Q 01/05

In Remember the Titans (2000), which actor plays Coach Herman Boone?

A) Denzel Washington

B) Samuel L. Jackson

C) Morgan Freeman

D) Laurence Fishburne

Answer · why

A) Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington's Boone integrates a team on screen, but the real school had been integrated since it opened in 1965; the upheaval of 1971 was Alexa...

Q 02/05

Remember the Titans ends on a last-play win, but how did the real 1971 state final end?

A) Shutout win

B) Narrow loss

C) Tie

D) Overtime win

Answer · why

A) Shutout win

A shutout win, 27-0 over Andrew Lewis High, capped a 13-0 season with nine shutouts; the film moved the Titans' one close call, a 21-16 midseason esca...

Q 03/05

Rudy (1993) was the first film Notre Dame let shoot on its campus since which earlier movie?

A) Jim Thorpe – All-American

B) The Spirit of Notre Dame

C) Knute Rockne, All American

D) Navy Blue and Gold

Answer · why

C) Knute Rockne, All American

Knute Rockne, All American (1940) was the last; Rudy's closing scene, with Sean Astin carried off the field, was shot at halftime of Notre Dame's real...

Q 04/05

Which team does Rudy Ruettiger finally get to play against in the closing game of Rudy?

A) Michigan

B) Southern Cal

C) Air Force

D) Georgia Tech

Answer · why

D) Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech was the real opponent too: Ruettiger made a sack on the final play of Notre Dame's 1975 home finale, but no player handed in a jersey, an...

Q 05/05

Friday Night Lights (2004) follows the 1988 Permian Panthers of which Texas town?

A) Odessa

B) Midland

C) Lubbock

D) Amarillo

Answer · why

A) Odessa

Odessa's real 1988 Panthers squeezed into the playoffs on a coin flip and lost to Dallas Carter in a semifinal, not in the state championship game the...