Q 01/05

Josh Allen grew up on a 3,000-acre farm near which California town?

A) Firebaugh

B) Los Banos

C) Coalinga

D) Hanford

Answer · why

A) Firebaugh

Firebaugh is a farm town in California's Central Valley where Allen bused tables at his mother's restaurant and worked the family's fields through hig...

Q 02/05

Along with cantaloupes and wheat, which crop did Josh Allen's family grow on their California farm?

A) Almonds

B) Cotton

C) Oranges

D) Grapes

Answer · why

B) Cotton

Cotton grew on the family's roughly 3,000 acres, and Josh and his brother were sent into those fields to work while they were growing up.

Q 03/05

How many NCAA Division I scholarship offers did Josh Allen receive out of high school?

A) Zero

B) One

C) Three

D) Seven

Answer · why

A) Zero

Zero: no FBS or FCS program offered. He was far lighter then and had skipped the elite quarterback camps to play baseball and basketball.

Q 04/05

Which college program did Josh Allen root for as a kid but fail to get a scholarship from?

A) UCLA

B) Stanford

C) Fresno State

D) San Jose State

Answer · why

C) Fresno State

Fresno State, the local Bulldogs he grew up supporting, passed on him under head coach Tim DeRuyter both out of high school and again after junior col...

Q 05/05

Where did Josh Allen play his one season of junior-college football before transferring to Wyoming?

A) Bakersfield

B) Modesto

C) Fresno City

D) Reedley

Answer · why

D) Reedley

Reedley College, where an assistant coach was married to his cousin, took him in; he came off the bench in the fourth game, ran for four touchdowns an...