Q 01/05

Which real Texas town, home of the Permian Panthers, gave the fictional Dillon many of its traits?

A) Lubbock

B) Midland

C) Odessa

D) Amarillo

Answer · why

C) Odessa

Odessa is where the book and film are set, but for TV Peter Berg invented Dillon so the writers could follow fictional characters into stories the two...

Q 02/05

Who plays Coach Eric Taylor?

A) Kyle Chandler

B) Taylor Kitsch

C) Scott Porter

D) Peter Berg

Answer · why

A) Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler has said that at first neither he nor Peter Berg wanted him as Coach Taylor, and that Berg still teases him: 'I still didn't want you.'

Q 03/05

What is Tami Taylor's job at Dillon High when Friday Night Lights begins?

A) Booster club president

B) English teacher

C) Principal

D) Guidance counselor

Answer · why

D) Guidance counselor

Guidance counselor Tami later becomes principal and then a college dean of admissions, the job her husband finally leaves Dillon for.

Q 04/05

Which Dillon Panther suffers a career-ending spinal injury in the Friday Night Lights pilot?

A) Tim Riggins

B) Jason Street

C) Smash Williams

D) Matt Saracen

Answer · why

B) Jason Street

Jason Street was inspired by David Edwards, a San Antonio high schooler paralysed in a 2003 game that Peter Berg attended.

Q 05/05

Which quiet sophomore becomes the Dillon Panthers' starting quarterback after the star is paralysed in the pilot?

A) Saracen

B) Landry

C) McCoy

D) Cafferty

Answer · why

A) Saracen

Saracen takes over at quarterback while caring alone for his grandmother Lorraine, because his father is away serving in Iraq.