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1. If your racing team kicked your sorry ass to the curb this week, then you have a surprising amount in common with this petulant NASCAR driver:
Denny Hamlin
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Kurt Busch
Tony Stewart
 
2. Cheers to this year's Heisman winner, whose play guided the fortunes of the __________ this season:
Cardinal
Tigers
Badgers
Bears
 
3. Also on-hand to see Robert Griffin III win the stiff-arm trophy were each of these following finalists, except for:
Tyron Mathieu
Andre Luck
Montee Ball
Case Keenum
 
4. Your 2011 Sports Illustrated Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year are:
A swimmer and a gymnast
Both basketball coaches
A football player and a softball player
Both soccer players
 
5. You know that Albert Pujols signed a megastupendous deal with the Los Angeles Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles this week. But the Angels also secured the services of a highly sought-after free agent:
Pitcher
Shortstop
Outfielder
Third baseman
 
6. The MLB winter meetings were marked with lots of subtle little deals. This team saw fit to shower Mr. Jose Reyes with $106 million over the next six years:
Texas
Chicago Cubs
Royals
Miami
 
7. Also donning the weird new Miami Marlins uniforms next year will be this prize pitcher:
Roy Oswalt
Javier Vasquez
Mark Buehrle
Hiroki Kuroda
 
8. We learned this week that a well-known baseball player tested positive for PEDs and now faces a 50 game suspension. Say, that player couldn't have been recently-announced NL MVP Ryan Braun, right? Right??
Right, it was Matt Holliday
Right, it was Ryan Howard
Right, it was Dustin Pedroia
Wrong
 
9. This struggling NFL franchise was kneecapped further when its starting tight end was suspended for the rest of the season for violating the league's substance abuse policy:
Tampa Bay
Washington
Kansas City
Indianapolis
 
10. Congratulations to these smarty pants, ranked in the college basketball AP poll for the first time in history:
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Cornell
 
11. This many players were handed suspensions by their teams as a result of a fracas between Xavier and Cincinnati:
4
6
8
10
 
12. College basketball delivered a thriller on Saturday as Indiana knocked off #1 Kentucky thanks to a:
Blocked shot at the buzzer
10-1 run to end regulation
Pair of free throws in double overtime
3 pointer at the buzzer
 
13. The same day as Kentucky lost, #2 Ohio State was also knocked off at the hands of this team:
Syracuse
Kansas
UCLA
Alabama
 
14. Don't drink and drive, kids. Just ask this now former EPSN analyst, booted by Bristol after driving while intoxicated:
Barry Melrose
Trent Dilfer
Stephen A. Smith
Matthew Barnaby
 
15. NHL bigshots announced this measure that will greatly change the game:
A team quota of non-US players
Season-long bans for concussion-inducing hits
Elimination of an entire round of playoffs
Realignment into four conferences
 
16. If you acted fast then week, then you could have been among the public shareholders of this sports franchise, which re-issued stock:
Green Bay Packers
New York Yankees
L.A. Galaxy
Golden State Warriors
 
17. Thanks to a new slate of team signed to the conference this week, the Big East will have nationwide reach. Which of the following is not one of the new entrants?
Boise State
Central Florida
Navy
San Diego State
 
18. All good things must come to an end, and thus this team put an end to the Bruins' 15 game win streak this week:
Jets
Penguins
Red Wings
Ducks
 
19. Okay, so we all know that the trade that would have sent Chris Paul from the Hornets to the Lakers was axed by the NBA, blah blah blah. Do you remember the third team involved in the deal?
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Memphis
 
20. When the Chris Paul kerfuffle was finally killed with fire, the Lakers had sent Kardashian boy-toy Lamar Odom to:
Denver
Milwaukee
Dallas
Portland
 
21. Navy's triumph over Army was their _____ consecutive win in the series:
8th
9th
10th
11th
 
22. Network cameras caught this NFL signalcaller and a team assistant coach having a seriously heated sideline argument during the fourth quarter on Sunday:
Drew Brees
Tom Brady
Eli Manning
Aaron Rodgers
 
23. Calls for suspension rained down after this Steeler delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on Browns QB Colt McCoy on Thursday night:
James Harrison
Troy Polamalu
Lamarr Woodley
Will Allen
 
24. Hold up two fingers on each hand. Now, count. That's how many yards of offense this NFL team amassed in the first half on Sunday:
Chicago
Atlanta
Kansas City
San Francisco
 
25. "The replay system has malfunctioned," a referee announced, thereby disallowing a challenge request during this game on Sunday
Oakland-Green Bay
Washington-New England
Dallas-New York Giants
Philadelphia-Miami
 




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