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1.	It was Unbalanced Scoring Sunday in the NFL. Which of these games was not decided by more than 28 points?
		Green Bay over Cleveland
		Indianapolis over St. Louis
		New Orleans over Miami
		New York Jets over Oakland

2.	The coach of which NFL franchise, mired in a miserable season, was stripped of his play calling responsibilities during the week?
		Washington
		Cleveland
		Tampa Bay
		Carolina

3.	Recently Washington,¹ reportedly attempted unsuccessfully to hire which former NFL coach to replace dead-man-walking Jim Zorn?
		Bill Cowher
		Mike Holmgren
		Jon Gruden
		Mike Shanahan ¹Answer to the previous question!

4.	Now, we break briefly for the weekly dose of highly requested WNBA news. The team calling ________ home will be relocating to the somewhat more subdued setting of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will then be coached by noted former men's basketball coach ______:
		Los Angeles/John Thompson
		Detroit/Noland Richardson
		New York/John Cheney
		Dallas/John Wooden

5.	The entertaining Monday night game between Denver and San Diego featured how many punts or kick-offs returned for touchdown?
		Three
		One
		Six
		All of them

6.	More returns, wheee! Which Sunday game featured a fumble return for touchdown, followed immediately by a kickoff return for touchdown?
		Buffalo/Carolina
		Houston/San Francisco
		San Diego/Kansas City
		Pittsburgh/Minnesota

7.	A mild postseason controversy arose when video footage showed which pitcher possibly applying saliva to a baseball?
		Brad Lidge
		John Lackey
		Mariano Rivera
		Cliff Lee

8.	In something that Lester Bangs probably wouldn't have approved of, Rolling Stone magazine took some shots at an embattled NFL coach this week, comparing him to Augustus Gloop from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and calling his coaching style "a sort of Hurricane Andrew of football mismanagement." Who was the target of this criticism?
		Jeff Fischer
		Rex Ryan
		Eric Mangini
		Raheem Morris

9.	Much has been made of where Manny Ramirez was when Philadelphia recorded its come-from-behind victory over the Dodgers on Monday night. So, where was Manny?
		In left field, where he usually plays
		Taking a shower in the locker room
		In the dugout, throwing a tantrum
		In Los Angeles, as the thought it was a home game and didn't make the trip to Philly

10.	Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor had a really rough game against Purdue, throwing two interceptions and losing two fumbles as they were upset by the Boilermakers. In response to criticism of his play, someone jumped to his defense, sort of, saying "he can't do much worse." Who needs a lesson in how to properly console people?
		his team's star wide receiver
		Ohio State's head coach
		Purdue's head coach
		an unnamed ESPN analyst

11.	Congratulations to this perennial football doormat, who earned consecutive conference wins for first time since 1994.
		Northwestern
		Duke
		Indiana
		North Carolina

12.	Novel ways to lose a college football game: Which team committed more turnovers (8) than it scored points (7)?
		Nebraska
		Colorado
		Virginia
		Missouri

13.	Novel ways to win a college football game: Which Division I was down by 25 points before storming back to win?
		TCU
		San Diego State
		Clemson
		Northwestern

14.	Novel ways to win a college football game, part 2: Which team was victorious, even without attempting a single pass?
		Navy
		Boise State
		Idaho
		New Mexico State

15.	Novel ways to win a college football game, part 3: The then-top ranked (BCS) team eked out a win thanks to a last-minute:
		Blocked punt returned for a touchdown
		Game-saving interception
		Goal line stand
		Blocked field goal

16.	NFL teams from which two divisions played a game in London?
		AFC West and NFC East
		AFC East and NFC South
		AFC East and NFC North
		AFC North and NFC South

17.	A Tampa Bay touchdown stopped the streak of _____ straight points that New England had scored, going back to last week:
		80
		60
		90
		70

18.	All ESPN employees not fired this week after details of a tawdry affair with a production assistant came to light, please take a step forward. Not so fast,:
		John Kruk
		Tom Jackson
		Trey Wingo
		Steve Phillips

19.	I'm pretty sure this was once a storyline on Falcon Crest: Ownership of which MLB team is threatened by potentially nasty divorce proceedings?
		Mariners
		Dodgers
		Rangers
		Cardinals

20.	The prospects for NFL football returning to the City of Angels took a promising turn this week when:
		Roger Goodell promised LA an expansion team by 2020
		Schwarzenegger signed a bill for construction of a new football stadium
		Investors looking to buy the Cardinals promised to move the team to LA
		Moving vans painted with the slogan "LA or Bust" were spotted amassing outside the Colts practice facility

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