I wasn't sure about him, I was worried there was going to be some 40 year old guy who was now a backup that I forgot about but I couldn't think of anyone.

FINAL QUIZ: SCHWABB SHOWDOWN

Send me a PM with your answers by Tuesday, 7pm EST. Then we'll do final reveal and scores.

SCHWAB SHOWDOWN

1. Jason Varitek has caught four no hitters. Name the pitchers who threw them. (3 pts each)

2. Name a team in each of the four major sports that has the second most number of Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup or NBA titles. 3 pts for each correct team.

3. Name the last FOUR teams to be swept in the world series. (3 pts each)

4. The Texans are the only team to have never played in a conference championship game. Name the three teams that are 0-1 lifetime in conference championship games. (3 pts each)

5. Don’t know when to hang it up: Name the last pro team each of the following played for (3 pts each):

Franco Harris
Tom Seaver
Warren Moon
Robert Parrish
Jessie Orosco

6. Name the following: (3 pts each)

Length of an NBA basketball court, baseline to baseline (within 4 feet)
Width of an NFL field (within 3 yards)
Width of an MLB home plate at its widest (within 1 inch)

7. Because I’m a high school football official…Name the penalty for each of the following signals (3 pts each)




8. What was the last NCAA Division I hoops championship game to go into OT? (Name the two teams involved. 3 pts for each team that played in the game)

9. FINAL QUESTION: MIX AND MATCH. Here’s a list of 11 things. Each has a separate number answer, zero through eleven. Match the correct number to each item. (3 pts each)

Number of times Marcus Allen led the NFL in rushing yards for a season
Number of NFL seasons played by Jim Brown
Number of head coaches the Dallas Cowboys have had
Number of NCAA and NBA titles Magic Johnson has won
Number of NBA titles the Knicks have won
Combined number of Super Bowl appearances by the Giants and Packers
Fewest number of points scored by one team in a Super Bowl
Combined number of no hitters tossed by Cy Young, Nolan Ryan and Pedro Martinez
Number of times Jim Thome led the AL in homeruns
Number of times the Cincinatti Reds have won the World Series
Number of times University of North Carolina has won the Div. I NCAA hoops championship

You say each has a matching number 0 through 11, but there are only 11 items, which would mean 1 number is missing. Not sure if this is intentional or not.

Whoops, sorry!

ZERO THROUGH TEN. (Maybe a mod can fix that?)

Put a number, zero through ten, on each item. You can use each number only once.

Phew, I was wondering why 11 was missing when I did mine.

It's Cincinnati

/nit

Bump for reminder to send in your final quiz answers by Tuesday 7pm EST.

need final answers from 8 people:

dkgo
msu
mediaPA
flee
tom
comp
sarcastic
manu

I was going to say, Make sure you dont let a nonsubmission cost your team the gold...But Team A is all submitted. So, barring a massive collective Team A failure on the final quiz, they've got first sewn up.

But let's get the answers in so we can have an accurate final points standings.

I'm working on it, I'll get mine in soon.

Here's how everyone except dkgo, sarcastic and manu did on the final:

Team A
steroid 99
truenorth 102
donga 48
mjw 87
willie 57
total: 393

Team B
dudd 57
EMD 75
dkgo
msu 75
mediaPA 18
total: 225

Team C
bairdo 84
fleebrog 63
sixfour 51
tom1975 72
comp13 66
total: 336

Team D
sarcastic
cards 105
zimmer 72
pwnsall 75
manupod
total: 252

Team A, as they've done all along, crushed it...however, they haven't mathematically clinched yet.

Standings:
Team A 1364
Team D 1118
Team C 1041
Team B 950

Team A has a 246 point lead on Team D. The Showdown quiz has a potential total of 123 points. (Exactly one half of A's lead.) So if manu and sarcastic both were to ace it, we'd have a tie.

I know, it's beyond unlikely--it'd be even more improbable than that piece of **** David Tyree catching that ball with his helmet two superbowls ago...but I don't want to call it just yet. Everyone played for too long to slam the door on a team's hopes (albethey infinitessimal) just because they're 4 hours late.

I'll extend the deadline til Wednesday 10AM EST. If I don't have both their submissions by then, we'll call it final, and I'll post the final quiz answers.

Also good work by Team C to climb out of the basement! (Although if DKGO sends in a score of 92 or better he can pull Team B into third place.)

fwiw, that outstanding Raiders QB is a more effective cheat catcher than anything that PyramidScheme could possibly come up with. I was playing in multiple fantasy leagues that year and have pretty good memory for obscure players, and I was like "oh man, THAT guy?" when I looked it up...

sorry i've been swamped and didn't get to this.

i guess i'm doing it now.

ps, i'm not going to get them all right so it's a waste of time. but here goes...

Well it's all over, but for the cryin....Manupod did not get every single question right.



Final quiz answers are below...very few people got Maple Leafs for hockey's #2....and I dont know if anyone got the KC Chiefs as a team that is 0-1 in Conf. Championship games. (Their superbowl appearances came as AFL champs)


1 D Lowe, C Bucholtz, H Nomo, J Lester
2 Cowboys/49ers, St Louis Cardinals, Lakers, Maple Leafs
3 Rockies, Cardinals, Astros, Braves
4 Saints, Lions, Chiefs
5. Franco Harris Seahawks
Tom Seaver RedSox
Warren Moon Cheifs
Robert Parrish Bulls
Jessie Orosco Twins
6. Basketball court 94 feet
NFL field 53.5 yards
MLB home plate 17 inches
7. Chop Block, Ineligible receiver downfield, safety, illegal forward pass, Intentional grounding
8. Kansas Memphis 2008. (I goofed on this. Didn’t realize or see that they went OT last year. I was going for AZ/KY in 97)
9. FINAL QUESTION: MIX AND MATCH.
0 Number of times Jim Thome led the AL in homeruns
1 Number of times Marcus Allen led the NFL in rushing yards for a season
2 Number of NBA titles the Knicks have won
3 Fewest number of points scored by one team in a Super Bowl
4 Number of times University of North Carolina has won the Div. I NCAA hoops championship
5 Number of times the Cincinatti Reds have won the World Series
6 Number of NCAA and NBA titles Magic Johnson has won
7 Number of head coaches the Dallas Cowboys have had
8 Combined number of Super Bowl appearances by the Giants and Packers
9 Number of NFL seasons played by Jim Brown
10 Combined number of no hitters tossed by Cy Young, Nolan Ryan and Pedro Martinez

Thanks to everyone for playing. It was fun. Luck of the draw that Team A got paired up like they did and just coulnd't be caught. Solid from top to bottom, plus TrueNorth pursued those diamond bonuses with the tenacity of a crack-fiend.

One diamond that went unanswered: which Raider QBs led the team in 97 and 98? Most people knew Jeff George was one of them. The other was Donald Hollas (!) in 98. And yes, Legend, if anyone had rattled that off, I might have had to suspect them of foul play.

So confused on the chop block one... they signal to the knees for it. This looked like a different motion altogether.

Damn, I totally forgot the Rockies got swept.

Thanks for running this, chyme, it was awesome.

when the ref goes to (the front of) his knees, it's for Illegal Block Below the Waist.

the signal in the quiz--open hands hitting the top of the thighs--is for chop block

Lots of people confuse those signals--and the fouls themselves, mjw. add: I know plenty of officials who incorrectly signal chop block with a hand to the knee.

Thanks a lot for running, this was a well thought out and executed game.

Gratz Team A, and to my fellow teammates. Sorry I wasn't around for a lot of the diamonds.....

Thx for running it chyme, gg Team A.

So on this A Team, was Steroid Boy Hannibal and True North B.A. Baracus?

I pity the fool who touches my diamonds!

Sorry I kind of abandoned this, my family decided to move for the first time in my life when I was in the middle of a bunch of stuff (I've totally tanked my team in the tlb contest in the MTT forums). This was an awesome game, thanks for running. Definitely in for another one once my internet and stuff gets going again.

Thanks for the clarification, I guess I was just confused by the picture itself. I assumed he was just bringing his hands together palm up.

Thanks for the game.

As for the conclusion...

Good game, but I'm saddened to find out that I have vastly overestimated my sports knowledge my entire life.

I think I said chop block thinking it was wrong and then I looked it up and I thought it was illegal pushing which I've never actually seen called.