Q 01/05

In which Tennessee city was the SEC established in December 1932?

A) Nashville

B) Knoxville

C) Chattanooga

D) Memphis

Answer · why

B) Knoxville

Thirteen Southern Conference schools met at the Farragut Hotel; ten of them are still in the league today.

Q 02/05

How many charter members did the SEC have when it broke away from the Southern Conference?

A) 8

B) 10

C) 12

D) 13

Answer · why

D) 13

Three of them - Sewanee, Georgia Tech and Tulane - were gone by the late 1960s.

Q 03/05

In which Alabama city is the SEC headquartered?

A) Birmingham

B) Montgomery

C) Tuscaloosa

D) Mobile

Answer · why

A) Birmingham

The same city's Legion Field hosted the first two SEC Championship Games and, for decades, the Iron Bowl.

Q 04/05

In 1935 the SEC became the first conference to legalize what?

A) Television contracts

B) Athletic scholarships

C) Night games

D) Freshman eligibility

Answer · why

B) Athletic scholarships

Thirty years later a fight over how those scholarships were handed out drove Georgia Tech out of the league.

Q 05/05

Which charter member left the SEC after the 1940 season having gone 0-36 in conference play?

A) Tulane

B) Vanderbilt

C) Sewanee

D) Georgia Tech

Answer · why

C) Sewanee

Its 1899 'Iron Tigers' had been one of the most dominant teams in the country, but the tiny private school could not keep up with the big state univer...