM ET

WEEK FIVE QUESTIONS

1. GAMES
Name a video game franchise whose games have sold more total copies than Madden and NBA2K, both of which are listed at approximately 130 million. (13)
NOTE: The numbers include sales from all platforms, but I'm going to take Tetris, The Sims and Minecraft off the list and say that the rest are primarily console games

2. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name ONE of the schools that plays in any of the following INTRASTATE rivarly games (12)
NOTE: There may be multiple versions of some of these, but only one that I could find involved teams from the same state

Friends of Coal Bowl
Egg Bowl
Holy War
War on I-4
Battle for the Rag
Crab Bowl Classic

3. WORDS AND LANGUAGE
Portmanteau 2: Partmantwo - Name any of the words depicted below that, like Appletini or Keytar, represent an example of a portmanteau (9)



4. SOCCER
Among players whose national team careers started since 1990, name anyone with at least 30 goals in international play for either the Netherlands or France men's soccer teams (14)

5. GEOGRAPHY
Over 15% of all households in the District of Columbia don't have a car. Name one of the top ten (as in "highest percentage with zero vehicles") states in this statistic (10)

6. MLB
Name any MLB player whose FIRST name (as entered in the baseball-reference database) begins with a Y and has more career hits than Yoan Moncada's 700 (11)

7. BUSINESS
Give the current name of the brand/company that used to be known by one of the following names (10)
NOTE: Correct answers include 5 restaurants, 1 retail store, 2 tech companies, and 2 consumer product brands

Chicken on the Run
St. Louis Bread Company
TJ Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs
DomiNick's
Blue Ribbon Sports
Pete's Super Submarines
Brad's Drink
BackRub
Sound of Music
Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation

8. NFL
Name any player with more than 100 career yards from scrimmage in Super Bowls while playing for the San Francisco 49ers (11)

9. MOVIES
Name a NON-MARVEL movie in which Michael Douglas is one of the 4 top-billed actors that has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of at least 75% (11)
NOTE: Haywire and The Rainmaker would make the list without the top-billing stipulation. Fatal Attraction got a 73

10. NBA
Name any NBA player with more career regular season points AGAINST the Orlando Magic than Ray Allen's 913 (10)

(Beavis laugh)

Battle for the Rag

IMPORTANT REMINDER - Byes start this week. Games in gray won't count towards the standings, but you're still expected to send answers and your score will be included in season averages.

For #1, is that number of 130 million for global sales, or US only?

Global

IN:

BFJ
Brian
Cerrano
Chedda
DSafe
Duff
PDX
Pruitt
Romero
Sancarlos

Sent!

STILL NEED:

Bengal
Bronto
BSF
DiS
Giff
GPJ
HaulCitgo
LJam
Mister D
Rass
Shirley
Syb
Trav

Guesses sent.

Sent.

Sent...

No idea on #6.

Two week streak of not reading the directions on a particular question forcing Ryan to email me to clarify. So bad. My apologies, Ryan.

I completely misunderstood #8.

I wish I could hang out with Bronto for the reveal on our big game, tomorrow. We could enjoy a couple Buds and some St. Louis-style pizza while Ryan gave us the answers. It would be just fine!

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:32 pm Two week streak of not reading the directions on a particular question forcing Ryan to email me to clarify. So bad. My apologies, Ryan.

It's not like your job requires attention to details and strict adherence to rules, right?

Sorry turd, I don't think I'm getting to this until tomorrow AM.

I believe we're down to just Rass and Mister D

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:13 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:32 pm Two week streak of not reading the directions on a particular question forcing Ryan to email me to clarify. So bad. My apologies, Ryan.

It's not like your job requires attention to details and strict adherence to rules, right?

not anymore! Under this supreme court none of that shit matters anymore - just make stuff up, I've decided. Expect with Ryan.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:46 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:13 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:32 pm Two week streak of not reading the directions on a particular question forcing Ryan to email me to clarify. So bad. My apologies, Ryan.

It's not like your job requires attention to details and strict adherence to rules, right?

not anymore! Under this supreme court none of that shit matters anymore - just make stuff up, I've decided. Expect with Ryan.

Was this intentional?

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:39 am I believe we're down to just Rass and Mister D

What a dick that other guy is. Sorry about him.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:56 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:46 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:13 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:32 pm Two week streak of not reading the directions on a particular question forcing Ryan to email me to clarify. So bad. My apologies, Ryan.

It's not like your job requires attention to details and strict adherence to rules, right?

not anymore! Under this supreme court none of that shit matters anymore - just make stuff up, I've decided. Expect with Ryan.

Was this intentional?

GODDAMMMIT





no

Got everyone. Think we'll be pretty close to noon et today.

Game of the Week

Duff Cowboys (4-0) vs. Citgo Niners (2-2)

Sears Wish Book Item of the Week



Halftime Report of the Week



(Nice throw Todd Collins and holy fuck, Bam Morris was huge)

Charles Way with the TD! He recently became the Second Husband of NJ (his wife is Lt. Governor). I don't remember him as a player, so it's funny seeing him on that clip.

Q1 - Name a video game franchise whose games have sold more total copies than Madden and NBA2K, both of which are listed at approximately 130 million. (13)

CORRECT
Zelda (2) - Bengal, Giff
Mario (3) - Carwash, Mister D, Sancarlos
Assassin's Creed (3) - Duff, Enoch, PDX
Pokemon (3) - Pruitt, Romero, Shirley
Final Fantasy (4) - AB, Brian, BSF, Rass
Grand Theft Auto (4) - Citgo, Rush, Syb, Trav
Call of Duty (5) - BFJ, Chedda, DSafe, GPJ, Jerloma
FIFA (6) - Bronto, Cerrano, GoodKarma, LJam, Nonlinear, Rex

INCORRECT (11)
Halo - DiS
World of Warcraft - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Wii Sports
Lego
Sonic
Need for Speed
Resident Evil

Would Mario Kart separately been correct? Wiki says that the series sold at least 176 MM. Or was that series simply folded into Mario?

Q2 - Name one of the schools that plays in any of the following INTRASTATE rivarly games (12)

CORRECT
Navy (1) - BFJ
Tulane (1) - Giff
Central Florida (1) - Nonlinear
BYU (1) - Trav
Maryland (3) - Mister D, Romero, Syb
Marshall (4) - AB, Duff, Enoch, GoodKarma
West Virginia (4) - BSF, Citgo, Jerloma, LJam
Utah (4) - Cerrano, DiS, PDX, Rex
Ole Miss (5) - DSafe, GPJ, Rass, Rush, Sancarlos
Mississippi State (6) - Bengal, Brian, Bronto, Chedda, Pruitt, Shirley

INCORRECT (11)
Boston College - Carwash
USC - Tony

LEFTOVERS
South Florida
LSU

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:24 am Would Mario Kart separately been correct? Wiki says that the series sold at least 176 MM. Or was that series simply folded into Mario?

My source had it all under Mario

Q3 - Name any of the words depicted below that, like Appletini or Keytar, represent an example of a portmanteau (9)

CORRECT
Gerrymander (1) - Giff
Dunkaroos (1) - Tony
JoyCons (2) - Bronto, Rass
Camcorder (2) - Chedda, Romero
Fauxhawk (2) - Duff, PDX
Frappuccino (2) - BFJ, Rex
Taebo (6) - Brian, DiS, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Sancarlos, Syb
Jeggings (7) - BSF, DSafe, Enoch, GPJ, Citgo, Jerloma, Rush
Croissan'wich (8) - AB, Bengal, Carwash, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Ljam, Mister D, Shirley

INCORRECT (13)
Camera - Trav

LEFTOVERS
none

Just no explaining this game

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:32 am Just no explaining this game

No shit! I would have bet a lot of money that I answered Gerrymander for that. Actually had to check my sent mail, I really don't remember changing my mind. And I don't know why I doubted Dunkaroos.

VOWELLLLLLS!

Q4 - Among players whose national team careers started since 1990, name anyone with at least 30 goals in international play for either the Netherlands or France men's soccer teams (14)

CORRECT
Dennis Bergkamp (1) - Brian
Kylian Mbappe (1) - Enoch
Klaas-Jan Hunterlaar (1) - Mister D
Patrick Kluivert (1) - Sancarlos
Thierry Henry (2) - Jerloma, Rush
David Trezeguet (2) - Bronto, Syb
Ruud van Nistelrooy (3) - AB, CItgo, PDX
Olivier Giroud (3) - Rass, Shirley, Trav
Arjen Robben (4) - Cerrano, Chedda, GPJ, Pruitt
Robin van Persie (6) - Bengal, Carwash, DiS, LJam, Nonlinear, Rex
Zinedine Zidane (6) - BFJ, BSF, Duff, Giff, Romero, Tony

INCORRECT (11)
Kevin de Bruyne - DSafe
Johan Cruyff - GoodKarma

LEFTOVERS
Antoine Grizemann
Karim Benzema
Memphis

One for Mbappé, two for Henry, and zero for Benzema.

As some people pointed out, two ways to think about this and the list was basically split between them

Q5 - Over 15% of all households in the District of Columbia don't have a car. Name one of the top ten (as in "highest percentage with zero vehicles") states in this statistic (10)

CORRECT
Louisiana (1) - Brian
Mississippi (1) - Citgo
New Jersey (1) - Rush
Illinois (2) - Bengal, GPJ
Alaska (2) - Enoch, Syb
Hawai'i (3) - BSF, Giff, Mister D
Massachusetts (6) - AB, Bronto, Chedda, DiS, Sancarlos, Shirley
New York (9) - Carwash, Cerrano, GoodKarma, Jerloma, LJam, Pruitt, Rass, Romero, Trav

INCORRECT (14)
Connecticut - Duff, Rex
Delaware - PDX, Tony
Maryland - DSafe, Nonlinear
Rhode Island - BFJ

LEFTOVERS
Pennsylvania
West Virginia

I was sure Alaska was going to be the popular answer.

Q6 - Name any MLB player whose FIRST name (as entered in the baseball-reference database) begins with a Y and has more career hits than Yoan Moncada's 700 (11)

CORRECT
Yan Gomes (1) - BSF
Yasmani Grandal (1) - GoodKarma
Yunel Escobar (1) - Rex
Yuniesky Betancourt (2) - Bronto, Mister D
Yuli Gurriel (2) - Enoch, LJam
Yoenis Cespedes (3) - AB, BFJ, Cerrano
Yonder Alonso (4) - Bengal, DSafe, Duff, GPJ
Yogi Berra (4) - Giff, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Rass
Yadier Molina (12) - Brian, Carwash, Chedda, Citgo, Jerloma, Rass, Romero, Sancarlos, Shirley, Syb, Tony, Trav

INCORRECT (17)
Yarry Bonds - DiS
Pass - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Yasiel Puig
Yorvit Torrealba

Good chuckle at Yarry Bonds.