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1. If you had this team's rookie Mikel LeShoure on your fantasy roster, then you were most likely left scrambling, as the running back is out for the season with a torn Achilles.
Detroit
San Diego
Seattle
Washington
 
2. This longtime college football coach had to miss time from the sidelines after getting blow'd up by one of his wide receivers at practice:
Steve Spurrier
Joe Paterno
Mack Brown
Howard Schnellenberger
 
3. This international soccer team made all sorts of weird news this week, defeating a field of 108 Chinese children (but only by a score of 2-1) just before signing a 7 year-old child to a contract:
Real Madrid
Barcelona
AC Milan
Manchester United
 
4. Mired in a 10-game losing streak, the Pirates finally got off the schnide with a victory over:
San Diego
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Chicago
 
5. Now that Chad Ochocinco is a Patriot, he'll need a new place to stay. He announced that for the first few weeks of the season, he'll live:
with Tom Brady
with a fan
with Bill Belichek
at a five star hotel at the Pats' expense
 
6. This highly ranked college football team saw its national title hopes dashed when its star linebacker went down for the most of the season with a broken foot:
Oregon
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arkansas
 
7. When LeBron James submits his "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" report, it will most likely include mention of this legendary NBA big man, who has been working with LeBron in secret:
Patrick Ewing
Bill Walton
Bill Russell
Hakeem Olajuwon
 
8. This team gained an extra year of free agency against its star running back, who lost the year by holding out past the stated deadline:
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Houston
Kansas City
 
9. By virtue of his winning the PGA Championship this week, we are now aware that this dude, you know, exists:
Jason Dufner
Anders Hansen
D.A. Points
Keegan Bradley
 
10. If you watched the PGA Championship live and in person, then there's a very, very good chance that you found yourself in this state at some point during the four days:
Colorado
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
 
11. The first round of the PGA Championship belonged to Steve Stricker, who had an insanely low round of:
62
63
64
65
 
12. Rory McIlroy struggled through the PGA Championship after injuring his ________ in the first round:
knee
wrist
hand
ankle
 
13. So, Tiger Woods, playing in the PGA Championship, was obviously in contention most of the weekend. Right? Right??
Right, but he had a poor third round.
Right, though he was over par on Sunday.
Right, he finished in the top ten.
Wrong, he missed the cut.
 
14. The news wasn't any better for Eldrick off the course, as this sponsor gave Woods the boot after 10 years as its spokesperson.
Gatorade
Nike
Gillette
Tag Heuer
 
15. A report in ESPN the Magazine suggests that this team has a mysterious "man in white" stealing signs from the outfield, leading to a much larger rate of hits for its sluggers:
Detroit
New York Yankees
Toronto
Oakland
 
16. Dust off that resume, this notable football school is looking for a new athletic director after firing theirs this week:
Auburn
Alabama
Boise State
USC
 
17. The PR dude for this NFL franchise got involved with fans in a test Twitter throwdown this week. Let's see if his strategy works:
Jets
Giants
Dolphins
Cowboys
 
18. Aww, that crazy Carlos Zambrano. After a rocky outing against this team where he was ejected, he cleaned out his locker and declared his retirement:
Braves
Brewers
Marlins
Cardinals
By way of explanation.....
The Cubs responded by effectively retiring him for 30 days.
 
19. Obviously, you follow the Arena Bowl as much as we do, so you'll know that this team triumphed for their first championship in a 73-70 barnburner:
Arizona Rattlers
Jacksonville Sharks
Tampa Bay Storm
Philadelphia Soul
By way of explanation.....
We lied, we had to look the winner up too.
 
20. Dear Robert "Sandy" Vietze,

Since you saw fit to do this onboard a flight this week, we're handing your ass to you.

Regards,
The US Ski Team
Made lurid remarks to a flight attendant
Tried to access the cabin
Urinated on a fellow passenger
Tried to open the emergency door
 
21. The biggest college football news of the week was whether or not Texas A&M would be headed to this conference, none of which makes any sort of geographical sense:
Big Ten
SEC
Big East
Pac-10, er, 12
 
22. This notorious basketball star was surprisingly gracious during his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame during the weekend:
Dennis Rodman
Bill Laimbeer
Karl Malone
Scottie Pippen
 
23. Dan Uggla has been on fire for the last month, but his incredibly long hitting stream came to an end on Sunday. How many games did he rack up before it ended?
31
32
33
34
 
24. OPJ spent most of the week playing the demo to Madden 12 on our XBox 360. Which teams are you able to play as in the demo?
Green Bay/Chicago
Green Bay/Pittsburgh
Philadelphia/New York Giants
Dallas/New England
 
25. This team, which played the whole game without its usual starting quarterback, still managed to hang 47 points on its opponent during its preseason opener:
New England
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
 




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