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50 free Tim Tebow trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Few athletes have been argued about as much as Tim Tebow. At Florida he won national titles and college football's biggest individual prize. In the NFL he turned one improbable season of late comebacks into a cultural moment, then spent years chasing a second act in another sport entirely. This quiz covers the whole story: the unusual childhood and high school years, the record-setting college career, the draft, the Denver run and what came after, plus the faith, the foundation, the broadcasting work and the family life away from the field. It is written for Gators fans, Broncos fans and anyone who remembers when a kneeling quarterback was the biggest story in sports. The questions run from easy openers to deep cuts for people who watched every snap.
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Q 01Tim Tebow was born in which country, where his American parents were Baptist missionaries?
Philippines
The Philippines was his home until he was three, when the family moved to Florida. Being born there later made him eligible for the country's national baseball team.
Q 02Tim Tebow played the second half of a high school game, scoring on a 29-yard run, with which injury?
A broken leg
He had a broken leg, a fractured fibula first mistaken for a bad cramp. The break was found only after the game, and he was held out for the rest of that season.
Q 03What did Tim Tebow do on the first pitch of his first at-bat as a professional baseball player?
Hit a home run
He hit a home run on that pitch, in an instructional league game in September 2016. He repeated the trick in his first at-bats for two later minor-league teams.
Q 04Tim Tebow returned to the NFL in 2021, six years after his last preseason, to play which position?
Tight end
Tight end was the plan when his old college coach signed him, and it was also the first position he played in high school. He was released after one preseason game.
Q 05Tim Tebow's South African wife, Demi-Leigh, won which international beauty title in 2017?
Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2017 was Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, only the second South African to win the crown. She and Tebow married in her home country in January 2020.
Q 06Tim Tebow won the 2007 Heisman Trophy as a player in which year of college, a first for the award?
Sophomore
Sophomore winners were unheard of until Tebow, who passed for 32 touchdowns and ran for 23 more. No major college player had managed 20 of each in one season before.
Q 07Which Bible verse did Tim Tebow wear in the 2009 BCS title game, prompting over 90 million Google searches?
John 3:16
John 3:16 became the top Google search over the next 24 hours. Three years later Tebow threw for 316 yards in a playoff win, and the verse topped the search charts again.
Q 08Tim Tebow was the first Heisman Trophy nominee to have had which kind of schooling before college?
Homeschooling
Homeschooling was how all five Tebow children were taught, by their parents. Florida law still let him play football for a high school in the district where he lived.
Q 09In 2023 Tim Tebow became a co-owner of the Tahoe Knight Monsters, an expansion team in which sport?
Ice hockey
Ice hockey is the Knight Monsters' game: they play in the minor-league ECHL. Tebow had already been a minor partner in two of the league's other clubs.
Q 10The Denver Broncos traded Tim Tebow in March 2012 after signing which free-agent quarterback?
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning's arrival made Tebow expendable about ten weeks after his playoff win. Denver received fourth- and sixth-round draft picks in the trade.
Q 11After leading Denver to a playoff win, Tim Tebow was traded in March 2012 to which NFL team?
New York Jets
The New York Jets gave him a special-teams and wildcat role. He threw only eight passes in his one season with the team and was released the following April.
Q 12Which Major League Baseball organization signed Tim Tebow to a minor-league contract in September 2016?
New York Mets
The New York Mets took the chance even though he had not played baseball full-time since his junior year of high school. Scouts from 28 clubs had watched his open tryout.
Q 13Which head coach recruited Tim Tebow to Florida and won two national championships with him?
Urban Meyer
Q 21Tim Tebow threw two touchdown passes as Florida beat which team in the 2009 BCS title game?
Oklahoma
Oklahoma fell 24–14, giving Florida its second national championship in three seasons. The Gators had not lost since the September defeat that prompted Tebow's famous vow.
Q 22Tim Tebow ended his college career with 533 total yards against Cincinnati in which New Year's Day game?
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl of January 2010 ended 51–24. Tebow completed 31 of 35 passes, and his passing and total yardage were both records for a BCS game.
Q 23What was the highest level of professional baseball Tim Tebow reached before retiring from the sport in 2021?
Triple-A
Urban Meyer spent a night at the hospital when Tebow was concussed in 2009. Twelve years later, as a pro head coach, he gave his old quarterback one last NFL chance.
Q 14Tim Tebow's family settled in which Florida city when he was three, after leaving the mission field?
Jacksonville
Jacksonville became the family's home, and before the 2010 draft even Florida's governor suggested its NFL team pick the hometown star to boost ticket sales.
Q 15Tim Tebow was a three-time Academic All-American at Florida despite having which learning difference?
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a condition Tebow regards as part of a uniqueness given to him by God. He graduated from Florida in December 2009, before playing his final bowl game.
Q 16Tim Tebow threw an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to beat which team in the playoffs?
Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost 29–23 in the January 2012 Wild Card game. It was Denver's first playoff victory since the 2005 season.
Q 17Which Hall of Fame quarterback was the team executive who urged Tim Tebow to play less tentatively in 2011?
John Elway
John Elway, the Broncos' vice president, spoke up after three straight losses. He confirmed Tebow as his starter once the season ended, then traded him that March.
Q 18Night to Shine, run by Tim Tebow's foundation for people with special needs, is which kind of event?
A prom
A prom for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities is the idea. Tebow launched the foundation behind it in January 2010, the same month as his last college game.
Q 19The NCAA's so-called Tebow Rule, adopted in 2010, banned players from writing messages on which item?
Eye black
Eye black is meant only to shade the eyes from the sun, the NCAA said, denying that any one player was the target. The NFL had banned such messages years earlier.
Q 20Freshman backup Tim Tebow ran and threw for touchdowns as Florida beat which team for the national title?
Ohio State
Ohio State arrived unbeaten and ranked No. 1, then lost 41–14. Tebow scored the game's final touchdown himself on a one-yard run.
Triple-A was as far as he got, one step below the majors, with Syracuse in 2019. A cut finger that needed eight stitches ended that season in July.
Q 24Fans and media called for Tim Tebow to replace which struggling starting quarterback during the 2012 season?
Mark Sanchez
Mark Sanchez was finally benched in a game Tebow sat out injured, so Greg McElroy took over instead. Tebow never started a game at quarterback that year.
Q 25Tim Tebow's 2011 Denver Broncos won which NFL division, the franchise's first division title in six years?
AFC West
The AFC West was settled on tiebreakers after Denver, Oakland and San Diego all finished 8–8. The Broncos had been 1–4 when Tebow took over as the starter.
Q 26Which 2011 memoir by Tim Tebow, co-written with Nathan Whitaker, spent 24 weeks on the best seller list?
Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes was named the top sports book of 2011. It covers his childhood and his college career, and was later reworked into an edition for young readers.
Q 27Tim Tebow almost accepted a scholarship offer from Mike Shula, then the head coach of which SEC program?
Alabama
Alabama nearly landed him, but he chose Florida, where his parents had met as students. He went on to beat the Crimson Tide for the 2008 SEC title.
Q 28As a freshman backup, Tim Tebow accounted for all three Florida touchdowns in a win over which SEC rival?
LSU Tigers
The LSU Tigers gave up two touchdown passes and a scoring run to the backup that October. Tebow finished the season second on the team in rushing yards.
Q 29Tim Tebow gave his famous speech known as The Promise after a 2008 home loss to which unranked team?
Ole Miss
Ole Miss won as a 22-point underdog. Tebow apologized and promised that he and the team would do better, and Florida did not lose again that season.
Q 30Tim Tebow broke the Florida record for career rushing touchdowns held by which Hall of Fame running back?
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith's mark fell when Tebow scored his 37th rushing touchdown, against Georgia. A year later he broke the SEC career record against the same opponent.