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7 CFL Mixture quizzes and 110 CFL Mixture trivia questions.
1.
  CFL Team Names    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz about the Canadian Football League. All you have to know are team names.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Storman, Nov 11 21
Very Easy
Storman
Nov 11 21
4384 plays
2.
  Canadian Football League [1]    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
See how much you know about the football, Canadian style. Try playing football outside when it is minus 40!
Average, 15 Qns, crusher28, Dec 12 09
Average
crusher28
2212 plays
3.
  Canadian Football League [2]    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
More posers from the great white north and the way football is played up here.
Tough, 10 Qns, crusher28, Aug 18 15
Tough
crusher28
1116 plays
4.
  General CFL [1]    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A mixture of CFL history and rules. If you're a fan of the great white north's version of rugby, or know the connection between Earl Grey tea and the CFL championship, this is for you!
Difficult, 20 Qns, crusher28, Mar 23 10
Difficult
crusher28
1074 plays
5.
  CFL's American Team Nicknames    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
American teams played in the CFL from 1993 to 1995, how well do you know their nicknames? I'll give you the nickname or city, you fill in the blank. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, marchmadness, Nov 11 21
Average
marchmadness
Nov 11 21
1791 plays
6.
  Canadian Football    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Test your knowledge, past and present, of the Canadian Football League.
Average, 25 Qns, b_mack, Jun 22 23
Average
b_mack
Jun 22 23
1033 plays
7.
  General CFL [2]    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This is CFL trivia taken from football.com. See how much you know about the Canadian game, both historically and in the year 2000.
Difficult, 20 Qns, crusher28, Dec 12 09
Difficult
crusher28
752 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who is the winningest coach in the 20th Century in the CFL?

From Quiz "General CFL [1]"





CFL Mixture Trivia Questions
1. What city are the Goldminers from?

From Quiz CFL's American Team Nicknames

Answer: Sacramento

Sacramento was 6-12 in 1993, and 9-8 in 1994. They were led by quarterback David Archer and running back Troy Mills. Mills averaged 6.9 yards per rush in 1994.

2. How many times has Doug Flutie been named the CFL's most outstanding player?

From Quiz Canadian Football

Answer: 6

Doug was named the league's most-outstanding player six times in his eight seasons with BC, Calgary and Toronto.

3. Who was the last Grey Cup MVP from a losing team in the 20th Century?

From Quiz General CFL [2]

Answer: Karl Anthony

Karl Anthony won it in 1994 at BC Place Grey Cup in a Baltimore Stallions uniform. CBC TV wrongly announced Lui Passaglia as the game MVP after booting the winning field goal. It turned out Lui was the top Canadian, and he had to give back the keys to the new Dodge Ram pick-up. Anthony refused it.

4. What was the Coach of the Year trophy called in the CFL?

From Quiz General CFL [1]

Answer: Annus Stukus trophy

Charlie Taaffe, Montreal coach, won the Annus Stukus trophy in 1999.

5. How many players may one team field at any one time in a CFL game?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [1]

Answer: 12

The CFL scrimmages 12 players: on offense 7 of whom must be on the line of scrimmage, and 5 at least one yard off the line.

6. What American city did the Stallions play in?

From Quiz CFL's American Team Nicknames

Answer: Baltimore

Baltimore was 12-6 in 1994 and lost in the Grey Cup. They were 15-3 in 1995 and won the Grey Cup.

7. What is the name of the CFL franchise in Saskatchewan?

From Quiz Canadian Football

Answer: Roughriders

The now-defunct Ottawa team was also known as the Rough Riders.

8. Who was the last Saskatchewan Roughrider to win a Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian in the 20th Century?

From Quiz General CFL [2]

Answer: Dave Ridgway

Kicker Ridgway won it in 1989.

9. When did George Reed retire as a Saskatchewan Roughrider running back?

From Quiz General CFL [1]

Answer: June 1975

When George Reed retired in June of 1975, he was still the dominant fullback in the Canadian Football League. He had won a Grey Cup, had been a league MVP and was a perennial all-star, and held the all-time rushing yardage record for all of professional football. In 13 seasons, starting in 1963, George Reed had established a new standard for running backs with his 16,116 career rushing yards.

10. How long is a CFL field (including the end zones)?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [2]

Answer: 150 yards

A regulation CFL field has two 20-yard end zones, and a 110 yard filed-of-play field for a total of 150 yards.

11. What well known American city, were the Posse located in?

From Quiz CFL's American Team Nicknames

Answer: Las Vegas

Las Vegas was 5-13 in 1994, their only year of existence. They were led by quarterback Anthony Calvillo, who started for the 2002 Grey Cup champion Alouettes. Shonte Peoples also had 14 sacks in 1994.

12. What stadium was home to the Ottawa franchise in the late 1990s?

From Quiz Canadian Football

Answer: Frank Clair

Landsdowne Parl was renamed Frank Clair Stadium in 1993.

13. Which team below did Bernie Faloney never suit up for?

From Quiz General CFL [1]

Answer: Toronto Argonauts

14. In which year did the Grey Cup become apochraphally known as 'the great national drunk', when a Stampeder fan rode a horse into a downtown Toronto hotel during Grey Cup Week?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [2]

Answer: 1948

I believe 1948 saw the first Calgary team in the Grey Cup classic, and the Stampeder fans moved their Stampede to Toronto. Toronto was quite unprepared for the western-style celebrations.

15. Which CFL team brought Doug Flutie out of football obscurity and relaunched his hail mary career?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [1]

Answer: BC Lions

The Lions brought Flutie out of obscurity in 1991 where he played to a packed BC Place stadium of crowds of 50,000 or more. Three seasons later he was traded to Calgary, and then won 2 Grey Cups with Toronto before jumping to Buffalo in the NFL. BTW - there is no Halifax team in the CFL.

16. What was the nickname of the Shreveport CFL team?

From Quiz CFL's American Team Nicknames

Answer: Pirates

Shreveport was 3-15 in 1994 and 5-13 in 1995. The Pirates were led by quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver, and kick returner Freeman Baysinger.

17. Who broke Ron Lancaster's CFL all-time passing-yards record in October 2000?

From Quiz Canadian Football

Answer: Damon Allen

Damon Allen surpassed Ron Lancaster on 28th October 2000.

18. Who was the last quarterback to win rookie of the year in the CFL in the 20th Century?

From Quiz General CFL [2]

Answer: Chris Isaac

Chris Isaac won it in an Ottawa uniform in 1982.

19. Canadian great, Russ Jackson, won how many Grey Cups?

From Quiz General CFL [1]

Answer: 3

Jackson was on Grey Cup Champion teams in 1960, 1968, and 1969, all with the Ottawa Rough Riders.

20. Which CFL stadium had the smallest capacity in the year 2000?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [2]

Answer: McGill Stadium

The Alouettes moved out of the cavernous Olympic Stadium (seating of 60,000+) in 1997 to the 19,600+ cozy confines of McGill University. They currently are the hottest ticket in town and regularly play to sell-outs and are looking for larger confines. They won't go back to the Big Owe no matter what

21. Which brother of NFLer Marcus Allen is poised to be the greatest QB ever in the CFL, statistically speaking?

From Quiz Canadian Football League [1]

Answer: Damon Allen

Damon Allen currently toils for the BC Lions and will surpass Ron Lancaster in the 2000 season as the most proficient CFL QB ever.

22. What city were the Mad Dogs located in?

From Quiz CFL's American Team Nicknames

Answer: Memphis

Memphis was 9-9 in 1995, their only year of existence. The Mad Dogs offense was led by great quarterback Damon Allen, and their defense was led by Tim Cofield, who had 24 sacks in 1995.

23. What was the name of the CFL franchise in Shreveport?

From Quiz Canadian Football

Answer: Pirates

The Pirates played in Independence Stadium (capacity 40,000).

24. Who was the last non-QB, non-RB, or non-WR to win the outstanding player award for a CFL seaon in the 20th Century?

From Quiz General CFL [2]

Answer: Tony Gabriel

Tony Gabriel won it as an Ottawa tight end in 1978.

25. In the CFL when two or more players touch a pass from scrimmage, who is credited with the reception and the yardage?

From Quiz General CFL [1]

Answer: The final player to touch the ball

From the rulebook: The receiver is credited only with the number of passes caught and total yards gained. Where a pass is touched by two receivers the player making the final catch will be credited.

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