This Packers trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers more than a century of Green Bay football: the meat-packing company that paid for the first uniforms, Curly Lambeau's 1929 champions, Vince Lombardi's Titletown dynasty and the Ice Bowl, then the Ron Wolf rebuild that brought Brett Favre and Reggie White, and the Aaron Rodgers years through Super Bowl XLV. There are questions on Lambeau Field's records, the Lambeau Leap, cheeseheads and the Bears rivalry too. It is written for Packers fans and shareholders of every vintage. Around a third of the questions are easy, a third medium and the rest are for people who know their Seven Blocks of Granite from their Fourth and 26. Every answer has been checked against a primary source and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01The Packers are unique among major US pro sports teams for being what?
Non-profit and community-owned
More than five million shares are held by fans, and the stock pays no dividends and cannot be resold for profit.
Q 02Curly Lambeau's employer paid for the first Packers uniforms in 1919. What kind of business was it?
A meat packer
The Indian Packing Company's sponsorship gave the team its name; Acme Packing later bought it and 'ACME PACKERS' went on the jerseys.
Q 03How many league championships have the Packers won, the most in NFL history?
13
Nine came before the Super Bowl era plus four Super Bowl wins.
Q 04The Packers' first NFL title, in 1929, came with what regular-season record?
12–0–1
Lambeau's defence posted eight shutouts that season.
Q 05Green Bay picked up the nickname 'Titletown' in which year?
1961
It followed the first of Lombardi's five championships in seven seasons.
Q 06What was Lambeau Field informally called during its first eight seasons?
New City Stadium
It was renamed in August 1965, two months after Curly Lambeau died.
Q 07Lambeau Field holds what distinction among NFL venues?
Oldest continually operating stadium
It opened in 1957 at a cost of $960,000, which the city paid off in 1978.
Q 08The Packers have sold out every home game since which year?
1960
At least 150,000 names sit on the season-ticket waiting list.
Q 09Roughly what was the kickoff temperature at the 1967 'Ice Bowl' NFL Championship Game against Dallas?
About 5 °F
The wind chill was far worse, and the field's heating system had failed, leaving the turf frozen solid.
Q 10The Ice Bowl was won on what play with 13 seconds left?
A quarterback sneak
Bart Starr followed Jerry Kramer's block into the end zone for a 21–17 win.
Q 11Which Packers quarterback was MVP of both Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II?
Bart Starr
He had been a 17th-round pick out of Alabama in 1956.
Q 12The Packers' Super Bowl I and II MVP quarterback was drafted in 1956 in which round?
17th
He had barely played as a senior at Alabama and was picked 200th overall.
Q 13Super Bowl II, Vince Lombardi's last game as Packers coach, was a 33–14 win over which AFL champion?
Oakland Raiders
It was played at Miami's Orange Bowl in January 1968.
Q 14Before Green Bay, Vince Lombardi was an assistant with which NFL team?
Q 21Where did Packers linebacker Ray Nitschke play college football?
Illinois
He chose Illinois hoping for a Rose Bowl trip; the practice field at Lambeau now bears his name.
Q 22General manager Ron Wolf's first big moves in 1992 included trading for which backup quarterback?
Brett Favre
He also fired Lindy Infante and hired Mike Holmgren from the 49ers.
Q 23Green Bay's record 297 straight regular-season starts by one quarterback began in what year?
1992
Counting playoffs the streak reached 321 games by 2010.
Q 24The quarterback Ron Wolf traded for in 1992 played college football for which programme?
New York Giants
He came to the Giants after five seasons at Army under Red Blaik.
Q 15As a Fordham guard in 1936, Lombardi was one of the offensive linemen nicknamed what?
Seven Blocks of Granite
A university publicist coined the name for the front line.
Q 16After leaving Green Bay, Lombardi coached one final season for which team before his death in 1970?
Washington Redskins
He never had a losing season as an NFL head coach.
Q 17The Vince Lombardi Trophy design was first sketched by a Tiffany & Co. executive on what?
A cocktail napkin
Oscar Riedner drew a football in kicking position on a three-sided stand during a 1966 lunch with Pete Rozelle.
Q 18Paul Hornung, the 'Golden Boy', missed the 1963 season for what reason?
A gambling suspension
He was the first Heisman winner to be named NFL MVP.
Q 19Fullback Jim Taylor won the NFL MVP in 1962 after doing what?
Winning the rushing title
He had led the SEC in scoring at LSU in 1956 and 1957.
Q 20Don Hutson, the 1930s Packers end nicknamed 'the Alabama Antelope', is credited with inventing what?
Pass patterns
He led the league in receptions in eight seasons and won three titles.
Southern Miss
He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi, and was drafted in the second round by Atlanta.
Q 25Green Bay's 1990s quarterback remains the only player to win how many consecutive AP MVP awards?
Three
The run started with the 1995 season, before Green Bay's Super Bowl XXXI win.
Q 26The Packers signed which prized free agent defensive end in 1993, nicknamed 'the Minister of Defense'?
Reggie White
An ordained minister, he had starred for the Eagles and became the face of NFL free agency.
Q 27The Lambeau Leap was popularised in December 1993 by which safety after a fumble-return touchdown?
LeRoy Butler
It came against the Los Angeles Raiders and was later grandfathered in when the NFL cracked down on celebrations.
Q 28Who returned a kickoff a then-record 99 yards for a touchdown to seal Super Bowl XXXI?
Desmond Howard
He was named MVP, the only special-teams player ever to win the award.
Q 29Super Bowl XXXI was a 35–21 win over which team?
New England Patriots
It ended a 29-year title drought stretching back to Super Bowl II.
Q 30Mike Holmgren, who coached the Packers to that title, later spent a decade as head coach of which team?
Seattle Seahawks
He took the Seahawks to Super Bowl XL after leaving Green Bay in 1998.