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| 1. | Which two Division I schools won lacrosse championships? | ||
| Cornell & Johns Hopkins | |||
| North Carolina & Duke | |||
| Hofstra & Maryland | |||
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Syracuse & Northwestern | ||
| 2. | As he approaches his 85th birthday, Jamie Moyer finally notched his 250th win on Sunday. The victory over the Nationals was Moyer's ______ attempt to reach the milestone? | ||
| 3rd | |||
| 10th | |||
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6th | ||
| 8th | |||
| 3. | Which team has lost its starting second baseman for the remainder of the year? | ||
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Tampa Bay | ||
| St. Louis | |||
| Rangers | |||
| Cleveland | |||
| 4. | The 4 year old daughter of which boxing standout tragically died in the wake of an in-home accident this week? | ||
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Mike Tyson | ||
| Evander Holyfield | |||
| Riddick Bowe | |||
| Lennox Lewis | |||
| 5. | Cleveland and Tampa Bay certainly had a memorable Memorial Day. The Rays were cruising by a score of _________ entering the bottom of the 9th before the bullpen went kablooey and Cleveland won 11-10. | ||
| 10-0 | |||
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10-4 | ||
| 10-6 | |||
| 10-5 | |||
| 6. | Which sports pariah thought it would be a good idea to compete in MMA, only to have his clock cleaned in a bout that lasted only 1:16? | ||
| Mark McGwire | |||
| Dennis Rodman | |||
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Jose Canseco | ||
| Sammy Sosa | |||
| 7. | Superagent Drew Rosenhaus was reportedly kicked to the curb by which big-name NFL receiver? | ||
| Larry Fitzgerald | |||
| Amani Toomer | |||
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Anquan Boldin | ||
| Brandon Marshall | |||
| 8. | We can only assume that the center held it....Held It....HELD IT!!!!!... during the Champions League final, contested between these two teams: | ||
| Chelsea and Liverpool | |||
| Porto and Arsenal | |||
| Villarreal and Bayern Munich | |||
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Manchester United and FC Barcelona | ||
| 9. | From the Bad Idea Jeans department, MLB and New Era are licensing what unusual item? | ||
| Used sunflower shells | |||
| George Brett commemorative pine tar | |||
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"Scratch and Sniff" ballcaps | ||
| Elijah Dukes signature energy drinks | |||
| 10. | In a bit of a freefall for the last two seasons, the Colorado Avalanche has unsuccessfully offered its head coaching position to which cornerstone of its championship run? | ||
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Patrick Roy | ||
| Joe Sakic | |||
| Peter Forsberg | |||
| Ray Bourque | |||
| 11. | Detroit and Pittsburgh meet again in a repeat of last year's Stanley Cup finals. How many games did the Wings and Pens lose in total in their conference championship series? | ||
| 0 | |||
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1 | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 12. | Which NCAA basketball powerhouse countersuing following a $6 million dollar suit by one of its former coaches? | ||
| Indiana | |||
| Arizona | |||
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Kentucky | ||
| Oklahoma | |||
| 13. | Mired in a woeful season, which NASCAR driver has fired his crew chief? | ||
| Carl Edwards | |||
| Juan Pablo Montoya | |||
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. | ||
| Jeremy Mayfield | |||
| 14. | Rafa Nadal's incredible 31-match winning streak at the French Open came to an unexpected end on Sunday at the hands of 23-ranked Robin Soderling. From which country does Soderling hail? | ||
| Australia | |||
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Sweden | ||
| US | |||
| UK | |||
| 15. | Meanwhile, things are holding more to form on the women's side of the French. Who is the top seed? | ||
| Anna Ivanovich | |||
| Jelena Jankovich | |||
| Maria Sharapova | |||
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Dinara Safina | ||
| 16. | "I'm like one of those girls on a reality show that has all the drama... because no matter what they do, like, drama follows them," Williams said. "I don't want to be that girl." Who nevertheless brought the drama again this week when she accused her opponent of cheating? | ||
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Serena Williams | ||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | |||
| Venus Williams | |||
| Daniela Hantuchova | |||
| 17. | The NCAA is investigation Memphis for major violations, surrounding the recruitment of which key to the school's recent hardwood success? | ||
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | |||
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Derrick Rose | ||
| Antonio Anderson | |||
| Shawn Taggart | |||
| 18. | You have to admire the synchronicity of inexperienced umpire Todd Tichenor's hotheadedness in the Red Sox-Twins game Thursday night, as he ejected both ______ and ______ from the teams. | ||
| Starting pitchers and shortstops | |||
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Catchers and managers | ||
| Left fielders and first basement | |||
| Managers and designated hitters | |||
| 19. | Which was not a component of Zambrano's ejection-meriting tirade on Wednesday against the Pirates? | ||
| Appeared to bump the official | |||
| Threw the ball into left field | |||
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Punched the opposing batter | ||
| Went medieval on a water cooler in the dugout with a bat | |||
| 20. | The championship of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee was decided when Kavya Shivashankar correctly spelled what word? | ||
| Autochthonous | |||
| Xanthosis | |||
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Laodicean | ||
| Euonym | |||
| 21. | At the end of May, which of the below did not lead their division in the MLB standings? | ||
| Tigers | |||
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Blue Jays | ||
| Rangers | |||
| Dodgers | |||
| 22. | Meanwhile, which last place team gave the heave-ho to its manager? | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| Washington | |||
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Colorado | ||
| Oakland | |||
| 23. | The College World Series produces some inexorable results. Which ACC team lost to top seed Texas 3-2 in 25 innings? | ||
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Boston College | ||
| Wake Forest | |||
| Duke | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 24. | On the other side of the coin, Florida State squeaked by Ohio State by which score on Sunday? | ||
| 19-0 | |||
| 24-4 | |||
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37-6 | ||
| 28-1 | |||
| 25. | As good as LeBron James was for most of the series against the Magic, he was criticized for the following after the series was concluded: | ||
| Too many turnovers | |||
| Too many assists | |||
| Too few assists | |||
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Refusing to shake hands with Magic players after the conclusion of Game 6 | ||
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