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1. In a week dominated by concern over injuries sustained by ferocious hits, this dominant defender stated unapologetically: "There's a big difference between being hurt and being injured. You get hurt, you shake it off and come back the next series or the next game. I try to hurt people."
Ray Lewis
James Harrison
Brian Urlacher
Joey Porter
 
2. In one of the odder stories of the week, this former NFL player was arrested in a domestic violence case, then released, then drove his SUV off a cliff:
Rodney Harrison
Michael Irvin
Cornelius Bennett
Junior Seau
 
3. Congratulations, or perhaps condolences, should be sent to this man, named manager of the Seattle Mariners this week:
Bobby Valentine
Eric Wedge
Lloyd McClendon
Lou Pinella
 
4. Meanwhile, Mike Quade had the interim title removed and will remain the manager of this team next season
Chicago Cubs
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Arizona Diamondbacks
 
5. The Yankees' doom in the ALCS was perhaps foretold as this player's apparent home run was disallowed and ruled a foul ball after replay during game 4:
Derek Jeter
Lance Berkman
Mark Teixeira
Nick Swisher
 
6. We learned after game 5 of the NLCS that Roy Halladay pitched an additional four innings in the game after suffering this injury in the second inning:
Torn rotator cuff
Dislocated pinky on his glove hand
Strained groin
Broken toe
 
7. Add up the number of games that the Yankees and Phillies won in losing their respective League Championship Series, and you get this number:
7
3
6
4
 
8. This duo ran faster and jumped higher on their way to winning the MVP for the LCS's:
Bengie Molina and Cody Ross
Josh Hamilton and Cody Ross
Josh Hamilton and Tim Lincecum
Neftali Feliz and Aubrey Huff
 
9. Had the Yankees advanced to the World Series instead of Texas, they would have been without the services of this gentleman, lost to a unfinished chalupa hamstring injury.
Curtis Granderson
Lance Berkman
Mark Teixeira
Robinson Cano
 
10. This was the number of times the Yankees hilariously walked ALCS MVP Josh Hamilton intentionally in the decisive Game 6:
1
2
3
4
 
11. This basketball stud and all-around good guy agreed to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, provided that two of his lesser-known teammmates would be in the shot as well:
Derek Fisher
Ray Allen
Lamar Odom
Kevin Durant
 
12. Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien was suspended indefinitely for an altercation involving:
a player on the other team
a fan
his coach
a referee
 
13. Knicks boss James Dolan continues to prove that he's a peach of an owner by firing this broadcasting great as the team's play-by-play radio announcer:
Gus Johnson
Marv Albert
Jack Ramsay
Hubie Brown
 
14. In their first game as the #1 team in the land, Oregon pounded this Pac-10 rival 60-13:
Washington St.
Oregon St.
USC
UCLA
 
15. With Oklahoma meeting defeat at the hands of Missouri, this team is now #1 in the BCS rankings:
Oregon
Boise St.
Auburn
TCU
 
16. No wonder she stopped returning our calls. Los Angeles Laker Sasha Vujacic and this tennis star were engaged this week:
Carolina Wozniacki
Maria Sharapova
Ana Ivanovic
Anna Kournikova
 
17. The Heat and the Magic were scheduled to face each other in their final preseason game, but the game ended up being cancelled. Why?
Poor ticket sales at the neutral site
The floor was wet
There was a power outage at the arena
LeBron didn't feel like playing
 
18. This pair of Big 10 teams won largely to well-timed, well-executed fake punts on Saturday:
Illinois and Michigan State
Ohio State and Penn State
Wisconsin and Ohio State
Wisconsin and Michigan State
 
19. MMA badass Brock Lesnar had his lunch handed to him, getting pummeled by a man from this nation at UFC 121:
Japan
Canada
Mexico
France
 
20. Sent to his room to think about what he's done is the bozo punter for this team, arrested for public intoxication after he reportedly took a pre-dawn swim in a canal in a nightlife district:
Oakland
Indianapolis
Dallas
Miami
 
21. Also intent on running afoul of The Man is the tight end for this team, who missed Sunday's action after being arrested for drug possession Saturday night:
Falcons
Saints
Buccaneers
Texans
 
22. A scary incident from Sunday's NFL action saw a member of the chain crew being carted of the field after being hammered by a player going out of bounds. In which city did this take place?
New Orleans
Chicago
Baltimore
Kansas City
 
23. This team did its best Keystone Kops, securing a loss thanks to three lost fumbles, an interception and a missed game-tying field goal attempt.
Denver
San Diego
Chicago
San Francisco
 
24. Some showoff playing for this NFL team grabbed four interceptions by himself on Sunday:
Oakland
Tennessee
New England
Washington
 
25. Kudos to this Big East men's basketball coach, who played Good Samaritan as he happened by a traffic accident:
Jamie Dixon
Jim Boeheim
John Thompson III
Rick Pitino
 




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