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While I get that the word 'sect' was intended to be rather humorous, let me stay dead serious and use the term philosophy and its schools instead  Just to cut off from religion.
Also, I am no philosopher, I am just trying to answer these questions the way I understand them, according to what i perceive to be atheism, or, the way I reason
Some points to discuss:
a) Do atheists think they have the moral high ground?
Atheists are brought up in a society and are subject to a legal system that governs it. Also, to a great extend their morality (or ethics if you prefer) is shaped culturally. The difference is that atheists decide what is moral and what isn't not against the will of a God, i.e. killing somebody is not morally reprehensible because God said so but because it is against the rules of a society and/or legal system.
b) What drives an athiest?
I'm not sure I understand this question. In what sense 'drives'? Or, what towards? If you mean why atheists live or what is their sense of life, then I'd say biological stimuli.
c) Any atheist jokes or cartoons out there?
Yeap, lots of - just google them
d) Is there such a thing as an enlightened atheist?
If in the sense educated, yes, if in the sense inspired by an upper creature - what upper creature? 
e) Is there such a thing as an 'evangelical' atheist?
I don't get this one
f) Do atheists giving religion and God/s too much attention?
Everybody looking for their way has to give a subject s/he is to consider lots of attention. While you're seeking it's a must. Once you decide on an approach, you stop, especially if you've decided against believing in God. Actually, I think religious people are the ones who, by virtue of their religion, have to think about God. Atheists don't.
g) What are the rituals and traditions/customs of an atheist?
No customs, rituals or anything the like - it's not a religion, it's a way of understanding the world. Not a movement aiming to be a religious alternative.
h) If there was no God (or should that be 'If there was no no God' ? , how would an atheist spend his/her time?
Doing the contrary that they do now, they'd join a religious movement and tried to justify their existence by worshipping an idol
i) Was atheism founded by a man or a woman?
No idea
j) Do atheists use the term "Oh my God" (OMG) and if so, why?
Because it's a popular expression, an exclamation. Using it doesn't imply believing in God any more than saying holy crap.
k} Is there a difference between the culture and the belief system of an atheist?
Again, there is no belief system of an atheist, at least not in the sense of believing in something/somebody. Like I said in a) culture influences social act of an atheist that's why an atheist in a Muslim country will most likely not eat pork, while an atheist in Europe will use toilet paper rather than his hand. Still, they'd be doing it not because God said so.
l} If an atheist doesn't have a place of worship is the saying "my body is my temple" true for him/her?
Again, an attempt to make a semantic joke
I think that the basic difference between an atheist and a religious person is the reason why they act (many a time in the same way). Religious people believe that they have a mission God assigned them. Atheists don't believe in it. Religious people may help others hoping for a reward in the afterlife, atheists would help because of empathy and/or social custom. Religious people look for the sense of life in a promise of afterlife, atheists come to terms with the fact that this life is as good as it gets. You're born, you live, procreate and then die.
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