SteemDecathon S02D01E02 "Baby Needs New Shoes!" - Theme - 'NFL Preseason Picks and Trivia"

richatvns (73)in #steemdecathlon • 6 years ago (edited)

Welcome to Day 1 of the Steem Decathlon #2!
Contest: Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes

It's preseason in the NFL and just like the players getting setup after a long hiatus we are doing the same here...

So let's get started with preseason picks!

So time for our Week Number 1 NFL football themed contest...

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Setup a Blog Post with the following Title:
SteemDecathon S02D01E02 "Baby Needs New Shoes!" - Theme - 'NFL Preseason Picks and Trivia" - Entry"
And set the first tag #steemdecathlon

In the post you will make a list of your 5 picks, (labeled q1 to q5) followed by the answers to the 8 Trivia Questions (labeled q6 to q13)…..

To start you need to pick 5 games from list of games this week.

NFL Games to pick from Preseason week 3
DailySchedule
NFL Games to pick from on WEEK:-2

Visiting Team		Home Team
a1	Cleveland Browns	@	b1	Philadelphia Eagles
a2	Washington Redskins	@	b2	Denver Broncos
a3	New York Jets	@	b3	New York Giants
a4	Carolina Panthers	@	b4	New England Patriots
a5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	@	b5	Detroit Lions
a6	Minnesota Vikings	@	b6	seattle Seahawks
a8	Chicago Bears	@	b8	Kansas City Chiefs
a9	St. Louis Rams	@	b9	Houston Texans
a10	Pittsburgh Steelers	@	b10	Tennessee Titans
a11	Indianapolis Colts	@	b11	San Francisco 49ers
a12	Jacksonville Jaguars	@	b12	Atlanta Falcons
a13	Miami Dolphins	@	b13	Baltimore Ravens
a14	San Diego Chargers	@	b14	New Orleans Saints
a15	Buffalo Bills	@	b15	Cincinnati Bengals
a16	Dallas Cowboys	@	b16	Arizona Cardinals

Choose 5 game winners (Q1-Q5) use the code to represent them

For Example:
Q1) B1
Q2) a3
Q3) b7
Q4) a8
Q5) a11

Answer the following 7 questions Q6-Q12
QuestionLines
Q6. Who was a Member of the blue wrecking crew?
a. LT - Lawerence Taylor

b. LT - LaDainian Tomlinson

c. Phil McConkey

d. Mark Bavaro

e. Phil Simms

f. Drew Bledsoe

Q7. Which of these hardcore NFLers Played on the Sack Exchange
a. Joe KLECKO

b. Reggie White

c. Lance Mehl

d. Micheal Straihan

e. Wesley Walker

Q8. Which of these players was a MEMBER of the IRON ORE CURTAIN.
a. jack lambert

b. terry bradshaw

c. donny brassco

d. Lynn Swan

e. Franco Harris

Q9. The Dirty Birds dance was started by who?
a. Terrel Owens

b. LaDainian Tomlinson

c. Jamal Anderson

d. Iggy Woods

e. Deyon Sanders

Q10. Who was a member of the Kiler Bees?
a. Jack Butler

b. Dick Butkus

c. Bob Brudzinski

d. Terry Bradshaw

e. Nick Buoniconti

f. Drew Bledsoe

Q11. The color yellow represents being afraid, and a person with a towel in their hand symbolizizes is for crying into. Yet one team uses a yellow towel to cheer thier team.
a. Steelers

b. Saints

c. Rams

d. 49ers

e. Chargers

f. Packers

"Q12. In 2011 non-green playing surfaces wes banned because a NFL Team and University share a stadium
because they wanted a blue playing surface What NFLs team was associted with this.
a. Chargers
"
b. Dolphins

c. Patriots

d. Giants

e. Broncos

"Q13. A noisy end zone has kept teams from scoring in the past when trying to get the signals out. What team's fans were and still know as the ""Dog Pound"" today. Of course with technology you can cut through the interference.
a. Rams
"
b. Raiders

c. Eagles

d. Jets

e. Giants

f. Browns

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