Q 01/05

In 2007, Appalachian State football won 34–32 at which fifth-ranked Big Ten team in a famous upset?

A) Ohio State

B) Michigan

C) Penn State

D) Wisconsin

Answer · why

B) Michigan

Michigan fell from No. 5 out of the AP Top 25 entirely, the first time a single game had knocked a top-five team out of the poll.

Q 02/05

The Old Mountain Jug, Appalachian State's rivalry trophy with Western Carolina, is an old jug for what?

A) Molasses

B) Apple cider

C) Moonshine

D) Sorghum syrup

Answer · why

C) Moonshine

Moonshine gave the 25-pound trophy its start: the campus bookstore manager donated the old jug in 1976 and his wife painted it gold.

Q 03/05

Which country star studied criminal justice at Appalachian State and played his first country show in Boone?

A) Morgan Wallen

B) Chris Stapleton

C) Thomas Rhett

D) Luke Combs

Answer · why

D) Luke Combs

Luke Combs worked as a bouncer at a Boone bar before he ever took its stage, then left school short of a degree to chase music in Nashville.

Q 04/05

Appalachian State's mascot Yosef takes his name from a mountain-dialect way of saying which everyday word?

A) Yourself

B) Joseph

C) Youngster

D) Yes sir

Answer · why

A) Yourself

Yourself is the idea behind Yosef: any fan with a heart of black and gold counts as one. He debuted in the 1942 yearbook, filling a spot left one pict...

Q 05/05

Appalachian State's mountainside football stadium in Boone, opened in 1962, is known to fans by which nickname?

A) The Peak

B) The Ridge

C) The Rock

D) The Summit

Answer · why

C) The Rock

The Rock hosted a 30-game home winning streak, then the longest in Division I, until Georgia Southern snapped it in October 2007.