Q 01/05

In the foggy 2020 LSU–Florida game, Gators cornerback Marco Wilson drew a costly penalty for throwing what?

A) A helmet

B) A towel

C) A glove

D) A shoe

Answer · why

D) A shoe

A shoe that came off LSU tight end Kole Taylor was flung 20 yards downfield by Wilson after a third-down stop. The penalty kept the drive alive, and a...

Q 02/05

After Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow wrote Bible verses there, the NCAA banned messages on what in 2010?

A) Eye black

B) Wristbands

C) Mouthguards

D) Towels

Answer · why

A) Eye black

Eye black carried John 3:16 when Tebow played the January 2009 title game, and the verse became Google's top search over the next day. The 2010 ban wa...

Q 03/05

Which school lost national championship games to the Florida Gators in both football and men's basketball in 2007?

A) Michigan

B) Texas

C) Ohio State

D) Notre Dame

Answer · why

C) Ohio State

Ohio State fell 41–14 in football's title game in January 2007 and 84–75 in the basketball final that April. No other school has held both men's crown...

Q 04/05

Which future NFL MVP was a Florida Gators backup quarterback before winning the Heisman Trophy at Auburn?

A) Lamar Jackson

B) Cam Newton

C) Matt Ryan

D) Josh Allen

Answer · why

B) Cam Newton

Cam Newton spent 2007 and 2008 in Gainesville as an understudy, left for a Texas junior college, then won the 2010 Heisman and a national title in his...

Q 05/05

Florida Gators football crowds sing a hit by which Gainesville-born rock star after the third quarter of home games?

A) Tom Petty

B) Jim Morrison

C) Jimmy Buffett

D) Gregg Allman

Answer · why

A) Tom Petty

Tom Petty died in October 2017, and at the next home game the stadium played I Won't Back Down between the third and fourth quarters. It has followed ...