Football Trivia Quiz # 11
This is Football Quiz # 11, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Football Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Football Question 1
Famous Footballers 2004-05 - Which player wore black and white for Newcastle United?
The correct answer is 'Patrrick Kluivert'
Cahill - Everton
Kanu - West Bromwich Albion
Hyypia - Liverpool
Kluivert, a striker and Dutch international, joined Newcastle in 2004-05 from Barcelona.
Kanu - West Bromwich Albion
Hyypia - Liverpool
Kluivert, a striker and Dutch international, joined Newcastle in 2004-05 from Barcelona.
Football Question 2
2005 USC Trojans Football - Which receiver led the team in receiving yards?
The correct answer is 'Dwayne Jarrett'
Jarrett caught 91 passes for 1274 yards.
Football Question 3
Northern Illinois Football - The Huskies punter in 2005 was Scott Baez?
The correct answer is 'False'
It was freshman Andy Dittbenner.
Football Question 4
Quarterback Locations in 2006 - Donovan McNabb was injured for most of 2006. Where did he play football?
The correct answer is 'Philadelphia'
Donovan McNabb played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2006. Donovan McNabb was unfortunately injured during the regular season game against the Tennessee Titans. When McNabb did play he had a good year. McNabb passed for 2647 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2006.
Football Question 5
History of College Football - Between 1965 and 1985, how many different running backs from USC finished in the top three in Heisman voting (multiple times for one back counts as only one)?
The correct answer is 'Six'
Mike Garrett (1965), O.J. Simpson (1967,1968), Anthony Davis (1974), Ricky Bell (1975,1976), Charles White (1979), and Marcus Allen (1981) were the six. Of those, only Garrett, Simpson, White and Allen were winners.
Football Question 6
Alabama Football - Did Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The Thin Red Line", have anything to due with Alabama?
The correct answer is 'Yes'
The Crimson Tide were named in part through that poem. The Crimson part was due to the early team's all wearing red stockings. The tide part came into being when a sports writer who had been reffering to the team as a line of red called them a tide during an extremely rainy game. Thus the Crimson Tide came into being.
Football Question 7
Sports Rules - Amercian Football: What is the penalty for an intentional face mask?
The correct answer is '15 yards'
Football Question 8
Football General - What are the legendary words of TV-commentator on the BBC in the World Cup final between England and Germany in 1966 after he said 'They think it's all over'?
The correct answer is 'It is now'
At the very moment the commentator said 'they think it's al over' England scored 4-2 after being 3-2 up. So the commentator very cooly concluded 'It is now'. These words have become legendary in England because it was their first, probably last(hehe) World Cup title.
Football Question 9
NFL Season of Football - Who was the starting quarterback for the St. Louis Rams at the beginning of the 2003-04 season?
The correct answer is 'Kurt Warner'
Kurt Warner started the season with six fumbles, losing to the New York Giants 23 - 13.
Football Question 10
World Football League - Who led the WFL in rushing for the shortened 1975 season?
The correct answer is 'Anthony Davis'
Davis, the running back for the Southern California Sun, had rushed for 1200 yards in 12 games, easily leading Birmingham's Art Cantrelle, who had 814 yards.