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1.	The rain stopped, the floodwaters subsided, and play finally concluded at the US Open on Monday. Which record was set during the tournament?
		Lowest winning score (Glover)
		Lowest ranked winner (Glover)
		Most 2nd place finishes (Mickelson)
		Most top 10 finishes (Duval)

2.	ABC is airing The Superstars, which pairs an athlete with a celebrity in a series of physical challenges. The debut provided solid comedy as which jock was bitched out¹ by his partner, model Joanna Krupa, as they were the first team eliminated?
		Warren Sapp
		Dennis Rodman
		Terrell Owens
		Bode Miller ¹Sample: "You're the one that [bleeped] up. We could have won. So shut up!"

3.	Life in Omaha, Nebraska returns to normal now that the College World Series has ended. The tournament concluded with:
		The Longhorns defeating the Sun Devils
		The Tigers defeating the Longhorns
		The Longhorns defeating the Tigers
		The Tigers defeating the Tarheels

4.	The long-entrenched head of which sport's players association announced he will be leaving the post:
		Basketball
		Hockey
		Football
		Baseball

5.	Published reports state that this singer, who has ties to the area, is looking to buy a stake in the Miami Dolphins:
		Gloria Estefan
		Shakira
		Marc Anthony
		Enrique Iglesias

6.	All four of these can skate backwards on ice. Only three of them, though, were announced as new inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame this week. Which was not?
		Brett Hull
		Peter Forsberg
		Luc Robitaille
		Steve Yzerman

7.	Which Russian born hockey great has left his NHL team to finish his career in his homeland?
		Sergei Fedorov
		Vladimir Konstantinov
		Pavel Bure
		Igor Larionov

8.	In the NHL draft Friday night, this team selected John Tavares first overall:
		Flyers
		Islanders
		Blues
		Ducks

9.	Amid a flurry of both wheeling and dealing, the NBA Draft was held on Thursday night. As expected, the Clippers selected Blake Griffin first. Which team selected Hasheem Thabeet second?
		Sacramento
		Golden State
		Memphis
		Indiana

10.	It should not be much of a surprise that this school had four of its players drafted, including three in the first round:
		UCLA
		Duke
		Memphis
		North Carolina

11.	The big trade involving a draft pick occurred when the Wizards traded the fifth overall pick to which team?
		Timberwolves
		Mavericks
		Suns
		Nuggets

12.	Thanks to a pre-draft trade, Richard Jefferson will no longer be wearing green and red of the Bucks next year, but:
		Silver and black
		Red and blue
		Teal and black
		Wine and navy

13.	The Cavaliers traded for Shaq this week. Days after the trade, news surfaced that O'Neal had previously nixed a trade to which other team?
		Oklahoma City
		Portland
		Miami
		Minnesota

14.	From the "Juuuuust a bit outside" file, six wild pitches paved the way to which team's loss on Monday night?
		Angels
		Mariners
		Rangers
		Royals

15.	Which pair of teams below swept their interleague weekend matchup?
		Dodgers and Angels
		Yankees and Rockies
		Red Sox and Cardinals
		Orioles and Phillies

16.	At 14-4, this team has the best interleague record season-to-date:
		Red Sox
		Phillies
		Dodgers
		Angels

17.	Which former notable Cub came out against Sammy Sosa's Hall of Fame worthiness this week?
		Ernie Banks
		Rick Sutcliffe
		Ryne Sanberg
		Ferguson Jenkins

18.	Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Procter, members of this NFL team, signed a recording deal for their band Free Reign this week:
		Dallas Cowboys
		Baltimore Ravens
		Denver Broncos
		Houston Texans

19.	As Manny's suspension draws to an end, he appeared in a brief rehab stint for the Triple A Albuquerque club. What is the name of the team?
		The Cacti
		The Topaz
		The Isotopes
		The Wildcats

20.	Which former No.1 player in the world lost at Wimbledon in his final match ever there?
		Andy Roddick
		Lleyton Hewitt
		Gustavo Kuerten
		Marat Safin

21.	The United States advanced to the finals of the Confederations Cup with an unlikely 2-0 victory over which team, ranked No. 1 in the world?
		Mexico
		Argentina
		Spain
		Brazil

22.	As of the end of Sunday's game against the Mets, if you added the number of saves Mariano Rivera has in his career to the total number of RBIs he has had, you'd end up with this number:
		351
		451
		551
		501

23.	Looking for more a a good thing, which sports league is trying to extend an anti-trust victory in a lower court to the Supreme Court?
		MLS
		MLB
		NBA
		NFL

24.	Ed Thomas, a highly-regarded high school football coach, was shot and killed by a former player this week. Thomas was the coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in which state?
		Ohio
		Tennessee
		Iowa
		Texas

25.	Which MLB manager took exception to one of his player's tantrums and sent the athlete home in the middle of the game, so he might think about what he'd done?
		Bobby Cox
		Lou Piniella
		Joe Girardi
		Ozzie Guillen

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