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1.	For whatever reason, we can't find the marker for the cool grand that we put down on Juan Martin Del Potro to upset Roger Federer at the US Open. From what country does JMDP hail?
		Argentina
		Spain
		Chile
		Peru

2.	Monday night gave us two much-better-than-expected football games. The Raiders-Chargers game was what milestone matchup in the long-standing rivalry?
		50th
		100th
		75th
		125th

3.	Leodis McKelvin couldn't have felt worse by botching a kick return that keyed New England's victory Monday. That is, until two lugheads vandalized his _________ the next day:
		Lawn
		Car
		Dog
		House

4.	To make room on the 53 man roster for Michael Vick, the Eagles cut receiver Hank Baskett. Hank wasn't out of work long, though, as by week's end, he had been signed to:
		The Broncos
		The Bucaneers
		The 49ers
		The Colts

5.	With their 33-17 victory over Georgia Tech Thursday, a resurgent Miami Hurricanes team justified its #20 ranking, and snapped a _____ game losing streak against the Wreck:
		9
		7
		4
		6

6.	Mid September finds the WNBA playoffs gearing up. Which of the following teams did not make the postseason?¹
		Washington
		Phoenix
		Seattle
		New York ¹We acknowledge the relative obscurity of the question, so we'll give you a hint: the answer is New York

7.	Baseball's signature moment of the year came courtesy of 3 year old Emily Monforto, who tossed a foul ball caught by her dad over the stadium railing. At which team's field did this take place?
		Astros
		Cardinals
		Mariners
		Phillies

8.	Ah, the joylessness of drama-free pennant races. As of Sunday night, which is the only MLB division that has a challenger fewer than 5 games back from the leader?
		NL East
		AL Central
		NL West
		AL West

9.	Baseball did manage to record the following record this week:
		Most home runs by a DH (David Ortiz)
		Most consecutive 30-steal seasons (Ichiro Suzuki)
		Fastest recorded pitch (Tin Lincecum)
		Greatest lifetime number of days suspended (Milton Bradley)

10.	RIP to this major sports figure, having passed away from cancer at age 67:
		Legendary college football coach Howard Schnellenberger
		NCAA president Myles Brand
		Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard
		NFL Hall of Famer Frank Gifford

11.	The Cowboys lost on Sunday night in front of an NFL record crowd, reported at just north of:
		95,000
		101,000
		105,000
		110,000

12.	Which NFL stud is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, along with the quote, ""I want people to remember me as the best to ever play the game."
		Larry Fitzgerald
		Phillip Rivers
		Chris Cooley
		Adrian Petersen

13.	If the NRA was looking for an NBA star to be its spokesman, it should consider the heavily-armed dude arrested with gun in his waistband, a gun in an ankle holster and shotgun in guitar case. Who was it?
		Chris 'The Birdman' Anderson
		Delonte West
		Kenyon Martin
		Andrei Kirilenko

14.	Which top 10 football team won while both amassing and giving up more than 300 yards rushing?
		Florida
		Cal
		Boise State
		Texas

15.	Which of the following pairs of college football teams defeated Top 25 opponents with last-minute scores?
		Virginia Tech and Washington
		Miami and Alabama
		Utah and Oklahoma State
		Georgia and Texas

16.	The nation's longest college football winning streak came to an end Saturday when the _______ lost:
		Utes
		Trojans
		Red Raiders
		Cornhuskers

17.	The NFL injury bug bit frequently and severely in week 1. Which was the only of the following who was able to see action in his team's second game?
		Matt Cassell
		Donovan McNabb
		Anthony Gonzalez
		LaDanian Tomlinson

18.	Which of these NFL Week 2 matchups resulted in one team having a 2-0 record and the other having an 0-2?
		Denver vs Cleveland
		Washington and St. Louis
		Baltimore and San Diego
		Arizona and Jacksonville

19.	"It was nice the way I played last week to come back and have this kind of game." Ya think? Which quarterback rebounded from a poor first game by setting the NFL's single-game record for completion percentage by going 24/26?
		Carson Palmer
		Jason Campbell
		Jay Cutler
		Kurt Warner

20.	Floyd Mayweather Jr. returned to the ring after a 21 month absence to face Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday. Was it a good idea?
		No way, Floyd was KO'ed in the first
		Sorta, Mayweather lost a close decision
		You bet, Money dominated Marquez for an easy majority decision
		Absolutely. Pretty Boy served Marquez a TKO in the third

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