FantasyPros Trivia: How Well Do You Know the Analysts?

So you think you know Bobby Sylvester, Mike Tagliere, Kyle Yates and Dan Harris. But do you really?

We’re putting your analyst knowledge to the test with 20 questions of varying degrees of difficulty and hilarity – so what are you waiting for? Get to the quiz (you’ll find the answers at the very bottom of the article):

Question List

1. What was Bobby forced to wear for an entire day at the 2020 FantasyPros team trip after losing a bet to Tags?

A backwards shirt
A set of Mickey Mouse ears
A tasteful women’s pantsuit
A pair of someone else’s socks

2. What custom license plate did Tags acquire last December for his Mustang LX 5.0 Notch?

TAGLIERE
FNTSY
BOBYSUKS
SSHHH

3. Which NFL player did Yates encounter while sitting courtside at an Orlando Magic game at the team trip?

Deshaun Watson
Jadeveon Clowney
Patrick Mahomes
Cameron Jordan

4. What was the name of Dan’s team in the 2019 FantasyPros Friends and Family fantasy football league?

Skinny Hagrid
Overgrown Ventriloquist Dummy
I Hate Everyone
The Crane Technique

5. Bobby considers coffee the worst food/drink EVER. What is No. 2 on his list of most hated consumables?

Fish
Brussels Sprouts
Sauerkraut
Olives

6. What piece of Amari Cooper memorabilia did Tags receive from Bobby last Christmas, courtesy of our good friends at Pristine Auction?

Autographed Raiders jersey
Autographed Cowboys helmet
Autographed Cowboys jersey
Autographed Alabama helmet

7. Which subject did Yates not study in school?

History
Geography
Chemistry
English

8. What potentially controversial food take did Dan share in a retweet of an August 2019 promo of an AFC win totals betting podcast?

Burger King > Five Guys
Quiznos > Subway
Olive Garden > Chili’s
Duff’s > Anchor Bar

9. Bobby posted two original tweets on Feb. 20, 2020; one was a ranking of defensive players. What was the other?

“Butter on pizza is HEAVEN.”
“Do the haters ever stop?”
“I ate an actual duck today.”
A poll on the worst flavor of Gatorade

10. How many total words went into the 2019-20 editions of Tags’ weekly Primer?

356,631
445,802
495,585
547,933

11. What was the name of Yates’ personal non-fantasy podcast centered around one of his biggest passions?

Origami and Me
We’re All Drum Majorettes
Bees? Girl, Please!
Photography Together

12. Who was the first-ever guest on the Dan-hosted BettingPros NFL Podcast?

Mike Tagliere
Jason Logan
Sean Green
Adam Burke

13. Who, according to Bobby, would win a Royal Rumble fight if every MLB player were involved?

Miguel Sano
Tommy Pham
Josh Donaldson
Aroldis Chapman

14. On the first-ever episode of Fantasy Feud, what bad fantasy draft habit prompted Tags to comment: “I like it when people (do it).”

Drafting a backup quarterback
Talking smack
Getting drunk
Taking a K or D/ST too early

15. Yates has a namesake who is a world-caliber player in which discipline?

Windsurfing
BMX racing
League of Legends
Pickleball

16. What was the first regular job for which Dan earned a paycheck?

Arby’s counter staff
Camp counselor
Furniture store sign spinner
Youth baseball umpire

17. What September 2019 food disappointment had Bobby asking: “Is this what growing up feels like?”

Leaving a quarter of a porterhouse on his plate
Heartburn from a plate of chicken wings
Needing 12 minutes to eat a double burger with cheese and bacon
Failing to finish a whole pizza two straight times

18. What hashtag did Tags use on his first-ever Instagram post in April 2019?

#Thiswasabadidea
#TeamTags
#fantasyfootball
#bobbysnext

19. Which of these are NOT part of Yates’ outstanding home audio setup?

Dynamic microphone
Behringer Xenyx USB Mixer
Boom stand
Fur windscreen

20. Which pitcher name did Dan’s Amazon Echo mistake for “Alexa” during an April 2019 “Leading Off” podcast?

Byron Buxton
Alexi Ogando
James Paxton
Max Kepler

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Answer List

1. b. Bobby not only wore the ears for the entire day, he also scored a header while wearing them during one of the company soccer games – etching his name into the world record book a second time (presumably) for being the only man in history to score via header while wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

2. d. Tags never struck us as the kind of guy to shush people, but anyone going to the length of getting a vanity plate like this is clearly livin’ that life.

3. a. Yates did see Jordan at a coffee shop, but the Watson meeting was clearly the highlight of his trip (and quite the bit of good fortune for a guy who hadn’t even technically started working for FantasyPros until after the trip. Not that we’re bitter or anything.)

4. b. Taken from an episode of the hilarious HBO show “Veep”, Dan’s team name emphasizes not only his reverence for well-written TV franchises but also his predisposition to self-mockery.

5. c. Bobby’s recent “Most Hated Foods” list produced responses like “Looks like the taste buds of a 5-year-old” and “This list feels like it was made by a 60-pound, 12-year-old girl who strictly eats chicken fingers and Easy Mac.” In other words, mission accomplished, right, Bobby?

6. d. To say that Tags is a memorabilia guy might be understating it, as he explains in the thread where he reveals the gift from Bobby: “My buddy walked into my basement and said, “Holy crap, this basement is brought to you by Pristine Auction.”

7. b. This is the WRONG man to ask for directions, people.

8. d. Dan followed up his bold take on the Buffalo-area wing joint pecking order with the ever-popular “don’t @ me”, which you should absolutely do anyhow (@danharris80) if you disagree. Or heck, even if you agree. Just flood his Twitter account. He especially loves pictures of feral cats.

9. c. Bobby pretty much says those first two things on a daily basis in different forms and fashions, while the Gatorade poll didn’t surface until Feb. 25. BTW, how was the duck, dude?

10. d. Rule No. 1 of multiple choice involving stats: it’s always the highest number, folks. To put that word count into perspective, the entire original Harry Potter series is 1,084,170 words – and you won’t get this kind of helpful fantasy advice from Neville Longbottom or Draco Malfoy.

11. d. Turns out, Yates ran his own photography/videography company for a while a couple years ago and did everything from senior portraits to wedding photography. Darrynton Evans fantasy outlooks AND 80s-inspired glamour shots? Is there anything this dude can’t do?

12. a. With a “Hey there, everyone!” Dan got our new BettingPros podcast started; Dan promptly forgot what day it was, while Tags took the under on the 49ers’ win total of 7.5 (whoops!), but it was an entertaining debut for one of our key new offerings. Well done, sirs!

13. b. Pham is the man in this discussion (though if Bobby had seen this latest photo of Chapman, he might change his tune. Good sir, do you have a license for those WMDs???)

14. c. And honestly, who among us doesn’t appreciate the one person in our draft who finishes a six-pack of Bud Light before the first pick is made and winds up with four tight ends?

15. d. “Other Kyle Yates” is coming off an incredible 2019 campaign that saw him win gold medals at multiple pickleball events, including the US Open, French Open and Beer City Open (which is where our Kyle Yates ACTUALLY LIVES. Amazing!)

16. b. We totally see Young Dan wandering into the mess hall where two unruly kids are having a food fight, grabbing them both by the collar and sputtering: “What’s your PROBLEM, man?”

17. d. Like Marino, Elway and Manning before him, perhaps Bobby is finally slipping into the clutches of Father Time. By this point next year, we wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Bobby tweets like: “Just ate half a Hot Pocket, and I’m SPENT.”

18. a. If you’re keeping score at home, Tags comes into the beginning of April with exactly 100 IG posts on his resume, while Bobby – who didn’t sign up until May 27, 2019 – has 20. And if you’re actually keeping score at home, that’s a little weird.

19. d. Yates actually uses a foam windscreen, presumably because it’s animal-friendly. And it’s worth noting that Dan Harris has repeatedly suggested that Yates has “the best podcast audio on the planet, and possibly in the galaxy, though we can’t be sure about the latter point because life might very well exist on exoplanets we simply haven’t encountered yet.”

20. c. Did the ensuing WOOM sound of Alexa springing to consciousness scare Dan? “I thought a serial killer had broken into my office.” So yeah, sounds like.

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Scoring Legend

0-4 Points: Clearly, you have stumbled upon this quiz by mistake. But that’s okay! You should stay and check us out; if you do, you’ll be treated to a wondrous garden of fantasy advice and tools that will make you the envy of your coworkers, peer group and family circle.

5-8 Points: Ehhhhh … perhaps it’s just not your day. We wish you better luck with your upcoming fantasy football leagues, and suggest you give the quiz another try (after all, you know all the answers now! Success is guaranteed!)

9-12 Points: This is a pretty good score! Sure, you’re probably kicking yourself for missing a couple of chip shots, but there’s nothing wrong with finishing in the middle of the scoring legend. It’s like shooting par. And par is good, even though it’s considered average. So you’re good, though average. Does that make sense?

13-16 Points: You not only know the analysts, it’s possible that you’re stalking at least one of them. And we have to say, that’s really hard to do. For one, they all live in different states. Secondly, Dan never goes out (EVER), and the other three are far too busy providing high-level fantasy content to be bothered with things like post office runs or trips to their local zoo or dentist. So good job!

17+ Points: Cheater, cheater, buttered pizza eater. KIDDING! Fantastic work, citizen: You have reached the upper echelon of analyst quizzing, and have earned the respect of every one of our hard-working fantasy experts. But seriously, did you cheat? You can tell us.

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