Q 01/05

NC State's first football team wore which two colors in 1892, before the switch to red and white?

A) Green and gold

B) Pink and blue

C) Purple and gold

D) Black and orange

Answer · why

B) Pink and blue

Pink and blue were the colors of the 1892 Aggies, who won their first game 12–6 at what is now Pullen Park. Red and white uniforms did not arrive unti...

Q 02/05

Which NC State forward dunked a teammate's air ball at the buzzer to win the 1983 national title?

A) Thurl Bailey

B) Sidney Lowe

C) Dereck Whittenburg

D) Lorenzo Charles

Answer · why

D) Lorenzo Charles

Lorenzo Charles caught Dereck Whittenburg's desperation shot from nearly 30 feet and dunked it to beat Houston 54–52. His coach then ran around the co...

Q 03/05

Which coach of NC State's 1983 champions gave a famous 1993 ESPY Awards speech while dying of cancer?

A) Norm Sloan

B) Dean Smith

C) Jim Valvano

D) Lefty Driesell

Answer · why

C) Jim Valvano

Jim Valvano used the speech to announce the V Foundation for Cancer Research. He died less than two months later, at 47, and the ESPYs later created a...

Q 04/05

Which NC State star, nicknamed Skywalker, did Michael Jordan pick to present him at the Hall of Fame?

A) David Thompson

B) Rodney Monroe

C) Julius Hodge

D) Dennis Smith Jr.

Answer · why

A) David Thompson

David Thompson introduced Jordan at the 2009 induction, and Jordan has said the whole idea of the vertical leap began with him. His 44 is the only men...

Q 05/05

Which victory ritual did NC State's Everett Case bring to college basketball from Indiana high schools?

A) Cutting down the nets

B) Storming the court

C) Retiring jersey numbers

D) Hoisting the coach

Answer · why

A) Cutting down the nets

Cutting down the nets was how Case and his players marked the 1947 Southern Conference title, their first in 18 years. The custom soon spread to champ...