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| 1. | Which struggling NHL franchise showed its coach the door this week? | ||
| Blues | |||
| Avalanche | |||
| Kings | |||
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Rangers | ||
| 2. | Pittsburgh claimed (briefly?) the top spot at the top of the men's college basketball polls this week. The previous week, which led to Pitt's ascension to the top, saw which odd occurrence, which hadn't happened since 2003? | ||
| The #1 team had been from a non-BCS conference | |||
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The top three teams each lost | ||
| There were 2 teams both ranked #1 | |||
| The top ranked team forfeited a game | |||
| 3. | Which fellow Big East team beat the top-ranked Panthers? | ||
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Providence | ||
| St. John's | |||
| Georgetown | |||
| DePaul | |||
| 4. | The Man came down on Sir Charles this week. Guilty of DUI, Barkley will: | ||
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Serve five days in jail | ||
| Be confined to a halfway house | |||
| Perform 2,000 hours community service | |||
| Lose his license for a year | |||
| 5. | Monday night, the Nets' Devin Harris scored the winning points with a highlight reel-worthy: | ||
| Driving layup | |||
| Alley-oop | |||
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Half-court shot | ||
| Steal/three-pointer | |||
| 6. | The Indianapolis Colts parted ways with which cornerstone of the team's resurgence in the past decade? | ||
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Marvin Harrison | ||
| Jeff Saturday | |||
| Anthony Gonzalez | |||
| Hunter Smith | |||
| 7. | Which MLB star left the Dominican Republic World Baseball Classic team after being asked to change his position to first base for the event? | ||
| David Ortiz | |||
| Willy Aybar | |||
| Jose Guillen | |||
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Miguel Tejada | ||
| 8. | With UConn's win over Marquette this week, Huskies head coach notched which milestone win? | ||
| 500 | |||
| 750 | |||
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800 | ||
| 1000 | |||
| 9. | Tiger Woods made his return to golf this weekend at the WGC Accenture Match Play. On the first hole of the event, Woods: | ||
| Shot a bogey | |||
| Drove the green with a sand wedge | |||
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Made birdie | ||
| Made a double-eagle | |||
| 10. | Woods' comeback was short-lived, though, as he was bested on the second day of competition by: | ||
| Geoff Ogilvy | |||
| Paul Casey | |||
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Tim Clark | ||
| Ross Fisher | |||
| 11. | Teenager duffer Rory McIlroy is turning a lot of heads on the PGA tour. Which veteran golfer stated this week that McIlroy will be "the next number one in the world"? | ||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
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Ernie Els | ||
| Greg Norman | |||
| Tom Watson | |||
| 12. | Thursday night saw this men's college basketball team clinch its regular-season championship | ||
| Souther Conference's Western Carolina | |||
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Conference USA's Memphis | ||
| Colonial's VCU | |||
| Mountain West's Utah | |||
| 13. | Always having an eye on the bottom line, the Washington DC NFL franchise waded timidly free agency. The team signed Albert Haynesworth and DeAngelo Hall to contracts totaling approximately: | ||
| $75 million | |||
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$150 | ||
| $225 | |||
| $250 | |||
| 14. | In the Cavaliers' 93074 loss to Houston this week, Lebron James went without a(n) _______ for the first time in his NBA career: | ||
| Rebound | |||
| Free throw | |||
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Assist | ||
| Point | |||
| 15. | Having returned from elbow surgery, the Devils' Martin Brodeur recorded which career milestone? | ||
| 500th win | |||
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100th shutout | ||
| 50th goal score | |||
| 100th penalty minute served | |||
| 16. | A $800 pro football stadium was approved this week by the city council hoping to lure an NFL team (back?) to: | ||
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Los Angeles | ||
| Toronto | |||
| Oklahoma City | |||
| Las Vegas | |||
| 17. | The Patriots traded franchise mainstay Mike Vrabel and rising star Matt Cassel to the Kansas City Chiefs for: | ||
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A second round draft pick | ||
| A first and third round draft pick | |||
| A first round draft pick and $25 million in cash | |||
| A complete set of state quarters | |||
| 18. | The tumultuous off-season of this MLB team continued, as its general manager quit on Sunday: | ||
| Reds | |||
| Braves | |||
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Nationals | ||
| Rockies | |||
| 19. | "He was just camping down in the lane...I mean, if they're not calling three seconds - I thought it was a rule, but I guess not." Toronto's Chris Bosh commented thusly after his team watched which big man score 45 points on Friday? | ||
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Shaquille O'Neal | ||
| Dwight Howard | |||
| Ben Wallace | |||
| Tim Duncan | |||
| 20. | With Matt Kenseth having won the NASCAR season's first two events, which driver lapped the field to win the Shelby 427? | ||
| Jimmie Johnson | |||
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Kyle Busch | ||
| Jeff Gordon | |||
| Carl Edwards | |||
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