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1.	Being big fans of symmetry, we liked Usain Bolt's new world record time in the 200m at the World Championships:
		19.91
		19.19
		20.02
		20.20

2.	Also at the Worlds, South African Caster Semenya caused controversy with her win in the 800m, because:
		Several athletes observed her doping before the race
		She tripped the lead runner with a few meters to go
		It is widely believed that Semenya is, in fact, a male
		Video tape showed that she left before the starting gun

3.	Jemele Hill, who somehow remains employed at ESPN, actually advocated (on the air!) that Packers fan do this to Brett Favre when he appears at Lambeau in November:
		Burn him in effigy on the field prior to the game
		Turn their backs whenever he is on the field
		Throw batteries at him
		Assail him with chants of "We got spirit, yes we do...."

4.	Plaxico Burress may have very well seen his NFL come to an end when he accepted a prison term of this length:
		2 years
		6 months
		5 years
		3 years

5.	All NFL teams whose head coach did not give a knuckle sandwich to one his assistants, take a step forward. Not so fast, _________....
		Seattle Seahawks
		Kansas City Chiefs
		Arizona Cardinals
		Oakland Raiders

6.	John Calipari this week became the only coach to have two different Final Four appearances nullified by infraction. Which player on his Memphis team reportedly had someone take his SAT for him?
		Chris Douglas-Roberts
		Derrick Rose
		Shawn Taggart
		Robert Dozier

7.	Chad Johnson made this unusual contribution to the Bengals' preseason victory over the Patriots:
		Blocked a punt
		Kicked a PAT
		Scored a safety
		Threw for a two-point conversion

8.	Had the Nationals not signed Stephen Strasburg to a last-minute, 4 year/$15 million contract, the fireballer could have returned to pitch this school where he pitched collegiately:
		San Diego State
		Northwestern
		Arizona State
		Florida

9.	Having single-handedly torched the Boston Red Sox season (right?), John Smoltz has joined a team in this MLB division:
		AL West
		NL Central
		AL Central
		NL West

10.	The Miami Dolphins stable of celebrity co-owners continues to grow, as these sisters became stakeholders in the franchise this week:
		Venus & Serena Williams
		Zooey & Emily Deschanel
		Kim & Kourtney Kardashian
		Beyonce & Solange Knowles

11.	This NBA neer-do-well didn't help his public image this week when he appeared on a TMZ video smoking a joint:
		Darius Miles
		Kwame Brown
		Ron Artest
		Stephon Marbury

12.	A last-second fumble return for a touchdown decided the game between these two teams:
		Rams and Jets
		Broncos and 49ers
		Jaguars and Dolphins
		Panthers and Giants

13.	Just when glorious NFL action is set to resume, sports fans became skittish this week at news of a potential lockout which could stop action in which year:
		2015
		2011
		2013
		2018

14.	This baseball franchise continues to find interesting ways to embarrass itself, as it lost Sunday by hitting into the first game-ending unassisted triple play since 1927:
		Padres
		Nationals
		Orioles
		Mets

15.	The Cowboys unofficially opened their roughly $5 billion stadium this week, which is swell and all, except that:
		The enormous scoreboard over the middle of the field is low enough that it can be hit by punts
		The Jumbotron displays video backwards
		"Yardage" markers were painted on using meters, not yards
		The field is inlaid with holographic images of Jerry Jones

16.	Brett Favre's line from his first appearance for the Vikings against the Chiefs was:
		2/20, 1 TD 2 INT
		6/25, 1 INT
		1/4, 4 yards
		He did not play

17.	Which professional sports league saw its title decided when New Jersey beat Los Angeles this week?
		Women's Professional Soccer
		WNBA
		National Lacross League
		The National Tandem Bull-Riding Circuit

18.	A movie based on this sporting endeavor absolutely tanked in the theaters over the weekend:
		World Series of Poker
		X-Games
		NASCAR
		Little League Baseball

19.	You were undoubtedly crestfallen if you had Juan Carlos Osorio in your professional sports coach fantasy league this week. Prior to his resignation, JCO had been a coach in which sport?
		Hockey
		Soccer
		Basketball
		Football

20.	"You see a Manny Ramirez, you see an A-Rod, you see Jeter ... Guys that I played against and with, these guys you're talking about cannot compare." Which recent baseball Hall of Fame inductee apparently has little love for the current generation of standouts?
		Goose Gossage
		Rickey Henderson
		Jim Rice
		Cal Ripken, Jr.

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