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1.	The 139th British Open was contested on the grounds of which course?
		Carnoustie
		Royal Birkdale
		Royal Troon
		St. Andrew's

2.	Some dude you've never heard of called Louis Oosthuizen ran away from the field, winning by approximately 27 strokes. Said dude hails from which country?
		South Africa
		Netherlands
		Belgium
		Canada

3.	Rory McIlroy was the story on the first day of the championship, tying a all-time Major record of a ______ before shooting a pedestrian ________ on Friday.
		62/79
		63/81
		63/80
		64/82

4.	The Home Run Derby was won by a heavy hitter who plays in the:
		AL East
		NL Central
		AL West
		NL East

5.	These two teams saw one of their hurlers named as the starting pitchers for the All-Star game:
		Cincinnati and Detroit
		Colorado and Tampa
		LA Angels and Cardinals
		Boston and Phillies

6.	Which of the following All-Star reserves played in the game on his home field?
		Paul Konerko
		Nick Swisher
		Torii Hunter
		Ty Wiggington

7.	One footnote of interest to the All-Star game is that it was the ___________ on record:
		Highest rated
		Fastest played
		Slowest played
		Lowest rated

8.	With just weeks before the college football season gears up, this University's team found itself rudderless, following the sudden retirement of its head coach.
		Army
		Vanderbilt
		BYU
		Purdue

9.	In other coaching news, the NFL team with these colors gave its head coach a contract extension through 2014:
		Black and gold
		Blue and orange
		Red and white
		Garnet and pewter
		*By way of explanation.....* Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin got the extention

10.	Which of these is true about the new NCAA basketball tournament bracket?
		The "First Four" games will be matchups of the lowest rated teams that make it.
		The top four seeds in each region gets a first round bye.
		The "First Four" games will include the last four at-large teams chosen
		The number one seeds will get byes in the first round

11.	OPJ has yet to be fined by David Stern, but it's probably only a matter of time. The NBA commish relieved Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert _________ for his comments following the LeBron James exodus.
		$50,000
		$250,000
		$500,000
		$100,000

12.	The Heat are not standing pat. Miami signed or re-signed each of the following this week, except for:
		Zydrunas Ilgauskas
		Mike Miller
		J.J. Redick
		Udonis Haslem

13.	"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'" Which NBA superstar spoke critically of the James-Wade-Bosh Axis of Evil this week?
		Michael Jordan
		Patrick Ewing
		David Robinson
		Dominique Wilkins

14.	OPJ is not written by Yankees fans, but we too mourn the passing of George Steinbrenner. On which sitcom was he memorably caricatured?
		Seinfeld
		Cheers
		Everybody Loves Raymond
		Friends

15.	This team walked away with the mildly coveted Outstanding Team award at the ESPY Awards this week:
		Los Angeles Lakers
		New Orleans Saints
		Chicago Blawkhawks
		Alabama Crimson Tide

16.	Which woman whose name has been in the sports pages a bit over the last year appeared thusly at the ESPYs?
		Lindsey Vonn
		Brooklyn Decker
		Marisa Miller
		Erin Andrews

17.	Australian cyclist Mark Renshaw was booted from the Tour de France this week after he employed this unusual maneuver:
		He was caught loosening the derailleur of a competitor's bike
		He head-butted a fellow racer
		He outfitted his bike with a small motor
		He tried to pull a Rosie Ruiz

18.	RIP to the man who played this manager of a cinematic baseball team:
		The Bad News Bears' Morris Buttermaker
		The Natural's Pop Fisher
		Major League's Lou Brown
		61*'s Ralph Houk

19.	This team has filed a complaint with Major League Baseball, saying its hitters are hit with too many pitches:
		Brewers
		Mets
		Braves
		Dodgers

20.	If your name is __________, then congratulations on hitting for the cycle this week!
		Jhonny Peralta
		Bengie Molina
		Matt Holliday
		Erick Aybar