Q 01/05

Which school's arrival in 1990 led the Big Ten Conference to hide the number 11 in its logo?

A) Michigan State

B) Maryland

C) Penn State

D) Ohio State

Answer · why

C) Penn State

Penn State made it eleven members, but the Big Ten kept its famous name. Designers tucked an 11 into the negative space of the lettering, where it sta...

Q 02/05

Which Disney character is the University of Oregon's mascot based on, thanks to a handshake deal with Walt Disney?

A) Scrooge McDuck

B) Donald Duck

C) Darkwing Duck

D) Daisy Duck

Answer · why

B) Donald Duck

Donald Duck became the Oregon mascot when athletic director Leo Harris met Walt Disney and sealed the deal with only a handshake. Student cartoons had...

Q 03/05

Which future US president played center for Michigan's unbeaten national champion football teams of 1932 and 1933?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Ronald Reagan

C) Dwight Eisenhower

D) Richard Nixon

Answer · why

A) Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford was good enough to draw offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. He turned both down and ended up at Yale, where he earned a l...

Q 04/05

Which Big Ten school packed 92,003 fans into its football stadium for a women's volleyball match in 2023?

A) Wisconsin

B) Minnesota

C) Purdue

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

D) Nebraska

Nebraska swept Omaha 3–0 on what was billed as Volleyball Day, drawing one of the largest crowds ever recorded for a women's sporting event.

Q 05/05

Iowa football fans turn after the first quarter to wave at patients in which building beside the stadium?

A) A veterans' hospital

B) A rehabilitation center

C) A children's hospital

D) A maternity ward

Answer · why

C) A children's hospital

A children's hospital opened overlooking the east stands in 2017, and a fan's Facebook suggestion started the wave. ESPN called it college football's ...