REMINDERS
Through W16, each set of questions will include 4 Swamper-submitted questions (2 sports, 2 other)
All questions in W17 and the playoffs will come from me
I'll post questions here and email them to the group. Make sure you don't reply to all if answering by email
For your own questions only, you may "cheat" and submit any answer you want
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
Low score wins
Standings, tiebreakers, playoff matchups, all determined exactly as they would be in the real NFL
INSTRUCTIONS
Send answers to ryantfriedman (gmail) or private message here
ANSWERS DUE FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 @ 12 PM (Reveal here on the boards @ 1 PM)
MATCHUPS
QUESTIONS
1. Name one the 15 most populated American cities whose geographic center is North of the southernmost point in Canada (15)
2. SUBMITTED BY LJAM - Name one of the 12 actors/actresses who have won at least one Oscar in both a lead and supporting role. (12)
NOTE: 9 are living and 3 are deceased
3. The letter sequence "ough" can be pronounced in 9 distinct ways, according to most English language standards. Name one of these pronunciations, either by spelling it phonetically or by giving me a word in which it is used that way (9)
NOTE: 3 of these are used primarily in non-American English
4. Name one of the classic "simple machines" of physics (6)
5. SUBMITTED BY BFJ - Name any 5-time (or more) guest host of Saturday Night Live (14)
6. Among the top 75 active MLB pitchers in strikeouts, only 13 have played for the same team for their entire career. Name one (13)
7. Half of the last 26 #1 overall picks in the NHL Draft have been made by 4 franchises - Quebec/Colorado, Edmonton, Tampa Bay, and Ottawa. Name one of the players taken by these teams. (13)
8. SUBMITTED BY BRIAN - Name any Division 1 (FCS OR FBS) college football team whose primary home stadium is an indoor facility (11)
9. SUBMITTED BY JERLOMA - Name any male or female tennis player in the Open Era (1968-) to complete the career Grand Slam for singles titles (9)
10. Name anyone listed on the pro-football-reference.com box score as a starting linebacker or starting cornerback from Super Bowl 48 (Seattle-Denver) (10)
