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1.	HWDYK staff member and (un?)apologetic Broncos fan Jim Van Nest learned this week that Denver had hired, as its head coach and defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and former head-coach from which teams, respectively?
		Miami and Tampa Bay
		New England and San Francisco
		New York Jets and Indianapolis
		Baltimore and Dallas

2.	Even haters of this NFL team have respect for its classy head coach, who retired after seven years with the team:
		Indianapolis Colts
		Cincinnati Bengals
		Tampa Bay Buccaneers
		Carolina Panthers

3.	The Orlando Magic scorched the Sacramento Kings 139-107 on Tuesday night. In the process, the Magic set which NBA record?
		Most points in first quarter
		Most 3-pointers made
		Most players in double figures
		Most Meadowlark Lemon-style passes completed

4.	High-profile college quarterbacks Sam Bradford (Oklahoma) and Mark Sanchez (USC) announced their intentions for the NFL draft this week. Which is correct?
		Both are declaring for the draft
		Bradford declared for the draft, Sanchez will return next year
		Bradford will be back next year, Sanchez declared for the draft
		Both will be back in college next year

5.	This week, the man who is nicknamed after this cinematic villain
		Scored his 1,000th NHL goal
		Got a technical foul for running onto the court during an NBA game
		Was fired from his NFL head coaching position
		Saw his college basketball team beat Georgetown

6.	Which influential sports head man revealed that he had cancer?
		NCAA president Myles Brand
		NHL commissioner Gary Betman
		PGA tour commissioner Tim Finchem
		Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban

7.	Kentucky basketball player Jodie Meeks broke school legend Dan Issel's 39-year-old record for points scored in a game. How many points did he get to break the record?
		48
		51
		54
		61

8.	Scott Linehan is taking next season off from the NFL. We know this because first he was fired from the St. Louis Rams, and now he has turned down this team for their offensive coordinator position:
		Kansas City Chiefs
		New York Jets
		Oakland Raiders
		San Francisco 49ers

9.	Prior to this week, if you had claimed you knew who Raheem Morris is, we would have thought you were lying. But now you know him as...
		the chauffeur of Eddy Curry
		the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs
		the head coach of the Golden State Warriors
		the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10.	Dave Kuchinsky, the former chauffeur for Eddy Curry, has sued him for all of the following except:
		Owing him $98,000 in back pay
		Running him over with a car
		Soliciting sexual favors from him
		Utilizing racial slurs on a regular basis

11.	The #1 team in college basketball got beaten this week. Who knocked Pittsburgh out of the ranks of the unbeaten?
		Boston College
		Louisville
		Memphis
		Syracuse

12.	Even an 0-16 NFL football team can coax someone to coach them. Which extremely optimistic man is ready to turn around the worst team in the NFL?
		Raheem Morris
		Bill Romanowski
		Jim Schwartz
		Steve Spagnuolo

13.	Steve Spagnuolo is the new head coach of the St. Louis Rams. Congrats? What successful team did the man called "Spags" leave behind?
		Carolina Panthers
		Indianapolis Colts
		New England Patriots
		New York Giants

14.	*Circling back to the career of Tony Dungy, which of these records does he not* hold?**
		First African-American coach to win a Super Bowl
		First person to play in and coach a Super Bowl
		First to coach a team to six different 12 win seasons
		First to coach his teams to ten consecutive playoffs

15.	Tadd Fujikawa became an overnight sensation at the Sony Open in Hawaii when he shot a 62. How old is this virtual unknown?
		15
		18
		47
		62

16.	Steve Sullivan made his triumphant return to the Nashville Predators this week. When was the last time Sullivan had played?
		February of 2007
		March of 2006
		March of 2008
		November of 2007

17.	A Los Angeles Dodgers reporter announced that the team had made no serious attempt to resign their star pitcher, Derek Lowe, for this strange reason:
		As a practicing Buddhist, he was too serene for the game of baseball
		He is too tall at 6'6" to pitch well at Dodger Stadium
		He was born in the early '70s
		His affair with a local sports reporter had embarrassed the organization enough already

18.	One of these quarterbacks had a perfect passer rating at halftime of his game this weekend. Who was it?
		Joe Flacco
		Donovan F. McNabb
		Ben Roethlisberger
		Kurt Warner

19.	Larry Fitzgerald broke the NFL record for receiving yardage in the post season during Arizona's victory over Philadelphia. Who had previously held the record?
		Terrell Owens
		Jerry Rice
		John Stallworth
		Wes Welker

20.	There was one defensive touchdown scored in the NFL playoffs this weekend. Who scored it?
		Darnell Dockett
		Chike Okeafor
		Troy Polamalu
		Ed Reed