Q 01/05

Which Boston College quarterback's last-second 1984 touchdown pass gave his name to a surge in college applications?

A) Dan Marino

B) Vinny Testaverde

C) Doug Flutie

D) Jim Kelly

Answer · why

C) Doug Flutie

Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy a week after the pass, and the 'Flutie effect' has come to mean any admissions bump that follows a sporting triumph...

Q 02/05

Which defending national champion did Boston College beat 47–45 on a last-second Hail Mary pass in November 1984?

A) Miami

B) Nebraska

C) Penn State

D) Alabama

Answer · why

A) Miami

Miami lost at home in the Orange Bowl when receiver Gerard Phelan caught the 48-yard throw in the end zone as time ran out.

Q 03/05

Which Catholic religious order, also behind Georgetown and Fordham, founded Boston College in 1863?

A) The Franciscans

B) The Jesuits

C) The Dominicans

D) The Benedictines

Answer · why

B) The Jesuits

The Jesuits, formally the Society of Jesus, taught pupils whose average age in the early years was just fourteen.

Q 04/05

Boston College graduate Tom McCarthy directed which Best Picture winner about Boston Globe reporters?

A) The Post

B) The Paper

C) Truth

D) Spotlight

Answer · why

D) Spotlight

Spotlight also won McCarthy the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, decades after he performed improv comedy as a Boston College undergraduate.

Q 05/05

Which Parks and Recreation star joined the improv troupe My Mother's Fleabag as a Boston College student?

A) Rashida Jones

B) Amy Poehler

C) Aubrey Plaza

D) Kathryn Hahn

Answer · why

B) Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler graduated in 1993 and moved to Chicago, where she took her first formal improv class on the way to Saturday Night Live.