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| 1. | Let's start with an easy one. There was only one undefeated football team in NCAA Division 1-A College Football this year. Who was it? | ||
| Ball State | |||
| Boise State | |||
| Northern Illinois | |||
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Utah | ||
| 2. | At the beginning of the week, all four of these NFL coaches were gainfully employed. By the time we published this quiz, the only one who had not been canned was: | ||
| Mike Shanahan | |||
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Herm Edwards | ||
| Romeo Crennel | |||
| Eric Mangini | |||
| 3. | If, while watching the bowl game between Rutgers and NC State, you were eating foodstuff produced by the game's sponsor, you would have been enjoying: | ||
| Orange Juice, because it was the Sunkist Bowl | |||
| A chicken sandwich, because it was the Chik-fil-A Bowl | |||
| A juicy steak, because it was the Outback Bowl | |||
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Pizza, because it was the PapaJohns.com Bowl | ||
| 4. | Terrell Owens were called out by two former NFL standouts this week - one of which referred to him as a cancer, the other who said he wanted to "Shoot TO Right Now." Who were the two in question? | ||
| Emmitt Smith & Dan Marino | |||
| Sterling & Shannon Sharpe | |||
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Cris Carter & Terrell Davis | ||
| Warren Sapp & Joe Gibbs | |||
| 5. | NFL head Roger Goodell announced that the Pro Bowl would be moving through time and space in 2010, being scheduled the week before the Super Bowl and relocating from Hawaii to: | ||
| Las Vegas | |||
| Detroit | |||
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Miami | ||
| San Diego | |||
| 6. | The NHL held its Winter Classic on New Year's Day. Which field, usually home to baseball, hosted the outdoor event? | ||
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Wrigley | ||
| Busch | |||
| Fenway | |||
| Soldier | |||
| 7. | Two notable sports figures ran afoul of the law this week. Like rain on your wedding day, which race car driver was busted a second time for speeding? | ||
| Dario Franchitti | |||
| Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | |||
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Danica Patrick | ||
| Jimmie Johnson | |||
| 8. | Also busted by The Man was Charles Barkley, who was arrested for drunken driving. What unusual excuse did Sir Charles give for driving inebriated? | ||
| He punched out his designated driver | |||
| He had coupons to The Gap that expired on December 31 | |||
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He was off to meet a girl who had administered a special kind of lovin' to him a week earlier | ||
| He was late for a screening of Marley & Me | |||
| 9. | Thomas Jones got in some trouble while speaking on Fun 97 FM. Who was the subject of his ire? | ||
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Brett Favre | ||
| Eric Mangini | |||
| Chad Pennington | |||
| A-Rod | |||
| 10. | Why did Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Jeff Moorad resign this week? | ||
| He's being sued for sexual harassment by a male employee | |||
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He's buying the San Diego Padres | ||
| It was that or get fired | |||
| Like everyone else this off season, he's joining the Yankees | |||
| 11. | The PGA took the rare step of suspending someone this week. Who got sent to the stuffy white male penalty box? | ||
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John Daly | ||
| Nick Faldo | |||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
| Steve Williams (Tiger Woods' caddy) | |||
| 12. | The Boston Bruins had their ten-game winning streak ended on Saturday. When was their previous most recent ten-game winning streak? | ||
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1973 | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| December | |||
| 13. | Which of these NFL stars was involved in a domestic dispute this week? | ||
| Larry Fitzgerald | |||
| Peyton Manning | |||
| Michael Turner | |||
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1 & 3, but not 2 | ||
| 14. | Matt Ryan had an eventful week. Which of these did not happen to him over the past seven days? | ||
| Selected as the NFL Rookie of the Year | |||
| Set the playoff record for completions by a rookie in a single game | |||
| Threw an interception with his first playoff pass | |||
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Threw a pair of touchdown passes in the fourth quarter of his first playoff game | ||
| 15. | Prolific Texas Tech passer Graham Harrell set a trio of records during the Cotton Bowl game. Which of these was not one of them? | ||
| First player with multiple 5,000+ yard seasons | |||
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Most career passing yards | ||
| Most career touchdown passes | |||
| Most passing yards in a Cotton Bowl game | |||
| 16. | The Los Angeles Angels got 62 saves out of Francisco Rodriguez last year before he walked away in free agency. Who did they sign this past week to fill the massive void he left as closer? | ||
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Brian Fuentes | ||
| Kevin Gregg | |||
| Bobby Jenks | |||
| Joakim Soria | |||
| 17. | Fiesta Bowl officials were livid with this Ohio State player for not attending media day. Which Buckeye do we assume was holed up in his room playing Halo? | ||
| Malcolm Jenkins | |||
| James Laurinaitis | |||
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Terrelle Pryor | ||
| Beanie Wells | |||
| 18. | Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is arguably the most popular man in the NFL. Which of these teams has not interviewed him for their head coaching job? | ||
| Broncos | |||
| Browns | |||
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Chargers | ||
| Lions | |||
| 19. | At the end of the Colts/Chargers game, who wound up on John Madden's Horse Trailer as a player of the game? | ||
| QB Philip Rivers | |||
| P Mike Scifres | |||
| RB Darren Sproles | |||
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Options 2 and 3 but not 1 | ||
| 20. | In the biggest surprise of the basketball season to date, undefeated and unanimous #1 North Carolina was beaten on Sunday. Who went to Chapel Hill and punched them in the mouth? | ||
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Boston College | ||
| Duke | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
| Wake Forest | |||
| 21. | Which of these quarterbacks did not pass for at least 250 yards this weekend? | ||
| Peyton Manning | |||
| Donovan McNabb | |||
| Chad Pennington | |||
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Philip Rivers | ||
| 22. | Chad Pennington threw seven interceptions the entire regular season. How many interceptions did he throw on Sunday against the Ravens? | ||
| 0 | |||
| 2 | |||
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4 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 23. | There is a fine line between goat and hero in the playoffs. Which winning QB was 9/23 for 135 yards (a passer rating of 59.1)? | ||
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Joe Flacco | ||
| Donovan McNabb | |||
| Philip Rivers | |||
| Kurt Warner | |||
| 24. | This NBA player was called for traveling in a key situation that cost his team the game on Sunday. He later referred to his signature move as the "crap dribble". Who is it? | ||
| Dwight Howard | |||
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LeBron James | ||
| Chris Paul | |||
| Dwyane Wade | |||
| 25. | Which of these NFL teams did not win a playoff game this weekend? | ||
| Arizona | |||
| Baltimore | |||
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Minnesota | ||
| San Diego | |||
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