Tom Brady Trivia
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55 free Tom Brady trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
51 free Tom Brady trivia questions with answers. Tom Brady went from the seventh quarterback taken in the 2000 draft to seven Super Bowl rings, and this quiz covers the whole arc. It starts in San Mateo (the Expos draft pick, the Michigan depth chart, the pizza box on the Foxboro steps), runs through the tuck rule and the first title as a 14-point underdog, the 16-0 season, the knee injury, Deflategate, the 28-3 comeback and the sixth ring, then follows him to Tampa Bay for a Super Bowl in his own stadium, the retirement that lasted 40 days, the Fox booth and the Raiders stake. The easy questions are ones any football fan can get (which two teams he played for, which college, which number). The medium ones ask about specific Super Bowls, records and opponents. The hard ones want the compensatory pick, the referee who applied the tuck rule, the safety who hit his knee, the number of consecutive passes without an interception, and what he was doing at Merrill Lynch. Every answer has been checked against a reference biography, and each question shows its explanation and citation once you have answered. Use it for a game-day warm-up, a fantasy draft night or settling the GOAT argument with numbers.
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Q 01Which team drafted Hofstra quarterback Giovanni Carmazzi in the third round of 2000 instead of taking Brady?
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers, Brady's hometown team, chose Carmazzi, and he was gone from their roster after two seasons as a backup.
Q 02Brady's final NFL game, in January 2023, was a wild-card playoff loss to which team?
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys won 31-14 even though their kicker, Brett Maher, missed four extra points.
Q 03When Brady won his seventh ring, which franchise shared the record for Super Bowl titles with the Patriots?
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers. Every New England title to that point had come with Brady at quarterback, so his seventh, with Tampa Bay, lifted him past both franchises.
Q 04Who was head coach of Brady's Buccaneers when they won Super Bowl LV?
Bruce Arians
Bruce Arians had retired after five seasons coaching Arizona, then returned after a year off to take the Buccaneers job in 2019.
Q 05In what California city was Brady born?
San Mateo
San Mateo. Many expected the local kid to stay near home at Cal, but he chose Michigan, and even there he weighed transferring to Cal while stuck on the bench.
Q 06Which Major League Baseball team drafted Brady, a left-handed-hitting catcher, in 1995?
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos waited until the 18th round because, as GM Kevin Malone put it, 'his first love was football.'
Q 07Whose injury in September 2001 opened the door for Brady to become the Patriots' starter?
Drew Bledsoe
Drew Bledsoe suffered internal bleeding from a Mo Lewis hit, and New England traded him to Buffalo the following April.
Q 08Brady's first playoff win, in the snow against Oakland, turned on which controversial call?
The tuck rule
The tuck rule turned Charles Woodson's apparent forced fumble into an incomplete pass; the NFL abolished the rule in 2013, with 29 teams voting for repeal.
Q 09Who kicked the 48-yard field goal as time expired to win Brady's first Super Bowl, XXXVI?
Adam Vinatieri
Adam Vinatieri's kick capped a drive John Madden had said on air the Patriots shouldn't try, urging them to run out the clock and play for overtime.
Q 10Who broke Brady's record as the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, four years after he set it?
Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger won Super Bowl XL at 23; in 2026, 23-year-old Drake Maye could have beaten that mark, but New England lost Super Bowl LX.
Q 11Which team ended the Patriots' bid for a perfect 19-0 season in Super Bowl XLII?
New York Giants
The New York Giants won 17-14 after David Tyree pinned a pass against his helmet to keep the game-winning drive alive.
Q 12Which Chiefs safety delivered the 2008 opening-day hit that tore Brady's ACL and MCL?
Bernard Pollard
Bernard Pollard's low but legal hit led the NFL to bar defenders on the ground from lunging at a quarterback's legs starting in 2009.
Q 13Brady threw five touchdown passes in one quarter during a 59-0 snowy rout of which team in 2009?
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans had posted the NFL's best record, 13-3, the year before, but the rout left them 0-6.
Q 21By what score did the Patriots trail the Falcons in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI before winning?
28-3
28-3. New England scored 25 unanswered points to force the first overtime in Super Bowl history.
Q 22Brady threw for 505 yards in Super Bowl LII but lost to which Eagles quarterback?
Nick Foles
Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes and caught another, becoming the first player to throw and catch a touchdown in a Super Bowl.
Q 23Which receiver was named MVP of Super Bowl LIII, Brady's sixth title, a 13-3 win?
Julian Edelman
Julian Edelman had begun that season suspended for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
Q 14What made Brady's 2010 MVP award unprecedented in NFL history?
It was a unanimous vote
It was a unanimous vote, the first ever, two seasons after a torn ACL had wiped out his 2008 season.
Q 15Brady's top-seeded, 14-2 Patriots of 2010 were upset in the playoffs by which team?
New York Jets
The New York Jets won 28-21 in Foxborough, weeks after New England had routed them 45-3 on the same field.
Q 16In Week 1 of 2011, Brady threw a record-tying 99-yard touchdown pass to whom?
Wes Welker
Wes Welker. Five months later, in Super Bowl XLVI, he couldn't hold on to a high late pass from Brady that could have all but sealed the title.
Q 17What did Brady concede on his first Super Bowl XLVI series?
A safety for intentional grounding
A safety for intentional grounding put New England 2-0 down, yet Brady then completed 16 straight passes, breaking Joe Montana's Super Bowl record of 13.
Q 18Whose goal-line interception in the final seconds sealed Brady's Super Bowl XLIX win over Seattle?
Malcolm Butler
Malcolm Butler picked off Seattle's pass at the 1-yard line, where the Seahawks chose to throw rather than hand off to Marshawn Lynch.
Q 19Who started the first two games of 2016 while Brady served his Deflategate suspension?
Jimmy Garoppolo
Jimmy Garoppolo won his first start and was winning the second when a shoulder injury knocked him out, leaving rookie Jacoby Brissett to finish.
Q 20Roger Goodell cited Brady's destruction of which item as a key reason for upholding his suspension?
His cell phone
His cell phone, used for four months and nearly 10,000 texts, was destroyed on or about the day he met investigator Ted Wells.
Q 24Which former teammate picked off Brady's final Patriots pass and scored in the 2019 Wild Card loss?
Logan Ryan
Logan Ryan returned it nine yards for a touchdown after a punt had pinned New England at its own 1-yard line, sealing a 20-13 upset.
Q 25Which Buccaneers receiver gave up his number 12 so Brady could keep it in Tampa Bay?
Chris Godwin
Godwin switched to 14 as a sign of respect; Brady then pushed the team to trade for Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement.
Q 26In which stadium did Brady's Buccaneers become the first team to play a Super Bowl at home?
Raymond James Stadium
Raymond James Stadium admitted only about 25,000 fans under COVID-19 limits, with some 30,000 cardboard cutouts in other seats.
Q 27Brady's fifth Super Bowl MVP award, won with Tampa Bay, made him the first player to do what?
Win the game's MVP with two teams
Peyton Manning had also won titles with two franchises, but Brady's fifth MVP award was unique; he had also just become the oldest starter to win one.
Q 28Whom did Brady pass in Week 4 of 2021, in Foxborough, to become the NFL's all-time passing yards leader?
Drew Brees
Drew Brees. Brady then beat his old team 19-17 when Nick Folk's 56-yard field goal try hit the upright in the final minute.
Q 29Brady's first retirement, announced in February 2022, followed a 30-27 playoff loss to which team?
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams won with a last-second field goal after Brady had rallied Tampa Bay from 27-3 down to tie the game.
Q 30Which country completed Tom Brady's 2022 feat of winning NFL games in three different countries outside the US?
Germany
The 21-16 win over Seattle in Munich followed earlier wins in England and Mexico with the Patriots.