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1.	Who beat a #1 seed in the U.S. Open?
		Robin Soderling
		Venus Williams
		Vera Zvonareva
		Roger Federer

2.	The nationalities of those competing in the semifinals of the men's and women's singles at the US Open included each of the following, except for:
		Belgian
		French
		Denmark
		Spain

3.	The Labor Day Boise State-Virginia Tech was played on neither school's home turf, but rather in this city:
		Seattle
		Washington, DC
		Philadelphia
		Dallas

4.	If you're still the captain of your NFL team, please step forward. Not so fast,
		Tom Brady
		Ben Roethlisberger
		Matthew Stafford
		Alex Smith

5.	CC Sabathia was denied his 20th victory, and 22nd straight Yankee Stadium victory as the pinstripes lost to the:
		Mariners
		Rangers
		Orioles
		Tigers

6.	Which MLB milestone was passed this weekend?
		500th career stolen base
		500th career stolen base
		250th career win
		600 career saves
		*By way of explanation.....* The Brewers' Trevor Hoffman logged 600 saves this week

7.	A steal of home Thursday night provided this surging team with the margin of victory in a 6-5 home win:
		Twins
		Rays
		Giants
		Rockies

8.	Quickly enforcing his resume in the Sports Idiot of the Year contest, Floyd Mayweather was arrested this week on suspicion of:
		Illegally carrying a firearm
		Possession of controlled substances
		Texting while driving
		Grand larceny

9.	Uh-oh. A coach at this SEC university admitted providing the NCAA misleading and incorrect information regarding an investigation regarding recruiting practices:
		Florida
		Alabama
		Tennessee
		Kentucky

10.	Meanwhile, a NCAA basketball recruit for this school has reportedly been on the payroll of a Turkish pro team:
		Kentucky
		North Carolina
		Memphis
		Flodia State

11.	After losing a heartbreaker to Boise St., Virginia Tech took solace in a cupcake. Unfortunately, the cupcake turned out to be this FCS powerhouse who took them down 21-16.
		Appalachian St.
		James Madison
		George Mason
		William & Mary

12.	Each of these were weekend matchup of ranked college football teams. Which game was decided by the greatest number of points?
		Oklahoma-Florida State
		Ohio State-Miami
		Alabama-Penn State
		South Carolina-Georgia

13.	This was the setting for NASCAR's final race before the Chase for the Cup begins:
		Watkins Glen
		Pocono
		Richmond
		Chicagoland

14.	Nuts to this driver, who, unlike the other three listed, didn't qualify for the Chase for the Championship:
		Jeff Gordon
		Denny Hamlin
		Jimmie Johnson
		Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

15.	Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson just might be okay at this football thing. He piled up ____ combined yards, which was more than some entire teams:
		383
		497
		502
		514

16.	Regardless of whether or not you were ready for some football, the first touchdown of the NFL season was scored by:
		Marques Colston
		Devery Henderson
		Reggie Bush
		Visanthe Shiancoe

17.	Atlanta became the first team to lose an overtime game this year, losing the game on a:
		Short touchdown pass
		Long touchdown run
		Long field goal
		Punt return for touchdown

18.	Three NFL head coaches logged their first game for new teams on Sunday. Which lost?
		Chan Gailey
		Pete Carroll
		Mike Shanahan
		None of the three lost

19.	Only one of these teams can still cling to the dream of an undefeated season following Week 1:
		Buffalo
		Indianapolis
		Carolina
		Tennessee

20.	This is the only country below that was not in the United States' path of destruction on their way to the FIBA World Championship.:
		Turkey
		Lithuania
		Angola
		Serbia

21.	Here at OPJ, we're fans of the walk off, the walk off walk and especially the balk off. But we need a new term for what happened Saturday night when Yankees closer Mariano Rivera ended the game by plunking a batter with the bases loaded, giving the win to:
		Texas
		Tampa Bay
		Toronto
		Kansas City

22.	Fantasy owners who started either of these quarterbacks who didn't finish the game will curse the day they set their lineups:
		Matthew Stafford & Kyle Orton
		Kevin Kolb & Matthew Stafford
		Jason Campbell & Kevin Kolb
		Jason Campbell & Kyle Orton

23.	A pick-six and a kickoff return for touchdown were part of this team's statement victory on Sunday:
		Jaguars
		Cardinals
		Packers
		Patriots

24.	Say hey to the NFL Week 1 passing leader (through Sunday's action):
		Carson Palmer
		Derek Anderson
		Sam Bradford
		Peyton Manning

25.	And kudos to Mr. ________, who was the Week 1 rushing leader:
		Rashard Mendenhall
		Maurice Jones-Drew
		Arian Foster
		Chris Johnson

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