<![CDATA[Academia And Football Trivia]]>Here is some trivia that combines the title subjects. Some are strictly academic, some strictly football some a combination of both:


1. At what college was the Phi Beta Kappa Society founded and in what year?


2. Which two Big Ten schools are among the nation's Top 20 in largest monetary endowments?


3. Which current starting NFL Quarterback is a Phi Beta Kappa member?


4. Which organization bestows "The Order of the Arrow"?


5. Which US University has the most Nobel Peace Prize winners associated with it (either as a graduate or a staff member, i.e. faculty or research)?


6. Which 5 schools have the largest athletic budgets in the nation?


7. Per Forbes magazine, what are the 5 most valuable professional sports franchises in the US?


8. Per the Bleacher Report name any 3 of the top 5 they say have been the smartest NFL players ever.


9. What do Howard K. Smith, William Fulbright Jr., Byron White, Dean Rusk, Carl Albert, Nicholas Katzenbach, Susan Rice, Rachel Maddow, Bobby Jindal, George Stephanopoulos, Myron Rolle, Pat Haden, Michael Kinsley, Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, Bill Bradley, David Boren, David Souter, Dick Celeste, Pete Dawkins, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Lugar, and Paul Sarbanes all have in common?


10. For the following question two factors are in play: 1. Pro Football Reference has come up with a cybermetric statistic known as the "Career Average" which supposedly can boil down a players career productivity in the NFL to a single number, which can apply to all positions be it skill or non-skill (thus you can compare QBs/RBs to DL or OL etc.)
2. US News and World Report annually puts out its list of "Best National Universities".
For this question, I will list the Top Ten schools from the US News Best Univ. list. You simply say which player in history from that particular elite university has obtained the highest Career Average per PFR/
(Note...4 schools that are in the US News Top 10 do not have major football programs and are not included here. These are MIT, Cal Tech, John Hopkins and the Univ. of Chicago).
In essence...simply give the name of the "best NFL player" to ever come out of these top schools:

1. Harvard:
2. Princeton:
3. Yale:
4. Columbia:
5. Stanford:
6. Duke:
7. Penn:
8. Dartmouth
9. Northwestern
10. Brown.

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@the-gipper said:

Here is some trivia that combines the title subjects. Some are strictly academic, some strictly football some a combination of both:
Answers:

1. At what college was the Phi Beta Kappa Society founded and in what year?

William and Mary College in 1776.

2. Which two Big Ten schools are among the nation's Top 20 in largest monetary endowments?

Michigan with 7.6 billion, and Northwestern with 7.1 billion
(Note: Harvard is #1 with about 31 billion, Yale second with 20 billion.)

3. Which current starting NFL Quarterback is a Phi Beta Kappa member?

Peyton Manning

4. Which organization bestows "The Order of the Arrow"?

The Boy Scouts

5. Which US University has the most Nobel Peace Prize winners associated with it (either as a graduate or a staff member, i.e. faculty or research)?

Columbia University has had the following Nobel Peace Prize winners attend or teach there:
Elie Weisel
Theodore Roosevelt
Jose Ramos Horton
Nicholas Murray Butler
Barack Obama
Al Gore

6. Which 5 schools have the largest athletic budgets in the nation?

Texas 150 million; Ohio St. 131 million; Alabama 123 million; Florida 123 million, Michigan 122 million (#6: Penn St. at 116 million)

7. Per Forbes magazine, what are the 5 most valuable professional sports franchises in the US?

In order of value:
Yankees
Cowboys
Redskins
Dodgers
Patriots

8. Per the Bleacher Report name any 3 of the top 5 they say have been the smartest NFL players ever.

Per them, the smartest were:
Byron White, who became US Supreme Court Justice
Alan Page, became a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice
Pat Haden, Rhodes Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa USC Athletic Director
Jack Kemp, US House Rep. Vice Presidential Candidate
Steve Largent, US House Rep.

9. What do Howard K. Smith, William Fulbright Jr., Byron White, Dean Rusk, Carl Albert, Nicholas Katzenbach, Susan Rice, Rachel Maddow, Bobby Jindal, George Stephanopoulos, Myron Rolle, Pat Haden, Michael Kinsley, Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, Bill Bradley, David Boren, David Souter, Dick Celeste, Pete Dawkins, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Lugar, and Paul Sarbanes all have in common?

They were all Rhodes Scholars

I believe Myron Rolle may be on an NFL roster

10. For the following question two factors are in play: 1. Pro Football Reference has come up with a cybermetric statistic known as the "Career Average" which supposedly can boil down a players career productivity in the NFL to a single number, which can apply to all positions be it skill or non-skill (thus you can compare QBs/RBs to DL or OL etc.)

2. US News and World Report annually puts out its list of "Best National Universities".

For this question, I will list the Top Ten schools from the US News Best Univ. list. You simply say which player in history from that particular elite university has obtained the highest Career Average per PFR/

(Note...4 schools that are in the US News Top 10 do not have major football programs and are not included here. These are MIT, Cal Tech, John Hopkins and the Univ. of Chicago).

In essence...simply give the name of the "best NFL player" to ever come out of these top schools:

1. Harvard: Matt Birk, recently retired longtime offensive center Vikings/Ravens (Fitzpatrick #2)

2. Princeton: Dennis Norman, defensive back played from 2003-2009

3. Yale: Gary Fencik DB (#2 Calvin Hill)

4. Columbia: Sid Luckman HOF QB

5. Stanford: John Elway HOF QB

6. Duke: Sonny Jurgenson HOF QB

7. Penn: Chuck Bednarik HOF LB/OC

8. Dartmouth: Reggie Williams, longtime Bengals LB

9. Northwestern: Otto Graham HOF QB

10. Brown. Don Colo, 3 time Pro Bowl DB for the Browns. (1950s)

(many of these could be easy with well known names, others, not so much)

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@slowburn said:

1. Harvard 1803...NO

2. Michigan 1878...Michigan is one. Bob got both

3.Peyton Manning...Check

4.The Odd Fellows...NO

5. MIT...No...note this question is just about the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Prizes are awarded in a variety of sciences, so MIT may be way up there...but they are not with the Peace Prize

6. OSU, Alabama, Florida, LSU..first 3 right, not LSU

7. Yankees, Giants, Patriots, Atlanta, red Sox..only Yankees and Patriots

8. Staubach, Elway, Peyton Manning, Tiki Barber, Brady..None of these are correct

9. all are ill with genital herpes...NO

10.Fitzpatrick Harvard..No, but Fitz is #2

PRINCETON Carl Eller...no. I don't think Eller went to Princeton

Yale

Columbia YA Title..no, but right position

Stanford Luck..No, Bob got Elway

Duke Sonny Jergusen..check

Penn

Northwestern Mike Ohler..NO

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@bob806 said:

@the-gipper said:

Here is some trivia that combines the title subjects. Some are strictly academic, some strictly football some a combination of both:

1. At what college was the Phi Beta Kappa Society founded and in what year?

2. Which two Big Ten schools are among the nation's Top 20 in largest monetary endowments?

Northwestern & Michigan

3. Which current starting NFL Quarterback is a Phi Beta Kappa member?

4. Which organization bestows "The Order of the Arrow"?

5. Which US University has the most Nobel Peace Prize winners associated with it (either as a graduate or a staff member, i.e. faculty or research)?

6. Which 5 schools have the largest athletic budgets in the nation?

Ohio State, USC, Florida state, Texas, Notre Dame

7. Per Forbes magazine, what are the 5 most valuable professional sports franchises in the US?

NY Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, NY Knicks

8. Per the Bleacher Report name any 3 of the top 5 they say have been the smartest NFL players ever.

9. What do Howard K. Smith, William Fulbright Jr., Byron White, Dean Rusk, Carl Albert, Nicholas Katzenbach, Susan Rice, Rachel Maddow, Bobby Jindal, George Stephanopoulos, Myron Rolle, Pat Haden, Michael Kinsley, Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, Bill Bradley, David Boren, David Souter, Dick Celeste, Pete Dawkins, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Lugar, and Paul Sarbanes all have in common?

Rhodes Scholars

10. For the following question two factors are in play: 1. Pro Football Reference has come up with a cybermetric statistic known as the "Career Average" which supposedly can boil down a players career productivity in the NFL to a single number, which can apply to all positions be it skill or non-skill (thus you can compare QBs/RBs to DL or OL etc.)

2. US News and World Report annually puts out its list of "Best National Universities".

For this question, I will list the Top Ten schools from the US News Best Univ. list. You simply say which player in history from that particular elite university has obtained the highest Career Average per PFR/

(Note...4 schools that are in the US News Top 10 do not have major football programs and are not included here. These are MIT, Cal Tech, John Hopkins and the Univ. of Chicago).

In essence...simply give the name of the "best NFL player" to ever come out of these top schools:

1. Harvard:

2. Princeton:

3. Yale:

4. Columbia:

5. Stanford: Elway

6. Duke:

7. Penn:

8. Dartmouth

9. Northwestern

10. Brown.

(many of these could be easy with well known names, others, not so much)

Bob got 2 and 9 correct. On #6 just two of your answers were right. On #7 3 of 5 are right. On 10 Elway is right

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2. Michigan 1878

3.Peyton Manning

4.The Odd Fellows

5. MIT

6. OSU, Alabama, Florida, LSU

7. Yankees, Giants, Patriots, Atlanta, red Sox

8. Staubach, Elway, Peyton Manning, Tiki Barber, Brady

9. all are ill with genital herpes

10.Fitzpatrick Harvard

PRINCETON Carl Eller

Yale

Columbia YA Title

Stanford Luck

Duke Sonny Jergusen

Penn

Northwestern Mike Ohler

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@the-gipper said:

Here is some trivia that combines the title subjects. Some are strictly academic, some strictly football some a combination of both:

1. At what college was the Phi Beta Kappa Society founded and in what year?

2. Which two Big Ten schools are among the nation's Top 20 in largest monetary endowments?

Northwestern & Michigan

3. Which current starting NFL Quarterback is a Phi Beta Kappa member?

4. Which organization bestows "The Order of the Arrow"?

5. Which US University has the most Nobel Peace Prize winners associated with it (either as a graduate or a staff member, i.e. faculty or research)?

6. Which 5 schools have the largest athletic budgets in the nation?

Ohio State, USC, Florida state, Texas, Notre Dame

7. Per Forbes magazine, what are the 5 most valuable professional sports franchises in the US?

NY Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, NY Knicks

8. Per the Bleacher Report name any 3 of the top 5 they say have been the smartest NFL players ever.

9. What do Howard K. Smith, William Fulbright Jr., Byron White, Dean Rusk, Carl Albert, Nicholas Katzenbach, Susan Rice, Rachel Maddow, Bobby Jindal, George Stephanopoulos, Myron Rolle, Pat Haden, Michael Kinsley, Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, Bill Bradley, David Boren, David Souter, Dick Celeste, Pete Dawkins, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Lugar, and Paul Sarbanes all have in common?

Rhodes Scholars

10. For the following question two factors are in play: 1. Pro Football Reference has come up with a cybermetric statistic known as the "Career Average" which supposedly can boil down a players career productivity in the NFL to a single number, which can apply to all positions be it skill or non-skill (thus you can compare QBs/RBs to DL or OL etc.)

2. US News and World Report annually puts out its list of "Best National Universities".

For this question, I will list the Top Ten schools from the US News Best Univ. list. You simply say which player in history from that particular elite university has obtained the highest Career Average per PFR/

(Note...4 schools that are in the US News Top 10 do not have major football programs and are not included here. These are MIT, Cal Tech, John Hopkins and the Univ. of Chicago).

In essence...simply give the name of the "best NFL player" to ever come out of these top schools:

1. Harvard:

2. Princeton:

3. Yale:

4. Columbia:

5. Stanford: Elway

6. Duke:

7. Penn:

8. Dartmouth

9. Northwestern

10. Brown.

(many of these could be easy with well known names, others, not so much)

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