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ummmm . . .clausen didn't go to the afc north. he was selected by the panthers in the nfc south.
barflybzzz 4/26/10 8:59 am
I agree with barfly. As a fan of the current Super Bowl champions I know who our divisional opponents drafted almost as well as our own draft choices.
Angryyouth 4/26/10 9:05 am
right, angry . . .and as a long-suffering fan of the Browns, i think the quiz writer confused Colt McCoy with Clausen.
barflybzzz 4/26/10 11:17 am
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| 1. | It took us exactly 2 hours, 5 minutes and 52 seconds to write this quiz. Coincidence or not, that was also the precise, record-setting winning time in the men's division of the Boston Marathon. The race was won by a resident of: | ||
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Kenya | ||
| South Africa | |||
| USA | |||
| Ethiopia | |||
| 2. | As the marathon was being run, the Red Sox played in their traditional Patriots Day game, and were subsequently taken to the woodshed by this divisional foe: | ||
| Yankees | |||
| Blue Jays | |||
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Rays | ||
| Orioles | |||
| 3. | In even more bad news for the Red Sox, this Boston player suffered an abdominal tear and will be sidelined anywhere from 4-6 weeks: | ||
| Marco Scutaro | |||
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Mike Cameron | ||
| Mike Lowell | |||
| Jacoby Ellsbury | |||
| 4. | The last few weeks have brought a steady stream of news about standout college basketball players declaring for the NBA draft. Which of the following collegians delighted followers of his team by announcing that he'll return to school next year? | ||
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Kyle Singler | ||
| Evan Turner | |||
| Greg Monroe | |||
| A.J. Ogilvy | |||
| 5. | Eric Gagne was the most automatic closer in the game for three years before injuries and (perhaps HGH) derailed his career. He hung it up this week at the age of 34. Which of these teams did he not play for in his career? | ||
| Dodgers | |||
| Red Sox | |||
| Brewers | |||
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Indians | ||
| 6. | NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell dropped the hammer on Ben Roethlisberger this week, suspending him for how many games for violation of the league's personal conduct policy? | ||
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| 5 | |||
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6 | ||
| 7 | |||
| 7. | In NFL draft news, which conference absolutely dominated the top of the draft, with the top four selections and five of the top 6? | ||
| ACC | |||
| SEC | |||
| Big 10 | |||
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Big 12 | ||
| 8. | On the other side of the coin, Weber State wide receiver Tim Toone was this year's Mr. Irrelevant. Which lowly team picked him? | ||
| Kansas City | |||
| St. Louis | |||
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Detroit | ||
| Washington | |||
| 9. | One of the big stories of the draft was fall of Jimmy Claussen. The former Irish quarterback finally was selected in the middle of the second round by a team playing in which division? | ||
| NFC West | |||
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NFC South | ||
| AFC West | |||
| AFC North | |||
| 10. | Here's an odd bit of MLB trivia for you. On Monday, two separate teams set franchise records for smallest home crowds ever (on a day when both home teams won, no less). Which two teams played to historically sparse crowds? | ||
| Florida and Milwaukee | |||
| Baltimore and Chicago (Cubs) | |||
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Toronto and Washington | ||
| San Francisco and Kansas City | |||
| 11. | Star women's golfer Lorena Ochoa announced her retirement this week at the ripe old age of: | ||
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28 | ||
| 32 | |||
| 34 | |||
| 36 | |||
| 12. | OPJ was saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Keli McGregor, the president of this baseball team: | ||
| Kansas City | |||
| Tampa Bay | |||
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Colorado | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| 13. | This man is now a two-time Defensive Player of the Year award winner | ||
| Kevin Garnett | |||
| Josh Smith | |||
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Dwight Howard | ||
| Gerald Wallace | |||
| 14. | Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon got in a little hot water with the league over his choice of wardrobe during games. What has he been wearing that the league decided had to go (before they okay'd it after all)? | ||
| a batting helmet | |||
| the number 0 on his uniform | |||
| a suit | |||
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a hoodie | ||
| 15. | 50 was a significant number in the last week in sports news. Why? | ||
| It was the number of points that Paul Pierce scored in a NBA playoff game | |||
| It was the number of consecutive scoreless innings that Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez pitched | |||
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It was the number of games a MLB pitcher was suspended for PED use | ||
| It is the current number of winless starts Jeff Gordon has made | |||
| 16. | The 2010-11 NFL season will kick off with a rematch of this stellar post-season game: | ||
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Vikings-Saints | ||
| Saints-Colts | |||
| Ravens-Patriots | |||
| Cardinals-Packers | |||
| 17. | The Red Sox beat the Rangers 7-6 on Tuesday despite doing what? | ||
| Hitting into four double plays | |||
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Allowing 9 stolen bases | ||
| Getting behind 6-0 | |||
| Being up 7-0 and allowing 6 runs in the 9th | |||
| 18. | This city with a team in the NBA playoffs is home to the Association's Coach of the Year: | ||
| Phoenix | |||
| Portland | |||
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Oklahoma City | ||
| Cleveland | |||
| 19. | After a lackluster start to the season, this star pitcher has been banished to a (temporary) bullpen role: | ||
| Ben Sheets | |||
| Scott Kazmir | |||
| Jon Lester | |||
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Carlos Zambrano | ||
| 20. | Which figure important to the Olympics died this week? | ||
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IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch | ||
| Dick Fosbury, inventor of the Fosbury Flop | |||
| Former USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth | |||
| Controversial distance runner Zola Budd | |||
| 21. | After much hullabaloo, the NCAA will likely expand the men's basketball tournament to allow this many teams: | ||
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68, creating four play-in games instead of one | ||
| 72, with first round byes for 8 teams | |||
| 96, with first round byes for 32 teams | |||
| 128, the total number of teams in the NCAA tournament, NIT, CBI and CIT combined | |||
| 22. | Thursday saw the Yankees do something for the first time since 1968. What was it? | ||
| Get shut out in 3 consecutive games | |||
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Turn a triple play | ||
| Stole home | |||
| Had a game postponed because of snow | |||
| 23. | In a score more fitting a football game, which MLB club got absolutely slobberknockered by a score of 20-0 on Thursday? | ||
| Cleveland | |||
| Florida | |||
| Seattle | |||
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Pittsburgh | ||
| 24. | If you had money on this team winning the Stanley Cup, then nuts to you, as the team was the first one eliminated from the NHL playoffs: | ||
| Ottawa | |||
| Colorado | |||
| Nashville | |||
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New Jersey | ||
| 25. | The name Chris Jakubauskas is fun to say, but he wasn't having much fun as was hit in the head with a line drive in the first inning of his first start. What team does he play for? | ||
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Pittsburgh | ||
| Houston | |||
| Philadelphia | |||
| Baltimore | |||
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