Q 01/05

Western Illinois teams are the Leathernecks, a name officially borrowed from which military branch?

A) Coast Guard

B) National Guard

C) Marine Corps

D) Air Force

Answer · why

C) Marine Corps

Marine Corps permission came in 1927 at the request of a coach who had served in World War I. No other non-military school officially takes its nickna...

Q 02/05

Which NFL team held its summer training camp at Western Illinois University from 1996 to 2004?

A) St. Louis Rams

B) Chicago Bears

C) Indianapolis Colts

D) Kansas City Chiefs

Answer · why

A) St. Louis Rams

St. Louis Rams players spent nine summers on campus, among them the 1999 camp that came before their Super Bowl XXXIV victory. The team moved camp to ...

Q 03/05

John Mahoney, who taught English at Western Illinois University, played the dad on which sitcom?

A) Cheers

B) Frasier

C) Seinfeld

D) Wings

Answer · why

B) Frasier

Frasier cast him as retired policeman Martin Crane from 1993 to 2004, long after he had earned his master's degree in English at Western Illinois.

Q 04/05

Which Western Illinois graduate became a Republican strategist and married Democrat James Carville?

A) Karen Hughes

B) Peggy Noonan

C) Kellyanne Conway

D) Mary Matalin

Answer · why

D) Mary Matalin

Mary Matalin was a deputy campaign manager for George H. W. Bush in 1992 while dating Carville, who was chief strategist for Bill Clinton's rival camp...

Q 05/05

Which Western Illinois safety won two Super Bowls with the Patriots before becoming an NBC analyst?

A) Rodney Harrison

B) Lawyer Milloy

C) Tedy Bruschi

D) Roosevelt Colvin

Answer · why

A) Rodney Harrison

Rodney Harrison was the first NFL player with 30 sacks and 30 interceptions, and he picked off Donovan McNabb twice in Super Bowl XXXIX.