The Swamp

Separate post to make sure everyone knows that they should keep answering throughout the postseason starting (hopefully but maybe not) next week. Good luck this week to all the playoff jockeyers.

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 JANUARY 12th @ 12PM ET

WEEK EIGHTEEN QUESTIONS

1. FOOD & DRINK
Name one of the foods in Louisiana's Culinary Hall of Fame, according to the state's office of tourism (15)
NOTE: Includes one drink but it's not a mint julep, you stupid idiot whose only experience is from New Orleans Square at Disneyland

2. MLB
Name any MLB player pictured below, all of whom are in the top 100 for most strikeouts in one season (9)



3. GEOGRAPHY
Of the 60 most populated cities in the US, name one that is NOT located in one of the 25 most populated states (11)
NOTE: The 61st biggest city overall is Corpus Christi, TX

4. NBA
Name one of the top ten scorers (by total points) in Minnesota Timberwolves franchise history (10)

5. MUSIC
Name the artist of any of the following songs, all of which were on the Billboard Top 100 chart on January 1, 2000 (10)

I Need To Know
Girl on TV
Rhythm Divine
Amazed
The Great Beyond
She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
There She Goes
Higher
Back At One
Auld Lang Syne

6. NFL
Name any NFL player listed at 5'11" or shorter with at least 4 first-team All-Pro selections (9)
NOTE: Answers include 3 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 MLB, 1 CB, and 2 SS

7. GAMES
Name a video game pictured below. They are the only games released this century to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame (9)
NOTE: For the first image and the first image only, franchise name is good enough



8. OLYMPICS
Name any Olympic team represented by a medalist in the men's or women's singles event in Table Tennis (9)

9. MOVIES
Name anyone who has played The Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin, or the Riddler in a live-action Batman movie since and including 1989 (11)
NOTE: Only titles with "Batman" or "The Dark Knight" are included here so Joaquin Phoenix, for example, would not count

10. GENERAL SPORTS
Name a SPORT represented by any winner of the ESPY for Best Female Athlete since Marion Jones became the most recent winner from Track & Field in 2001 (10)

metro area or strict city limits on No. 3?

City propah

IN

BFJ
Brian
Chedda
DSafe
Duff
GoodKarma
GPJ
Pruitt
Sancarlos
Syb

Sent!

Sent!

Very little action today. Don't let the playoffs be decided by a no-show.

Gonna be tomorrow AM for me, sorry for being last minute this week.

Sent.

Are my opponent's playoff hopes still alive?

Finally decided on a couple so this is sent.

Annnnnd...totally blanked on something and it's bad its real bad

STILL NEED

Bengal
BSF
Citgo
Mister D
Nonlinear
Rass
Shirley

shit

sent

rass wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:46 amshit

Same. Will do now.

SENT

Sent.

Just BSF and Citgo once Mister D sends. 12:15 reveal today and then I'll do my best to figure out the playoffs before I have to take a kid to the dentist.

Sorry, I had a meeting. I'm for real doing it now.

If you have a list of all matchups over the course of the season I can figure them out for you and you can check my work

I just check the actual NFL schedule and then find the weekly thread that matches

BSF comes in at the buzzer and probably changes the playoff fortunes of at least 1 or 2 people. See you in 15.

Spoiler alert - that city isn't as big as you think it is and that football player isn't as short (or all-pro voting is weird)

Game of the Week

It's the only division still up for grabs, so Giff-AB gets flexed to Sunday night and is once again our GOTW

NFL SNL Skit of the Week

Eli again!



Halftime Report of the Week

This time with bonus local NY news coverage and commercials. This is the shit. Nice job, Buckner.

Q1 - Name one of the foods in Louisiana's Culinary Hall of Fame, according to the state's office of tourism (15)

CORRECT
Pralines (1) - Cerrano
King Cake (1) - Rush
Jambalaya (1) - Trav
Gumbo (3) - Chedda, Jerloma, Shirley
Boudin (3) - DSafe, Enoch, Giff
Po'Boy (3) - Citgo, Pruitt, Tony
Muffuletta (3) - Rass, Romero, Syb
Etouffee (4) - BFJ, DiS, Mister D, Nonlinear
Beignet (7) - AB, Bengal, Duff, GPJ, LJam, PDX, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (12)
Hurricane - Bronto, BSF
Shrimp Creole - Brian
Bouillabaisse - Carwash
Okra - GoodKarma
Red Beans & Rice - Rex

LEFTOVERS
Andouille
Stuffed Shrimp
Meat Pie
Cracklins
Grillades
Sazerac

One for Jambalaya. Incredible

Who's hungry now?

I randomly blurted out "I should have gone cracklins!" at dinner last night.

Q2 - Name any MLB player pictured below, all of whom are in the top 100 for most strikeouts in one season (9)

CORRECT
Jack Cust (1) - LJam
Pedro Alvarez (1) - Rass
Jay Bruce (2) - AB, GoodKarma
Mark Trumbo (2) - Bengal, BFJ
Mark Reynolds (2) - GPJ, Mister D
Gorman Thomas (4) - DiS, DSafe, Duff, Jerloma
Rob Deer (5) - Bronto, Nonlinear, Pruitt, Romero, Syb
Pete Incaviglia (7) - Brian, Carwash, Chedda, Enoch, Citgo, Rex, Sancarlos

INCORRECT (12)
Dave Kingman - Giff, Rush
Jason Giambi - BSF, Shirley
Adam Dunn- Cerrano
Adrian Beltre - Trav
Evan Longoria - Tony
Juan Beisbol - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Marlon Byrd

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:24 pm One for Jambalaya. Incredible

I had zero jambalayas and gumbos until about 20 people in

Q3 - Of the 60 most populated cities in the US, name one that is NOT located in one of the 25 most populated states (13)

CORRECT
Washington! (1) - Trav
Louisville (1) - AB
Omaha (1) - LJam
New Orleans (1) - Nonlinear
Las Vegas (2) - Bengal, Rass
Honolulu (2) - Cerrano, Chedda
Portland (3) - BFJ, Bronto, Jerloma
Tulsa (3) - Brian, Duff, Romero
Albuquerque (4) - DiS, Giff, GPJ, Rush
Oklahoma CIty (4) - Enoch, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rex

INCORRECT (9)
Boise (94th) - BSF, Sancarlos, Tony
Salt Lake City (117th) - Citgo, Mister D
Providence (134th) - Shirley, Syb
Birmingham (129th) - Carwash
Kansas City, KS (173rd) - DSafe
Boston (MA is 16th state) - PDX

LEFTOVERS
Wichita
Henderson
Lexington

I so badly wanted to say Lexington, but it doesn't seem to have mattered.

Didn’t recognize Trumbo. That’s a good one.

If J-Lo didn’t say which Portland that shouldn’t count and he should forfeit this week.

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:39 pm I so badly wanted to say Lexington, but it doesn't seem to have mattered.

Spoken like a true Northerner.

Q4 - Name one of the top ten scorers (by total points) in Minnesota Timberwolves franchise history (10)

CORRECT
Tony Campbell (1) - Carwash
Doug West (1) - Giff
Christian Laettner (1) - Rush
Andrew Wiggins (2) - Nonlinear, Pruitt
Kevin Love (3) - Enoch, Mister D, Rex
Karl-Anthony Towns (3) - LJam, Shirley, Tony
Wally Sczerbiak (5) - Bronto, Cerrano, Duff, GoodKarma, GPJ
Kevin Garnett (11) - Bengal, BFJ, Brian, BSF, Citgo, Jerloma, PDX, Rass, Romero, Sancarlos, Trav

INCORRECT (16)
Stephon Marbury - Chedda, DiS, DSafe
Ray Allen - AB
Kevin Durant - Syb

LEFTOVERS
Sam Mitchell
Anthony Edwards!