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1. If you were enjoying watching ______________ this weekend during the playoffs, then you were aided by either Tivo or hallucinogens, 'cause that's not one of the first-round matchups this year:
Phoenix - Detroit
Colorado - Vancouver
Pittsburgh-Ottawa
Washington-Montreal
 
2. This pair of NBA teams finished with the best records in each conference among those that didn't get into the playoffs:
Wizards and Clippers
Rockets and Raptors
Pistons and Grizzlies
Knicks and Hornets
 
3. Santonio Holmes will be forced to sit out this many games in the 2010-11 season before being able to participate:
4
9
1
6
 
4. Nothing says baseball like early spring in Minnesota. Who did the Twins face in the first home game at open-air Target Field?
Texas
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
 
5. Which team's 17 runs scored in its first game at home were the most ever for home opener?
Padres
Yankees
Royals
Oakland
 
6. "When you're through playing football, do whatever you want to do, but right now, stay clean. Stay out of trouble. Stay out of bars. Keep yourself clean" Which NFL broadcaster had some blunt words of advice for Ben Roethlisberger?
Terry Bradshaw
Cris Collinsworth
Keyshawn Johnson
Darryl Johnston
 
7. The Broncos jettisoned problematic wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Dolphins, and in exchange received:
Two second round picks, one in each of 2010 and 2011
A first and a third round pick in 2010
A third round pick and cash
Two second round picks in 2010
 
8. The date: April 13. The game: Celtics at Bulls. The event: Rasheed Wallace secures a defensive rebound. Disaster ensued for Wallace moments later when:
His shorts fell down
He passed the ball to one of the Bulls, who scored the game winning basket
He put the ball in the basket, scoring two points for the Bulls
He was whistled for his first technical of the season
 
9. Which notable NFL flameout will be memorizing the parole playbook for the next 10 years, as he pleaded guilty to a drug charge in Texas this week?
Ryan Leaf
Todd Marinovich
Tony Mandarich
Lawrence Phillips
 
10. The name of this sports owner, never far from the headlines, was splattered all over the headlines as he was caught on video, drunk in a bar, making unflattering comments about several of his current and former colleagues.
Daniel Snider
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Jones
Mark Cuban
 
11. The fellow who is the NBA's 09-10 season scoring champ is:
Known as King James
Plays for a team located in California
The youngest ever
Is a teammate of Paul Pierce
 
12. In the Very Impressive Achievement file, we find this MLB player, who, on Wednesday night, became the first player in league history to record a hit and and RBI in each of his team's first nine games of the season:
Jorge Cantu
Hank Blalock
Ichiro Suzuki
Troy Tulowitzki
 
13. Prior to Thursday, the Astros completely sucked. Now, thanks to their first win of the season, coming at the expense of this team, they now only mostly suck:
Rockies
Cubs
Cardinals
Phillies
 
14. Having guided his men to a 27-55 record, the head coach for this NBA team was pink-slipped at the end of the season:
Clippers
76ers
Kings
Timberwolves
 
15. Surgery necessitated by a knee injury will likely keep this pivotal NBA player of our the playoffs?
Atlanta's Joe Johnson
Denver's J.R. Smith
Portland's Brandon Roy
Oklahoma's Russell Westbrook
 
16. Giving purposeful pukers everywhere a bad name, a man attending a baseball game Wednesday at this team's home field was accused of intentionally vomiting on an 11-year-old girl:
Cubs
Phillies
White Sox
Marlins
 
17. Ubaldo Jimenez's no-hitter against the Braves leaves each of these teams as the only ones without a no-hitter, except for:
Mariners
Mets
Padres
Rays
 
18. Which of the following was not true of the 20-inning curiosity turned in by the Mets and Cardinals on Saturday?
The game was scoreless until the 19th
2 position players pitched
Three different Cardinals went 0-7
St. Louis stranded 22 runners
 
19. Faced with the prospect of falling to 0-2 in their series, these two teams each scored a late third-period goal before winning in overtime:
Blackhawks and Capitals
Sharks and Devils
Blackhawks and Devils
Sharks and Capitals
 
20. Which NHL or NBA franchise is making its first foray into the postseason process this year?
Thunder
Bobcats
Predators
Coyotes
 
21. Having broken up with NFL star Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian has been most recently canoodling with a athlete from which sport?
NASCAR racing
Soccer
Hockey
Alpine skiing
 
22. Kevin Garnett got his fanny tossed out of Game 1 against the Heat. What did he do to merit the ejection and subsequent one game suspension?
Kneed a Heat player in the groin
Got into a verbal confrontation with Miami's coach
Threw an elbow at a Heat player's head
Threw a basketball into the stands
 
23. Which NBA stud excelled at shooting baskets, recording 42 points in his team's first playoff game?
Manu Ginobili
LeBron James
Carmelo Anthony
Dirk Nowitzki
 
24. Good gravy. The startling case of former boxing champ Edwin Valero, accused of killing his wife, came to an unexpected end when:
His wife was found alive
He was shot dead by police
He committed suicide in jail
He was slain by his father
 
25. This NHL playoff goalie recorded 51 saves in a game over the weekend:
Marc-Andre Fleury
Martin Brodeur
Ryan Miller
Craig Anderson
 




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