Q 01/05

Florida State is one of only two U.S. colleges whose students stage which kind of show?

A) A rodeo

B) A circus

C) An ice revue

D) A water ballet

Answer · why

B) A circus

A circus has run at Florida State since 1947: the Flying High Circus has no animal acts, and student performers rig the equipment, raise the tent and ...

Q 02/05

Which Florida State cornerback is the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series?

A) Bo Jackson

B) Terrell Buckley

C) Deion Sanders

D) D. J. Dozier

Answer · why

C) Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders won the Jim Thorpe Award at Florida State in 1988. A year later he hit a major-league home run and scored an NFL touchdown in the same w...

Q 03/05

Which 1970s Hollywood leading man played halfback at Florida State before injuries ended his football career?

A) Burt Reynolds

B) Nick Nolte

C) Tom Selleck

D) Kris Kristofferson

Answer · why

A) Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds earned his first start at right halfback in 1954. After he died in 2018, the team wore helmet decals styled like the Trans Am plate from...

Q 04/05

Which Florida State quarterback won the 1993 Heisman Trophy but chose the NBA over the NFL?

A) Casey Weldon

B) Danny Kanell

C) Brad Johnson

D) Charlie Ward

Answer · why

D) Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward joined the basketball team just 15 days after winning the Heisman, then played 11 NBA seasons, mostly with the New York Knicks.

Q 05/05

Which Seminole leader does a student rider portray before every Florida State home football game?

A) Micanopy

B) Osceola

C) Billy Bowlegs

D) Coacoochee

Answer · why

B) Osceola

Osceola's regalia is designed and approved by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and each student rider serves a two-year apprenticeship and must keep a 3...