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!

The other three belong to Auburn, Nebraska and Ole Miss, and using the wrong one in Tuscaloosa is not recommended.

Q 02/05

In which year did Alabama play its first football season?

A) 1892

B) 1899

C) 1905

D) 1913

Answer · why

A) 1892

Law student William G. Little learned the game at prep school in Andover, Massachusetts and taught it to his classmates.

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) Mike Denny

Answer · why

A) George H. Denny

It opened as Denny Stadium in 1929 with 12,000 seats; the legislature added Bryant's name in 1975 while he was still coaching.

Q 04/05

What is the listed seating capacity of Bryant-Denny Stadium?

A) 88,548

B) 92,746

C) 100,077

D) 107,601

Answer · why

C) 100,077

The record crowd was 101,821 when the south end zone expansion opened in 2010.

Q 05/05

Sportswriter Hugh Roberts coined the Crimson Tide nickname 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

The underdog Tide held favoured Auburn to a 6-6 tie in it; before that the papers called them the Thin Red Line.

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