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1. He probably won't lock up the Mike Leach vote, but that isn't stopping this ESPN college football analyst for running for Senate in Texas:
Kirk Herbstreit
Mark May
Lou Holtz
Craig James
 
2. This unusual factor delayed Monday night's Steelers-49ers game several times:
Power outage
Snow
Lightning
Fans abusing the pretzels on Free Pretzel Giveaway Day
 
3. Meanwhile, Monday saw highly ranked Kansas defeated by this school which has had its share of surprise March Madness success as of late:
Davidson
VCU
Butler
George Mason
 
4. We're pretty sure that a Yu Darvish is the villain in the upcoming James Bond film. So we're not sure why MLB club the ___________ not only entered but won the bidding war for him:
Blue Jays
Rangers
Red Sox
Angels
 
5. The other bit noteworthy MLB news from the week saw Carlos Beltran deciding to take his talents to:
St. Louis
Colorado
Cincinnati
Houston
 
6. The fine folks at the Associated Press deemed this the biggest sports story of 2011:
Packers win Super Bowl
the Penn State scandal
Cardinals win World Series
NBA lockout threatens season
 
7. Sex scandals continue to spread across sports, as this old-school sports writer has been accused of abuse back in the 1970s:
Bill Conlin
Bob Ryan
Peter Gammons
Len Shapiro
 
8. Say hey to your AP female athlete of the year:
Hope Solo
Paula Creamer
Abby Waumbach
Sue Bird
 
9. Meanwhile, the AP's Male Athlete of the Year also did this in 2011:
won the Cy Young Award
won the Masters
won the Super Bowl
won the NBA championship
 
10. If, and only if, you're the head man for this program, then you're the Associated Press Coach of the Year:
Alabama
LSU
Houston
Boise State
 
11. Not satisfied with the school sending itself to its room to think about what it's done, the NCAA penalized The Ohio State University with:
Placing the program on the death penalty
Barring the school from postseason play next year
Expelling it from the Big 10
Demoting it from FBS to FCS
 
12. NFL fans will be tinkled pink that February's upcoming Super Bowl will, for the first time:
Be played in Hawaii
Be broadcast without commercials
Be broadcast on two different networks simultaneously
Be streamed on the internet
 
13. The Man got up in the business of this prizefighter, who will be spending 90 days in the Big House:
Sugar Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Andrew Toney
 
14. Congratulations, LeBron James, you're out of the doghouse! A new poll revealed that this NBA dude supplanted BronBron as the most hated player in the Association:
Kevin Garnett
Ron Artest, whose new poser name we refuse to acknowledge
Kris Humphries
Bwhahahahaha, who are we kidding? LeBron is still the most hated player
 
15. Detractors of the Los Angeles Lakers will hope that the brief preseason struggles of the team foretell their regular season fortunes. The Lakers were swept in their two preseason games by:
The Trailblazers
The Clippers
The Nuggets
The Kings
 
16. Lakers star Kobe Bryant had a rough week, announcing his divorce and seeing his game affected by this injury:
Strained quad
Torn wrist ligament
Sprained ankle
Dislocated finger
 
17. Days before hitting the game-winning shot that put his Bulls past the Lakers on opening day, reigning MVP Derrick Rose signed a contract extension for:
10 years, $115 million
5 years, $94 million
5 years, $66 million
7 years, $105 million
 
18. Christmas Day saw each of the following NBA teams in action, except for:
The Celtics
The Knicks
The Thunder
The Spurs
 
19. As your momma always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then say to it David Stern. So it was no surprised that fans gathered for the Christmas day game at ________ loudly booed the NBA commish who was also in attendance:
Dallas
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
New York
 
20. Raising the world championship banner before the game, the defending NBA champs Mavericks enjoyed a finals rematch win over the Heat Sunday night. Right? Right??!
Right, Dallas cruised to a 112-85 victory
Right, Dallas won at the buzzer, 96-95
Wrong, Dallas lost narrowly 94-90
Wrong, they were generally manhandled and lost 105-94
 
21. This premiere underclassman quarterback announced this week plans to forgo the NFL draft and return to school for another year of learnin':
Robert Griffin III
Landry Jones
Matt Barkley
All three said they would be back
 
22. Boise State pummeled Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl, ending the college career of prolific Bronco quarterback Kellen Moore with this many victories to his resume:
50
47
53
55
 
23. Through the end of NFL Week 17, the champion of three of these divisions has yet to be decided. Which of the following is the only whose champ is set?
NFC South
AFC West
AFC North
NFC East
 
24. An double MCL/ACL injury not only ended the season of this premiere NFL rusher, but also calls into question his availability for next year as well:
Arian Foster
Maurice Jones-Drew
Rashard Mendenhall
Adrian Peterson
 
25. If you scored a touchdown this weekend by vaulting through the air, flipping over a defender at the goal line, and nailing a perfect landing, then you play for the:
Bengals
Broncos
Patriots
Giants
 




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