Q 01/05

Which sports drink did a University of Florida research team led by Robert Cade create for its football players in 1965?

A) Powerade

B) Gatorade

C) BodyArmor

D) Propel

Answer · why

B) Gatorade

Gatorade was tried out on ten Florida football players in practices and games that season, and the tests were judged a success.

Q 02/05

Florida Gators football's home, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, got which nickname from the team's head coach in 1992?

A) The Bayou

B) The Marsh

C) The Glades

D) The Swamp

Answer · why

D) The Swamp

The Swamp was chosen because swamps are where alligators live. The stadium had opened in 1930 as plain Florida Field.

Q 03/05

Which Florida Gators quarterback became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, college football's top award?

A) Tim Tebow

B) Cam Newton

C) Rex Grossman

D) Chris Leak

Answer · why

A) Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow took the 2007 award after becoming the first major-college player to both run and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in one season.

Q 04/05

Which Gainesville-born rock star's song have Florida Gators crowds sung at every home game since his death in 2017?

A) Gregg Allman

B) Jimmy Buffett

C) Tom Petty

D) Bo Diddley

Answer · why

C) Tom Petty

Tom Petty died in October 2017, and five days later the stadium first played I Won't Back Down, which now follows the third quarter at each home game.

Q 05/05

Florida Gators bands accompany the Gator Chomp arm gesture with the theme from which film?

A) Jaws

B) Psycho

C) Rocky

D) Batman

Answer · why

A) Jaws

Jaws supplies the two-note motif, played while fans clap outstretched arms together like an alligator's mouth. The university band began the gesture i...