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| 1. | NHL's Winter Classic was contested on New Year's Day on the field on which __________ usually plays: | ||
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The Boston Red Sox | ||
| The Chicago Bears | |||
| The Toronto Argonauts | |||
| The New England Patriots | |||
| 2. | The Boston Red Sox, who may very well have figured prominently in the previous question, said goodbye to outfielder Jason Bay, who signed with a team in which MLB division? | ||
| AL East | |||
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NL East | ||
| NL West | |||
| AL Central | |||
| 3. | Which petulant NBA All-Star has been kicked to the curb, as his team has booted him as it desperately seeks a trade? | ||
| Allen Iverson | |||
| Steve Nash | |||
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Tracy McGrady | ||
| Grant Hill | |||
| 4. | One penalty shot goal in an NHL game is rare enough. Scoring two in the same game is almost unheard of, as the _________ accomplished this feat for the first time in 27 years this week: | ||
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Sharks | ||
| Capitals | |||
| Avalanche | |||
| Canucks | |||
| 5. | Tiger Woods lost another corporate sponsorship this week. The latest company to give Woods the boot is: | ||
| A car company | |||
| A sports drink company | |||
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A telecommunications company | ||
| A shoe company | |||
| 6. | On New Year's Eve, action sports superhero Travis Pastrana shattered a world record in a jump involving what mode of transportation? | ||
| Skate board | |||
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Rally car | ||
| Motorcycle | |||
| Snowboard | |||
| 7. | Pistols at dawn! Two bonehead teammates did which NBA franchise proud by reportedly drawing guns on each other in a locker room over an unpaid gambling debt? | ||
| Clippers | |||
| Warriors | |||
| Pistons | |||
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Wizards | ||
| 8. | Obviously taking a page from the playbook of their professional brethren, four players from which college hoops program were arrested on gun charges? | ||
| Georgetown | |||
| Syracuse | |||
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Tennessee | ||
| Florida State | |||
| 9. | Which ranked college basketball team lost its conference opener this week on a pair of free throws with less than a second left in regulation? | ||
| Memphis | |||
| Louisville | |||
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UConn | ||
| Washington | |||
| 10. | In more heart-stopping college basketball action, which team hit a sensational three-quarter court shot as time expired on Sunday night? | ||
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Florida | ||
| Alabama | |||
| Penn State | |||
| UCLA | |||
| 11. | Gonzaga beat Oklahoma 83-69 over the weekend. What unusual development delayed the game for several minutes? | ||
| A power outage | |||
| A fight in the stands | |||
| An injury to an official | |||
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A broken backboard | ||
| 12. | Which university's team made an appearance in the AP college basketball poll for the first time in four decades this week? | ||
| Georgia | |||
| Cal State Long Beach | |||
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Northwestern | ||
| Oregon State | |||
| 13. | Women's college basketball maven-in-the-making Brittney Griner recorded two dunks in her team's win over Texas State on Saturday. For which school's team does she play? | ||
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Baylor | ||
| Kansas | |||
| Conneticut | |||
| UMass | |||
| 14. | Texas Tech managed to win its bowl game after a tumultuous week during which its coach was fired. Mike Leach met his doom with his treatment of a player who is the son of a noted: | ||
| College football coach | |||
| US Senator | |||
| University booster | |||
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College football announcer | ||
| 15. | The historic EagleBank bowl, now in its second season, saw UCLA beat Temple on the grounds of which city that is synonymous with college football? | ||
| Anchorage | |||
| Sioux Falls | |||
| Topeka | |||
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Washington, DC | ||
| 16. | The Humanitarian Bowl saw which team complete a thrilling come-from-behind victory, scoring a two-point conversion with four seconds left? | ||
| Nevada | |||
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Idaho | ||
| Ole Miss | |||
| Florida State | |||
| 17. | The team representing which of the Armed Forces played in, and convincingly won, the Armed Forces Bowl? | ||
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Air Force | ||
| Navy | |||
| Army | |||
| Coast Guard | |||
| 18. | Fourteen NFL studs named to the Pro Bowl came from two different teams. Eight _______ and six _______ were selected to the all-star squads: | ||
| Colts / Cowboys | |||
| Vikings / Steelers | |||
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Vikings / Colts | ||
| Colts / Vikings | |||
| 19. | The fallout from the Colts' Week 16 bailing on the pursuit of perfection wrapped up when: | ||
| Thousands of season ticket holders cancelled their applications for next year | |||
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GM Bill Polian cut his own radio show short | ||
| The team secretly moved back to Baltimore in the middle of the night | |||
| Peyton Manning publicly asked Tony Dungy to return to the Colts | |||
| 20. | "Darrelle Revis couldn't cover me in a brown paper bag on a corner of a Manhattan street inside a phone booth." Which loudmouth NFL receiver issued this ill-advised statement leading up to his team's final regular-season game? | ||
| Brandon Marshall | |||
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Chad Johnson | ||
| Derrick Mason | |||
| Randy Moss | |||
| 21. | At the beginning of play on Sunday, all 25 AFC teams were vying for 2 Wild Card spots. OK, we're clearly rounding up here, but the actual number of teams trying to grab the Wild Card was: | ||
| 9 | |||
| 4 | |||
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7 | ||
| 8 | |||
| 22. | Teams led by the Brothers Manning lost Sunday by a combined score of: | ||
| 86-0 | |||
| 48-7 | |||
| 56-14 | |||
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74-14 | ||
| 23. | The Patriots' playoff prospects dimmed significantly on Sunday when star receiver Wes Welker reportedly injured: | ||
| His MCL but not his ACL | |||
| His ACL but not his MCL | |||
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Both his ACL and his MCL | ||
| His big toe | |||
| 24. | Let's take a moment to pile on the Broncos. Which of the following is not true of Denver's disgraceful final game? | ||
| They lost by 20 at home | |||
| Kyle Orton threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns | |||
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They played without their two best running backs who had been benched by McDaniels | ||
| They surrendered more than 250 to a single running back | |||
| 25. | Which was not a significant event in the NFL as Week 17 came to a close? | ||
| A new rusher was inducted into to 2,000 yard single-season club | |||
| The Falcons recorded their first back-to-back winning seasons ever | |||
| The Texans recorded their first winning season ever | |||
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Each team that had already clinched a first-round playoff bye lost | ||
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