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 NOVEMBER 3RD @ 12PM ET

WEEK NINE QUESTIONS

1. MUSIC
After starting off in New York and adding LA a couple verses later, Huey Lewis takes a little geography break in "Heart of Rock and Roll" before really kicking it into gear. Name one of the other cities named specifically or referred to by nicknames of varying authenticity (12)

2. MLB
Name the all-time leader in bWAR (Wins Above Replacement per baseball-reference) born in any of the following countries or territories and listed with the position at which they played the most games (12)

Aruba (SS)
Australia (C)
Canada (SP)
Colombia (SS)
Curacao (CF)
Jamaica (CF)
Japan (RF)
Mexico (SP)
Puerto Rico (RF)
USA (RF)
Venezuela (1B)
Vietnam (RP)

3. BUSINESS
Name a word that follows "i" or "Air" to make up the main compound word in a line of Apple hardware/devices (8)
NOTE: May include retired products

4. SOCCER
Name any soccer club whose logo is pictured below. They were all, as of when I made this slideshow about a month ago, the top-ranked team in their country per Football Database (9)



5. WORDS AND LANGUAGE
Name one of the ten most common languages OTHER THAN ENGLISH spoken at home in the New York-Newark-Jersey City Metropolitan Area (10)


6. NFL
Name a sideline reporter from the main television broadcast of the Super Bowl since and including SB XLIV in 2010 (11)

7. GEOGRAPHY
Of the 25 most populous countries in the world, name one that ENDS in a CONSONANT (10)
NOTE: I'm disqualfying the United States (of America), Germany, and Italy

8. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Name a team in the WESTERN division of either the SEC or BIG TEN (14)

9. GAMES
Name a themed edition of Monopoly in which one of the following sets of playable tokens is included (10)

Poker chip, Octopus, Moon Buggy
Dale's RV, Bucket of Body Parts, Katana
Checkered flags, 3, Helmet
Carl's House, Lamp, Miguel's Guitar
Gas mask, Wheelchair bell, Pink teddy bear
Milkshake on a tray, Stewardess hat, basketball
Princess Unicorn, Beet, Grill with bacon
Clefairy, Mewtwo, Blastoise
Shopping cart, Bullseye, Coffee cup
Strawberry, Raccoon, Hammer

10. NBA
Name any Basketball Hall of Famer who played for the Hornets, Grizzlies, Timberwolves, or Raptors (10)

I hope the Rams have a bye this week

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:35 am I hope the Rams have a bye this week

Whoops, schedule fixed. And sorry.

Regarding #2, is it the player’s WAR accumulated only at that specific position? Like if Player A has 50 WAR, all at SS, but Player B has 60 WAR, with 40 at SS and 20 at 2B, which one would be the correct answer?

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:52 am Regarding #2, is it the player’s WAR accumulated only at that specific position? Like if Player A has 50 WAR, all at SS, but Player B has 60 WAR, with 40 at SS and 20 at 2B, which one would be the correct answer?

Total career WAR. I originally didn't even include the position!

#7, consonant in the English version of that country's name?

Am i being punked? Yes.

Edit: punk’d

Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:12 pm Am i being punked? Yes.

Edit: punk’d

Since we are going down the road, can I object to Pike County, PA being included in the New York/Newark Metro area? I'll let the Connecticut counties slide, but Pike County is a bridge too far.

I believe that’s defined by where you get NYC television stations, as opposed to Scranton I guess?

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:19 pmSince we are going down the road, can I object to Pike County, PA being included in the New York/Newark Metro area? I'll let the Connecticut counties slide, but Pike County is a bridge too far.

A few days after getting a concussion in a car accident, I (my body, not my car) was gently hit by a car in the parking lot of the Wendy's just over the NY border in what I assume is Pike's County and the lady's somehow aggressive-yet-dismissive justification was "I didn't see you there". I hurt my hand slapping the shit out of her car when it happened too but still wish I'd know to take out a brake light or something given her reaction.

Fuck Pike's County.

Translating what language she was speaking because

a. It could give away an answer
b. You don't want to sound racist even though I mean, come on...
c. You had a concussion at a Wendy's, how many details could you possibly remember?

Oh, she was definitely speaking american.

Guesses sent.

The genuine joy at having submitted early to this is...under-rated.

Yeah, lots of early birds this week. Huey just gets people moving.

IN:

AB
Bengal
BFJ
Cerrano
Chedda
DSafe
Duff
GoodKarma
GPJ
Mister D
Pruitt
Rex
Romero
Rush
Sancarlos

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:52 am Huey just gets people moving.

The first concert I wanted to go to and got to go to without parental supervision!

When I was in high school, one year my sister gave me the CD of Fore! for Christmas. I enthusiastically thanked her and then never even undid the shrink wrap. Wasn't a fan. (Plus they were all over the radio so I didn't have any desire to play MORE of it.)

Sent.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:26 pm When I was in high school, one year my sister gave me the CD of Fore! for Christmas. I enthusiastically thanked her and then never even undid the shrink wrap. Wasn't a fan. (Plus they were all over the radio so I didn't have any desire to play MORE of it.)

Oh boy. Watch out dude, people around here get very fired up about anyone not endorsing mediocre "rock" groups from the 80s.

Oh, and also... sent.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:27 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:26 pm When I was in high school, one year my sister gave me the CD of Fore! for Christmas. I enthusiastically thanked her and then never even undid the shrink wrap. Wasn't a fan. (Plus they were all over the radio so I didn't have any desire to play MORE of it.)

Oh boy. Watch out dude, people around here get very fired up about anyone not endorsing mediocre "rock" groups from the 80s.

The one dude I remember from my freshman year who was really into Huey Lewis was this loud, pseudo tough guy from Miami. He loved to work on his puffy blow-dried hair and talk about how much he loved pussy and football. Later in life, his first wife left him for another woman. I still find that funny.

NLFC needs to STFU before he's back on the chain gang.

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:08 pm NLFC needs to STFU before he's back on the chain gang.

Yeah, for some reason he wants to pound his old bad take into the ground. Back on the chain gang, indeed.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:41 pm The one dude I remember from my freshman year who was really into Huey Lewis was this loud, pseudo tough guy from Miami. He loved to work on his puffy blow-dried hair and talk about how much he loved pussy and football. Later in life, his first wife left him for another woman. I still find that funny.

Did you go to college with Patrick Bateman?

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:48 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:41 pm The one dude I remember from my freshman year who was really into Huey Lewis was this loud, pseudo tough guy from Miami. He loved to work on his puffy blow-dried hair and talk about how much he loved pussy and football. Later in life, his first wife left him for another woman. I still find that funny.

Did you go to college with Patrick Bateman?

High school. It was only many years later that I learned that this guy was also an heir to the Coca-Cola fortune. Dude's loaded. And he's OK now, but he was a total caricature back then.

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:48 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:41 pm The one dude I remember from my freshman year who was really into Huey Lewis was this loud, pseudo tough guy from Miami. He loved to work on his puffy blow-dried hair and talk about how much he loved pussy and football. Later in life, his first wife left him for another woman. I still find that funny.

Did you go to college with Patrick Bateman?

I was picturing Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.

Sent!

Sent!

(sorry for the delay)

STILL NEED

BSF
Citgo
Carwash
Rass

Late reveal again today

On my way to the control center now. 245ish start time

Woo!

Can't watch until 7. At least I can fast forward through commercials

Game of the Week

Couple of big games in the middle of the AFC playoff picture, but we gotta go back to the Duff Cowboys (7-0) looking to put the division away early against the Mister D Eagles (6-2)

Football Video Game of the Week

NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana!



Halftime Report of the Week

Didn't plan this, but in the first 15 seconds the new Raiders coach almost kills a backup QB that at maybe only LJam will remember

It's not the heart of architecture

Q1 - After starting off in New York and adding LA a couple verses later, Huey Lewis takes a little geography break in "Heart of Rock and Roll" before really kicking it into gear. Name one of the other cities named specifically or referred to by nicknames of varying authenticity (12)

CORRECT
Tulsa (1) - AB
Philadelphia (1) - Chedda
Seattle (1) - DiS
Austin (1) - Enoch
Oklahoma City (2) - BFJ, DSafe
San Antonio (2) - Bronto, Jerloma
Boston (2) - Rush, Syb
San Francisco (4) - Bengal, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Sancarlos
Detroit! (5) - Cerrano, Giff, GPJ, PDX, Romero
Cleveland (6) - Brian, BSF, Mister D, Nonlinear, Rass, Shirley

INCORRECT (11)
Chicago - Carwash, Duff, LJam, Trav
New Orleans - Citgo
Dallas - Rex
Memphis - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Washington
Baton Rouge

I talked myself out of Baton Roooouuuuge at last second. That would have been six 1 pointers on that question!

Q2 - Name the all-time leader in bWAR (Wins Above Replacement per baseball-reference) born in any of the following countries or territories and listed by position at which they played the most games (12)

CORRECT
Puerto Rico = ROBERTO CLEMENTE (1) - Bengal
United States = BABE RUTH (1) - GPJ
Vietnam = DANNY GRAVES (1) - LJam
Canada = FERGUSON JENKINS (1) - Pruitt
Mexico = FERNANDO VALENZUELA (1) - Rass
Colombia = EDGAR RENTERIA (1) - Rex
Jamaica = DEVON WHITE (2) - Carwash, Mister D
Venezuela = MIGUEL CABRERA (3) - Brian, Bronto, DSafe
Aruba = XANDER BOGAERTS (4) - BFJ, Citgo, Romero, Tony
Curacao = ANDRUW JONES (6) - Cerrano, Chedda, Duff, Enoch, Rush, Syb
Japan = OBVIOUSLY ICHIRO (9) - BSF, DiS, Giff, GoodKarma, Nonlinear, PDX, Sancarlos, Shirley, Trav

INCORRECT (14)
Hideki Matsui - AB
Barry Bonds - Jerloma

LEFTOVERS
Australia = DAVE NILSSON

Nailed it. FFS.

The only two names I had were Valenzuela and Ichiro. I worried that there was some more recent Mexican pitcher I didn't know and I thought all you smart guys wouldn't go with Ichiro. My instincts are undefeated (in the sense that they always pick wrong).

Give me a second here because I just realized the whole pod-pods thing so I need to go back through all the emails