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1. We all hope you fired off a few rounds in honor of Plaxico Burress's release from prison. How long did he spend in the pokey?
6 months
12 months
18 months
20 months
 
2. In the next NFL season, whenever that is, you might hear this familiar voice calling a game if you're watching CBS:
Marv Albert
John Madden
Pat Summerall
Gus Johnson
 
3. Due to shenanigans and the ineligibility of one player, the BCS stripped this school of their 2004 national championship:
USC
Florida
Ohio State
Alabama
 
4. They held the totally exciting Draft Of Guys You Won't Hear About For Few Years, If Ever this week. It's also known as the MLB Draft. Those in the know will tell you that this school is where two of the first three selections came from:
Florida
USC
UCLA
Florida St.
 
5. Mark Jackson's never coached before, but that didn't stop this team from hiring him:
Sacramento
Los Angeles Clippers
Golden State
Los Angeles Lakers
 
6. If you enjoy lots of scoring in your hockey, you really enjoyed Game 3 which saw the Bruins whomp the Canucks by this score:
6-0
7-2
9-1
8-1
 
7. OPJ notes that there has not yet been a Triple Crown in its lifetime. We knew that streak would continue going into the Belmont Stakes, but which horse won that race?
Shackleford
Animal Kingdom
Ruler on Ice
Mucho Macho Man
 
8. In addition to the head coach, this member of the Ohio State football team won't be returning next season either:
the quarterback
the running back
the athletic director
the wide receiver
 
9. This Yankee pitcher's season is over as Tommy John surgery (not surgery performed by Tommy John) awaits:
Phil Hughes
Bartolo Colon
A.J. Burnett
Joba Chamberlain
 
10. All MLB managers who were not fired this week, take a step forward. Oooh, not so fast:
Mike Quade
Brad Mills
Bob Geren
Ron Gardenhire
 
11. Congrats to Tony LaRussa for setting this managerial milestone on Friday:
2,500th victory
150th ejection
2500th loss
5,000th game managed
 
12. This sport bandied about the idea of league realignment, which would eliminate divisions and just create two large leagues:
NBA
MLB
NFL
NHL
 
13. This is your quarterly reminding that racecar spelled backwards is still racecar. This gentleman won this weekend's competition at Pocono Raceway:
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Carl Edwards
 
14. A messy situation at this school finally ended with the head coach's resignation:
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Clemson
 
15. Excuse us a moment while we bask in some schadenfreude. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Okay, we're good. Who was MVP of the NBA Finals?
Jason Kidd
J.J. Barea
Dirk Nowitzski
Jason Terry
 
16. There might not be a football season, but there will still be a new Madden football game. Three of these footballers appeared at E3 this week to promote the upcoming game. Who wasn't there?
Clay Matthews
Troy Polamalu
Peyton Hills
Ray Lewis
 
17. When these two schools meet in the upcoming college football season, the players will be wearing "retro" jerseys:
Michigan/Ohio State
Army/Navy
Florida/Georgia
Michigan/Notre Dame
 
18. A dump truck full of money gave the television rights for every Olympics until 2020 to this network:
Fox
NBC
ESPN
Versus
 
19. The United States was upset in group play in something called the Gold Cup, losing 2-1 to this country
Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
Canada
Guadalupe
 
20. Hey, remember when the Red Sox were 0-6? They now have the best record in the American League after winning their 9th straight and completing a sweep of the Blue Jays by scoring this many runs in three games:
24
27
31
35
 




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