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| 1. | Which of the following was not a horse in the 2009 Ketucky Derby field? | ||
| Friesan Fire | |||
| General Quarters | |||
| Mr. Hot Stuff | |||
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Prayformojo | ||
| 2. | The Overpaid Jerks staff would have pocketed a whole lot of semolians, had we only put a few bucks down on Derby winner Mine that Bird who ran the race with these odds: | ||
| 36-1 | |||
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50-1 | ||
| 45-1 | |||
| 20-1 | |||
| 3. | Which standout from the Beijing Olympics escaped a car crash with minor injuries this week? | ||
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Usain Bolt | ||
| Michael Phelps | |||
| Nastia Liukin | |||
| Misty May-Treanor | |||
| 4. | The practice facility bubble for which NFL team ruptured over the weekend, injuring a handful of employees? | ||
| Patriots | |||
| Bears | |||
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Cowboys | ||
| Broncos | |||
| 5. | The Dallas Morning News reports that the NFL is considering moving the first round of next year's draft: | ||
| To Friday night | |||
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To Thursday night | ||
| To the week after the Superbowl | |||
| To a non-cable broadcast network | |||
| 6. | RIP Jack Kemp, US Congressman and Vice Presidential candidate. Earlier in life, Kemp made his name as a football player, leading which team to consecutive AFL championships? | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||
| Boston Patriots | |||
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Buffalo Bills | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||
| 7. | Which former NFL coach said this week that he will try to visit Michael Vick in prison? | ||
| Dan Reeves | |||
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Tony Dungy | ||
| Art Shell | |||
| John Madden | |||
| 8. | Which bad news football team will be the subject of HBO's Hard Knocks series this year? | ||
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Cincinnati | ||
| Cleveland | |||
| Oakland | |||
| St. Louis | |||
| 9. | Which of the following one-time Big Men on Campus was not selected for the College Football Hall of Fame this week? | ||
| Gino Torretta | |||
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Rashaan Salaam | ||
| Tim Brown | |||
| Major Harris | |||
| 10. | Which NHL enforcer earned himself a six game suspension for not playing well with others? | ||
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Donald Brashear | ||
| Sean Avery | |||
| Shawn Thornton | |||
| George Parros | |||
| 11. | The hometown paper of which cash-strapped NHL team reported that league had taken control of the club? | ||
| Dallas Stars | |||
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Phoenix Coyotes | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | |||
| Anaheim Ducks | |||
| 12. | Which Hockey Hall of Famer is looking at 14 years in the Big House following his conviction for has been convicted of giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail hearing? | ||
| Denis Potvin | |||
| Bobby Clarke | |||
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Guy Lafleur | ||
| Phil Esposito | |||
| 13. | It's not often that an NBA team gets doubled-up in the playoffs. Monday night saw the Hornets score just over 50% of the Nuggets' points, in losing by what score? | ||
| 140-74 | |||
| 110-58 | |||
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121-63 | ||
| 113-59 | |||
| 14. | Monday night's win at Miami was the Hawks' first road playoff win in _____ games, over a _____ year span. | ||
| 10/20 | |||
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13/12 | ||
| 10/5 | |||
| 16/15 | |||
| 15. | Game 6 of Bulls/Celtics was the high point in a gem of a series. Which of the following was not true of the game? | ||
| It went 3 overtimes | |||
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Joakim Noah's steal and basket-and-one provided the final points of the game | ||
| Derrick Rose blocked Rajon Rondo's go-ahead jumper | |||
| Ray Allen scored 51 points | |||
| 16. | The Boston/Chicago series set an NBA record for ______ overtime periods: | ||
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7 | ||
| 9 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 17. | The Association fined three coaches $25Large for criticizing officiating during the playoffs. Which of the following is not a bit lighter in the wallet? | ||
| Houston's Rick Adelman | |||
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Denver's George Karl | ||
| Portland's Nate McMillan | |||
| Boston's Doc Rivers | |||
| 18. | Both Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo were cited for hard fouls during games this week. Which, if either, was suspended for a game? | ||
| Neither was suspended | |||
| Rondo was suspended, Howard was not | |||
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Howard was suspended, Rondo was not | ||
| Both were suspended | |||
| 19. | With three errors in the game, the Red Sox lost to the Indians 9-8 Tuesday night. The loss stopped the Sox win streak at how many games? | ||
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11 | ||
| 8 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 20. | As of the publication of this quiz, more than a half dozen teams had not yet hit a Grand Slam yet in the 2009 season. This NL team, though, hit a pair of grannies on Monday night: | ||
| Colorado | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
| Texas | |||
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Philadelphia | ||
| 21. | With the conclusion of Thursday night's games, which of the following entered May as a MLB division leader? | ||
| Angels | |||
| Phillies | |||
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Royals | ||
| Padres | |||
| 22. | SI cover boy and unlikely pitching stud Zack Greinke saw his earned run streak end against the Blue Jays this week. How long was the streak? | ||
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43 | ||
| 56 | |||
| 35 | |||
| 29 | |||
| 23. | In advance of the release of Selena Roberts' book on Alex Rodriguez, which was not one of the allegations about the Yankees slugger leaked this week? | ||
| Rodriguez have have been taking performance enhancers as a prep star | |||
| Rodriguez had been juicing while with the Yankees | |||
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Rodriguez was known to have injected fellow teammates with steroids | ||
| Rodriguiez took part in pitch tipping | |||
| 24. | Which member of the Rays tied a MLB record with six stolen bases in Sunday's win over the Red Sox? | ||
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Carl Crawford | ||
| Ben Zobrist | |||
| Evan Longoria | |||
| BJ Upton | |||
| 25. | "I didn't have to count," stated referee Kenny "Don't Call Me Skip" Bayless as he took one look at the pummeled Ricky Hatton and called the fight for Manny Pacquiao in which round Saturday night? | ||
| First | |||
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Second | ||
| Fifth | |||
| Sixth | |||
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