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1. Thanks to impressive wins the week before, the UConn men's basketball team went from being unranked to landing at this spot in this week's AP poll:
#5
#12
#15
#7
 
2. Texas Christian won't earn a spot in the BCS Championship game. But the school made news this week by announcing that it will join this conference in all sports starting in 2012:
Mountain West
Big East
Pac 10
Big 12
 
3. The total number of games for which the NFL suspended Andre Johnson and Courtland Finnegan for their fight last weekend?
0
6
4
8
 
4. Troy Tulowitzki can now buy approximately half of the city of Denver, thanks to the new mega contract he signed this week that will keep him a Rockie for the next _______ years:
5
15
10
8
 
5. Meanwhile, the Yankees reached deals with stalwarts Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera for how many years, respectively?
3 and 3
3 and 2
4 and 3
6 and 3
 
6. The other big MLB transaction from this week resulted in San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez being traded - no, he wasn't - wait, yes he was - to which team?
Texas
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Boston
 
7. Meanwhile, former Phillie Jayson Werth will be enjoying a $126 million contract over the next seven years playing for:
An AL West team
An NL Central team
An AL Central team
A rival NL East team
 
8. Derek Anderson will forever be immortalized on YouTube for an expletive-laden tirade after a reporter asked why he was seen ____________ on the sidelines during a 27-6 defeat at the hands of the 49ers during Monday Night Football:
crying
laughing
begging to be taken out of the game
pouring Gatorade on the coach
 
9. Buffalo's Steve Johnson, coming off a disastrous game last weekend, took to Twitter to blame whom for his woes this week?
His wife
Barack Obama
His parents
God
 
10. Your 2010 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the year is:
Jimmie Johnson
Drew Brees
Mike Krzyzewski
Roy Halladay
 
11. This educational/military establishment will be going to a bowl for the first time in 14 years after accepting an invitation to the Armed Forces Bowl this week?
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard Academy
 
12. Having given the boot to Joe Morgan and Jon Miller, ESPN announced a new broadcast team for Sunday Night Baseball next season. Which of the following will not be in the booth?
Rob Dibble
Dan Shulman
Orel Hershiser
Bobby Valentine
 
13. The annual ACC/Big 10 Challenge was played this week. The challenge ended with which conference prevailing by which margin?
7-4 in favor of the Big 10
8-3 for the ACC
6-5 for the ACC
6-5 in favor of the Big 10
 
14. Kansas extended its home court winning streak this week, but it was a close affair, as the Jayhawks sank one of two free throws with less than a second left in regulation to defeat:
Syracuse
Texas A&M
UCLA
Memphis
 
15. The host cities for the next two World Cups were announced this week. If you want to catch the 2018 Cup, start making your travel arrangements for:
South Korea
Russia
Australia
Italy
 
16. ...and you'll have an additional four years to plan your trip to see the 2022 Cup to be played in:
United States
Qatar
Turkey
Mexico
 
17. A gentleman named James Brooks on the Arizona State football team performed this feat at the end of regulation to send the game against Arizona into overtime and then did it again in OT to seal the victory:
kicked a 50-yard field goal
blocked an extra point attempt
sacked the quarterback for a safety
returned a fumble for a touchdown
 
18. Take that, Cleveland's beliefs! LeBron James scored this many points, and personally pantsed each of the Cavaliers players, in three quarters of action in the Heat-Cavs game this week:
24
38
42
30
 
19. Cheers to the ladies from this school, who won the Division I women's soccer championship this week:
Maryland
North Carolina
UCLA
Notre Dame
 
20. The number of the counting shall equal the number of touchdowns Cam Newton accounted for in the SEC Championship this weekend, and the number of the counting shall be:
6
8
4
3
 
21. Which of the following did not lose a conference championship game this weekend?
Florida State
South Carolina
Nebraska
West Virginia
 
22. A highly regarded player/announcer closely associated with this team died during the week:
Cubs
Cardinals
Royals
Orioles
By way of explanation.....
RIP Ron Santo
 
23. Continuing to record turnovers against Dallas on Sunday, Peyton Manning has now thrown this many interceptions during his last three games:
15
6
9
11
 
24. We hear it's lovely this time of year in this country, winners of the Davis Cup for the first time in history:
Serbia
France
Argentina
Spain
 
25. For our contractually obligated hockey question, Sidney Crosby scored a point in his 15th straight game as the Penguins crushed Columbus for their ____ straight victory:
6th
7th
8th
9th
 




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