Q 01/05

Which billionaire's network rivalled ABC for NFL Monday games?

A) Ted Turner

B) Howard Hughes

C) J. Paul Getty

D) Ross Perot

Answer · why

B) Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes bankrolled the Hughes Sports Network. ABC, the lowest-rated of the three big networks, had been as wary of Monday football as its rivals...

Q 02/05

Which team hosted and won the first MNF game, 31–21 over the Jets?

A) Pittsburgh Steelers

B) Detroit Lions

C) Cleveland Browns

D) Baltimore Colts

Answer · why

C) Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns fans watched the start of a 35-year run on ABC. When the network's last Monday game came round in 2005, the Jets were on the field ag...

Q 03/05

Which NFL commissioner pushed for a weekly prime-time game in the 1960s?

A) Bert Bell

B) Paul Tagliabue

C) Roger Goodell

D) Pete Rozelle

Answer · why

D) Pete Rozelle

Pete Rozelle tried Friday nights first, in 1964, and was beaten back by fears that high school football crowds would suffer. He then tested Mondays wi...

Q 04/05

Which television executive built Monday Night Football as an entertainment 'spectacle'?

A) Dick Ebersol

B) Roone Arledge

C) Fred Silverman

D) Don Hewitt

Answer · why

B) Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge doubled the usual number of cameras, filled the screen with graphics and put a third voice in the booth. He had been reshaping ABC's col...

Q 05/05

Which Chiefs quarterback beat John Elway's Broncos on MNF in 1994 with a 75-yard touchdown drive in the dying seconds?

A) Len Dawson

B) Rich Gannon

C) Joe Montana

D) Steve DeBerg

Answer · why

C) Joe Montana

Joe Montana, in the last season of his career, got the ball back with 89 seconds left after an Elway touchdown. He took Kansas City 75 yards to score ...