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1. Thanks to a fortitude-fortified shot from deep in the trees on the second playoff hole, Bubba "Tom" Watson won the Masters. Who did he defeat in the playoff?
Rory McIlroy
Fred Couples
Lee Westwood
Louis Oosthuizen
 
2. Mr. Oosthuizen was in the playoff with Bubba largely thanks to this rather insane feat:
three consecutive eagles
an albatross
a hole in one
ten consecutive birdies
 
3. Meanwhile, this dude would have won, had it not for the small affair of that triple bogey notched on the 6th hole of the fourth round:
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Martin Kaymer
Matt Kuchar
 
4. The list of the top teams in each conference as of the end of the NHL regular season is as follows:
Flyers and Black Hawks
Rangers and Canucks
Bruins and Red Wings
Blues and Devils
 
5. Meanwhile, welcome to the 2012 NHL Playoffs to those qualifying teams....whoa, not so fast there......
Washington Capitols
Nashville Predators
Colorado Avalanche
Pittsburgh Penguins
 
6. And speaking of hockey, we're back to the whole states-that-aren't-really-states thing. Ferris State came up just short in the college hockey Frozen Four, losing the championship game to this more established power:
Maine
Denver
Boston College
Minnesota
 
7. Say hey to this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, who turned in the most impressive 1-for-10-from-the-field game you'll ever see:
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Anthony Davis
Marquis Teague
Doron Lamb
 
8. In rolling to the NCAA title, the Wildcats amassed this record, the most wins in history:
36-1
35-2
34-3
38-2
 
9. Meanwhile, the Baylor women finish with a perfect record, piling up these many wins during their historic season:
40
42
36
33
 
10. If you work for this company, then you're the new supplier of uniforms to the NFL:
Nike
Under Armor
Reebok
Converse
 
11. The new Nike designs are virtually identical to previous uniforms, except for those of this team, who decided that bold day-glo colors were in this year:
Denver
Seattle
Buffalo
Jacksonville
 
12. Morris Claiborne, who played college ball at this school, and - it just so happens in our guest editor this week - scored a historic low 4 on his Wonderlic test this week:
BYU
Notre Dame
LSU
USC
 
13. According to this quarterback, this quarterback is the best QB in the NFL, says this quarterback:
Joe Flacco
Aaron Rodgers
Eli Manning
Tom Brady
 
14. A motorcycle accident while he was driving with his new departmental hire/mistress has left this school's college football coach with a lot of 'splainin' to do.....
Cal
Arkansas
Louisville
Connecticut
 
15. The baseball season got off to a rocky start for some players. This team will have to begin the season without its closer, who screwed up his thumb right before season's opening:
San Francisco
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Miami
 
16. But that's not nearly as harrowing as having cops show up to your home and pull a gun on you....just ask:
Ben Francisco
Michael Young
Johan Santana
Torii Hunter
 
17. The sole game played on MLB's "opening night" was contested here:
Miami
St. Louis
Texas
Detroit
 
18. Cleveland and Toronto were so glad to be back playing baseball that they decided to go this many innings in their opening game, an MLB record:
13
14
16
18
 
19. After a wacky opening weekend of baseball, all of the teams below are undefeated except for:
New York Mets
Arizona
Baltimore
Houston
 
20. On the other hand, which three of the below are trying the novel approach to securing a division championship without, you know, winning a single game as of Sunday?
Red Sox
Yankees
Braves
Pirates
 




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