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

Boone took over the newly integrated T. C. Williams team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971, with Will Patton playing assistant Bill Yoast.

Q 02/05

The real 1971 T. C. Williams Titans finished 13-0 and how many of those wins were shutouts?

A) Three

B) Nine

C) Five

D) Twelve

Answer · why

B) Nine

The team ended the season ranked second in the nation, a run the film compresses into a single dramatic championship push.

Q 03/05

Rudy (1993) was the first film allowed to shoot on the campus since which 1940 movie?

A) Horse Feathers (1932)

B) The Spirit of Notre Dame

C) Knute Rockne, All American

D) The Freshman (1925)

Answer · why

C) Knute Rockne, All American

Sean Astin plays Rudy Ruettiger, and the score is by Jerry Goldsmith, who also scored Hoosiers for the same director and writer.

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

The real Ruettiger recorded a sack in that 1975 game, and Kobe Bryant later said he watched the film repeatedly for motivation.

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

The film is drawn from H. G. Bissinger's 1990 book, and the real Boobie Miles appears on screen as an assistant coach.