Q 01/05

What is Alabama's traditional rallying cry?

A) War Eagle!

B) Roll Tide!

C) Go Big Red!

D) Hotty Toddy!

Answer · why

B) Roll Tide!

Roll Tide! works far from the stadium too: fans who spot a stranger in Alabama gear use it as a greeting.

Q 02/05

Which Alabama quarterback, benched at half-time of a national title game, later became a Super Bowl MVP?

A) Jalen Hurts

B) Tua Tagovailoa

C) Joe Namath

D) Bart Starr

Answer · why

A) Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts stayed on as the backup, and the next season he came off the bench for an injured Tua Tagovailoa to win the SEC title game against Georgia...

Q 03/05

Alabama's home stadium is named for coach Bear Bryant and which university president?

A) George H. Denny

B) Frank Rose

C) Robert Witt

D) David Mathews

Answer · why

A) George H. Denny

George H. Denny, once a college football coach himself, was president when it opened as Denny Stadium in 1929; Alabama's legislature added Bryant's na...

Q 04/05

Alabama's home stadium holds roughly how many fans?

A) 10,000

B) 30,000

C) 100,000

D) 300,000

Answer · why

C) 100,000

About 100,000: it opened in 1929 with just 12,000 seats, and a 2010 upper deck in the south end zone pushed it past 101,000 before a later refit trimm...

Q 05/05

Sportswriter Hugh Roberts is credited with coining 'Crimson Tide' to describe a 1907 game played in what conditions?

A) A sea of red mud

B) A rare Alabama blizzard

C) Driving rain and thick fog

D) Blazing 100-degree heat

Answer · why

A) A sea of red mud

A sea of red mud stained Alabama's white jerseys crimson as the underdogs held heavily favoured Auburn to a 6-6 tie.