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1. Ben Roethlisberger is back in hot water, once again finding himself accused of sexual assault. The most recent incident took place in which US state?
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
 
2. The inexplicable season that the UConn men put their fans through got even inexplicabler with the team's first-round drubbing in the Big East Tournament, at the hands of which conference bottom-dweller?
DePaul
St. John's
Rutgers
Providence
 
3. ...though UConn fans should find solace - and more - in the women's team, which set a record with its ______ consecutive victory:
75th
65th
72nd
83rd
 
4. Which team will roll into the NCAA tournament on an impressive 20-game winning streak?
Gonzaga
Duke
Kansas
Butler
 
5. If you think that you'd like to earn millions of dollars for a few minutes of work a day for maybe a third of the days each year, you're in luck! Due to injury, this MLB team is searching for a new closer:
Texas
Anaheim
Minnesota
Florida
 
6. To portray legendary coach Vince Lombardi, ESPN went out and go the actor behind this famous sports movie role:
Roy Hobbs
Jake LaMotta
Billy Chapel
Jake Taylor
 
7. Renegade WNBA franchise Detroit Shock lived up to its name this week when it signed which notorious female to its roster?
Omarosa
Octo-Mom
Marion Jones
Kris Kardashian
 
8. The fans of which NFL team, according to a player jettisoned from the squad this week, "are ruthless and don't deserve a winner?"
Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants
Cleveland Browns
Denver Broncos
 
9. Everyone who saw the Knicks, playing on the road, as the team to end the Mavs' win streak, raise your hands. Before the strange loss, Dallas had won this number of consecutive games:
19
12
13
16
 
10. Angels center fielder Torii Hunter probably wishes he could go back and prevent himself from using this word in relation to Latino players while discussing the number of African-Americans in the major leagues:
Impostors
Truants
Charlatans
Posers
 
11. NFL great Merlin Olsen died this week. Prior to his broadcasting and acting days, Olsen played his entire career with the franchise that *now* plays in which city?
Arizona
St. Louis
Dallas
Seattle
 
12. Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli admission to burglary this type of establishment cost the Duck his entire 2010 season:
Banana stand
Convenience store
Fraternity house
Gas station
 
13. The spectacular year-after-championship freefall of UNC continued with a first-round loss to Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament. Pending any NIT action, the Heels' 2009-10 record stands at:
19-14
15-17
14-18
16-16
 
14. Natalie Randolph, a science teacher at Coolidge High School, made news, if not history, this week when she:
Coached the girl's basketball team to a record 20th consecutive city championship
Signed on to become the head football coach at the school
Proved that the "winning" word at last year's National Spelling Bee was in fact misspelled
Pitched an inning for the Nationals' AAA team
 
15. Running back without a country Larry Johnson signed this week with a team which will be lead by which head coach in the upcoming season?
Chan Gailey
Pete Carroll
Mike Shanahan
Tony Sparano
 
16. The fired coach of this team "has worked hard and has always represented [the school] with character, class and integrity. However, we feel like the time has come for [the team] to move in a new direction." Which school is eager to move away from character, class and integrity?
Auburn
Washington State
Texas Tech
Eastern Tennessee
 
17. Raise your hand if you're a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not so fast:
Syracuse
Kansas
Kentucky
West Virginia
 
18. Apparently there are skiing events outside of the Winter Olympics, as this gold medalist won their third World Cup title:
Bode Miller
Lindsey Vonn
Julia Mancuso
Ted Ligety
 
19. Thousands of voices in this NFL city uttered a collective NOOOOOOO upon hearing the news that their team had traded for Brady Quinn over the weekend:
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Detroit
 
20. Meanwhile, The Courtship of LaDanlian Tomlinson ended as the ex-Charger signed with a team in which division?
AFC East
AFC South
NFC East
NFC South
 
21. Which of the following was not a runner-up in its conference tournament:
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
Cal
Rhode Island
 
22. Which correctly matches the conference to the city which hosted its championship?
Big East : Washington, DC
Pac 10 : San Francisco
Big 12 : Kansas City
ACC : Richmond
 
23. Manny Pacquiao issued utter fustigation upon listless Joshua Clottey in a fight staged in this well-known sports venue:
Cowboys Stadium
MSG
Staples Center
Superdome
 
24. Less than one second meant the difference between winning its conference championship and not making the NCAA tournament to this team:
Richmond
Minnesota
Mississippi State
Boston
 
25. The good news: Purdue scored 31 points in the second half of its game Saturday against Minnesota. The bad news: The Boilermakers managed a meager _______ in the first half:
20
11
8
15
 




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