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| 1. | A coach from which NFL team was fined 15,000 semolians for his role in a sideline fracas involving a player from the opposing team last Sunday? | ||
| Broncos | |||
| Chargers | |||
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Falcons | ||
| Cardinals | |||
| 2. | NFL football's return to Thursday night (yay!) (though still unviewable to those not subscribing ala carte to the NFL Network (boo)) featured a matchup of teams in which two divisions? | ||
| AFC West and NFC South | |||
| NFC East and AFC West | |||
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NFC North and NFC West | ||
| AFC North and AFC West | |||
| 3. | Which of the following describes the ultimate champion of the 2009 World Series of Poker? | ||
| A 55 year-old logger | |||
| A 36 year-old used car salesman | |||
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A 21 year-old college dropout | ||
| A seven WSOP bracelet holder | |||
| 4. | Isaiah Thomas' Florida International team started it season by getting soundly whipped by which perennial powerhouse? | ||
| Syracuse | |||
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North Carolina | ||
| Mighican State | |||
| Kansas | |||
| 5. | NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced this week that he is currently fighting which disease (though it's nothing compared to dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes)? | ||
| Lou Gehrig's Disease | |||
| Crohn's disease | |||
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Leukemia | ||
| Sickle-cell anemia | |||
| 6. | The fallout of Andre Agassi's revelations of drug use continue. Which of Andre's contemporaries said this week that he should give back all the titles he won, on the grounds that Agassi *totally* cheated? | ||
| Goran Ivanisevic | |||
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Marat Safin | ||
| Pete Sampras | |||
| Stefan Edberg | |||
| 7. | Each of the below won AL Gold Gloves this week. It was the first such honor for three of them. Which had previously won? | ||
| Evan Longoria | |||
| Adam Jones | |||
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Mark Teixeira | ||
| Mark Buehrle | |||
| 8. | Which team's "Woo-hoo!"s quickly changed to "D'oh!"s, as replay wiped out its apparently game-winning shot against the Nuggets this week? | ||
| Bucks | |||
| Jazz | |||
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Bulls | ||
| Lakers | |||
| 9. | This NFL tight end joined many celebrities who have been photographed in the nude for an advertisement for PETA's anti-fur campaign: | ||
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Tony Gonzalez | ||
| Jeremy Shockey | |||
| Dallas Clark | |||
| Chris Cooley | |||
| 10. | Which NHL team's apparently bold choice to play the entire game with an empty net backfired in a 9-1 loss to the Red Wings? | ||
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Columbus | ||
| Chicago | |||
| Boston | |||
| Carolina | |||
| 11. | To the man promoted from interim to permanent manager of this MLB team this week, we say: congratulations (by which we mean we're very, very sorry): | ||
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Nationals | ||
| Indians | |||
| Orioles | |||
| Mariners | |||
| 12. | Organizers of the upcoming Super Bowl made the most righteous choice in naming this band to be the game's halftime performers: | ||
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The Who | ||
| The Rolling Stones | |||
| Fallout Boy | |||
| Pearl Jam | |||
| 13. | Hey, former coach of this NBA team, welcome to Unemployed town, population: You! | ||
| Thunder | |||
| Heat | |||
| Wizards | |||
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Hornets | ||
| 14. | Three knuckleheads from which college football team were arrested this week for attempted robbery (by way of pellet gun!)? | ||
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Tennessee | ||
| Arizona State | |||
| Purdue | |||
| Boston College | |||
| 15. | The NFL came down on Chad Johnson this week, to the tune of a $20,000 fine. Chad was busted for attempting to bride referees by doling out: | ||
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$1 | ||
| A $2 bill | |||
| A pair of tickets to the game | |||
| The keys to his car | |||
| 16. | Which ranked team was nuked from orbit on its home field, allowing the most points in its entire history on Saturday? | ||
| Houston | |||
| Iowa | |||
| Miami | |||
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USC | ||
| 17. | LeBron James unexpectedly called on all NBA teams to retire this number: | ||
| 55 | |||
| 21 | |||
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23 | ||
| 45 | |||
| 18. | While we have written quizzes while in varying weight divisions, it's a slightly less impressive feat than Manny Pacquaio now having won his _______th title fighting in _____ different weight divisions: | ||
| 5 / 8 | |||
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7 / 7 | ||
| 6 / 6 | |||
| 7 / 8 | |||
| 19. | If we're asking a question about women's golf, the answer is probably obvious, but who walked away with the trophy from this weekend's Lorena Ochoa Invitational? | ||
| Morgan Pressel | |||
| Annika Sorenstam | |||
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Michelle Wie | ||
| Lorena Ochoa | |||
| 20. | Eagles tight end Brent Celek was penalized for his celebration following a touchdown in last Sunday's loss against the Eagles. Something notable about the celebration was revealed this week; what was it? | ||
| He hurt himself doing it and didn't tell anyone | |||
| It was totally copied from a movie. | |||
| It was totally copied from Chad Ochocinco. | |||
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It was part a viral marketing campaign for an alcoholic beverage | ||
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