Q 01/05

In which town do the Hawkeyes play their home games?

A) Des Moines

B) Cedar Rapids

C) Ames

D) Iowa City

Answer · why

D) Iowa City

Kinnick Stadium holds 69,250, the 25th-largest college football venue in the country.

Q 02/05

Kinnick Stadium is named after the school's only winner of which award?

A) Outland Trophy

B) Maxwell Award

C) Butkus Award

D) Heisman Trophy

Answer · why

D) Heisman Trophy

Nile Kinnick won it in 1939 and died in a 1943 training flight. The stadium was renamed for him in 1972.

Q 03/05

Kinnick Stadium was renamed in honour of Nile Kinnick in which year?

A) 1972

B) 1980

C) 1991

D) 2001

Answer · why

A) 1972

It had opened as Iowa Stadium in 1929; before that the team played at Iowa Field.

Q 04/05

Who has been Iowa's head coach since 1999, the longest current tenure in FBS?

A) Hayden Fry

B) Bret Bielema

C) Forest Evashevski

D) Kirk Ferentz

Answer · why

D) Kirk Ferentz

He took over from Hayden Fry, for whom he had been an assistant, and is in his 28th season.

Q 05/05

Nicknamed the 'Ironmen', Iowa's surprise 1939 team was coached by whom?

A) Howard Jones

B) Forest Evashevski

C) Eddie Anderson

D) Jerry Burns

Answer · why

C) Eddie Anderson

A handful of players took nearly every snap. Anderson missed 1943–45 to serve in World War II.