Q 01/05

Ohio State first fielded a football team in which year?

A) 1890

B) 1896

C) 1902

D) 1912

Answer · why

A) 1890

Attempts in 1886 and 1887 fizzled; the school joined the Western Conference, now the Big Ten, in 1912.

Q 02/05

Ohio Stadium, which opened in 1922, is best known by what nickname?

A) The Big House

B) The Horseshoe

C) The Swamp

D) The Coliseum

Answer · why

B) The Horseshoe

It is also called 'The House That Harley Built', after Chic Harley, whose record crowds forced its construction.

Q 03/05

The rotunda at the north end of Ohio Stadium was designed to resemble the dome of which ancient building?

A) The Colosseum

B) Hagia Sophia

C) The Pantheon

D) The Parthenon

Answer · why

C) The Pantheon

The stadium, designed by Howard Dwight Smith, joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and now seats 102,780.

Q 04/05

Which future NFL founder coached Ohio State to its first national championship in 1942?

A) Wes Fesler

B) Francis Schmidt

C) Woody Hayes

D) Paul Brown

Answer · why

D) Paul Brown

He was hired from Massillon Washington High School in 1941 and later founded the Browns and the Bengals.

Q 05/05

Which coach won 205 games, five national titles and 13 Big Ten titles in 28 seasons from 1951 to 1978?

A) Woody Hayes

B) Earle Bruce

C) John Cooper

D) Jim Tressel

Answer · why

A) Woody Hayes

His conservative attack was famously described as 'three yards and a cloud of dust'.