College Sports Trivia

1. The Arkansas men's team has been one of the best in NCAA cross country history, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. How many titles did they win during that span?

From Quiz NCAA Cross Country

Answer: 11

During this time, they won 11 times, including four straight titles from 1990-1993.

From Quiz Texas A&M Athletics 2010-11

Answer: 2nd round

The women won the Big 12 regular season outright, but lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game. They won their first round match against North Dakota State, but then lost to Minnesota 2-0 in the second round.

From Quiz Big 12 Colleges back in 2010

Answer: Waco

Baylor is the oldest college in Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist Church and were the only private school in the Big 12 in 2010. Rice University is in Houston, Texas Women's University is in Dallas, and McMurry University is in Abilene.

From Quiz Big 10 Colleges

Answer: Bloomington

IU has no official mascot, but is commonly known as the Hoosiers and affectionately called "Big Red". Indiana has won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship four times. The primary campus is in Bloomington. IU also has campuses in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, South Bend, Gary, Richmond and New Albany. Ball State University is in Muncie, University of Evansville is in Evansville, and University of Notre Dame is in South Bend.

From Quiz North Carolina Tar Heels Athletics

Answer: Mia Hamm

Parlow won it in 1995, Tarpley in 2002, and Schway in 1996.

From Quiz The Big Ten Conference

Answer: 11

With the addition of Penn State in 1990, there were 11 universities that made up the Big Ten Conference. In reference to the number of teams, there is the number 11 hidden in the Big Ten Logo. There are two "1's" on either side of the "T" in the logo. In 2011, the University of Nebraska joined as the 12th team (and the conference still retained the name "Big Ten").

From Quiz The Southwest Conference (1914-1996)

Answer: Texas

Teams may have come and gone from other regions, but the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M in College Station, Rice University in Houston and Baylor University in Waco were there at the start and finish of the conference (apart from Rice, who dropped out in 1916, then rejoined in 1918). Southwestern University in Georgetown was also a charter member, but dropped out after two years, replaced by Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Later on, additional Lone Star teams came from Texas Tech in Lubbock, the University of Houston and Texas Christian in Fort Worth.

From Quiz NCAA Champions!

Answer: Tennessee

The Lady Vols took their seventh crown under the guidance of Pat Summitt, and their first since 1998. The team was led by Candace Parker who averaged 21 points per game in the season.

From Quiz NCAA Division 1 Conferences

Answer: Athletic Association of Western Universities

The PAC-10 was established in 1959. It began with five teams (Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington) that were all former members of the Pacific Coast Conference, which was dissolved in 1958 due to a "pay-and-play" scandal. In 1968 it changed its name to the PAC-8, and then in 1978 it changed again to the PAC-10.

From Quiz Mountain West Conference

Answer: 1999

1999-2000 was the first season the Mountain West Conference participated in sporting events. The Mountain West Conference was a break off from the once 16-team Western Athletic Conference.

From Quiz Mountain West Sport National Championships

Answer: TCU

After an undefeated year, TCU defeated Carnegie Tech out of Pittsburgh 15-7 in the Sugar Bowl to become the National Champions.

From Quiz Atlantic Coast Conference

Answer: Southern Conference

One of the oldest collegiate athletic conferences in the country, the Southern Conference actually spawned two other major conferences--the Southeastern Conference, which includes former Southern Conference members Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Vanderbilt, and the Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes former Southern Conference members Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia. At various times, schools like East Carolina, Virginia Tech and West Virginia were also part of the Southern Conference.

From Quiz Stanford Women's Volleyball

Answer: Cynthia Barboza

Cynthia Barboza, a sophomore in 2006, has reached this record three different times. Throughout high school, her kill record was 2145. She also made the 2006 First Team All-American.

From Quiz Pac-10 Volleyball Players!

Answer: Courtney Thompson

Courtney Thompson is a four-year letter winner at her high school, and led her team to three state championships. She earned Washington State Player of the Year honors on 2002.

From Quiz Team History of the ACC

Answer: Boston College

The ACC created quite a stir when three members of the Big East Conference bolted for the ACC. Miami and Virginia Tech joined the ACC in 2004. Boston College had to wait an extra year due to certain legal issues and became the 12th member of the ACC for the 2005 football season. Syracuse was also involved in talks to join the ACC (rather than Virginia Tech), but the University of Virginia would not approve the three team expansion unless Virginia Tech was included.

From Quiz Tulane University

Answer: Green Wave

On November 19, 1920, the Hullabaloo, a University newspaper, first referred to the team as the Green Wave.

From Quiz College Fight Songs

Answer: Florida

From Quiz The Big Ten

Answer: Chicago

The meeting was held at the Palmer House in Chicago.

From Quiz College Locations

Answer: Pullman

WSU is located in a small farming town where the college is the main attraction.

From Quiz Gamecocks!

Answer: George Rogers & Rogers

He went on to have a great pro career, too.

From Quiz Mixed NCAA

Answer: Michigan & University of Michigan & Wolverines & Michigan Wolverines

In 1902, Michigan won the National Championship after 32 years of the present day IVY League dominance.

From Quiz University of Arizona Sports

Answer: Bear Down, Arizona

In October 1926, John "Button" Salmon, a student-athlete and student body president, was injured in an automobile accident, and died shortly after in the hospital. When visited by Athletics Director J.F. "Pops" McKale and asked if he had any message for the team, 'Button' is reported to have said, 'Tell them...tell the team to bear down'.

From Quiz College Sports Mixture

Answer: Alabama

Auburn University is technically located in Auburn University, Alabama and has its own zip and police authority.

From Quiz Michigan State

Answer: Lloyd Clemons

From Quiz LSU

Answer: 91,000

This expansion made Tiger Stadium the 4th largest on campus stadium in the country.

From Quiz NCAA Cross Country

Answer: UTEP

In that year, UTEP won its fourth consecutive NCAA men's championship, and its top five runners finished at 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8. (The runners who placed 4 and 5 were running individually and didn't count towards team totals, so UTEP's score was 1+2+3+5+6=17.)

From Quiz Game On!

Answer: Kellen Winslow

From St. Louis, Missouri, during his time at Mizzou Kellen Winslow was voted All Big 8 twice and an All- American in 1978. He was chosen as a first round draft by the San Diego Chargers in 1979, playing tight end for the team until his retirement in 1987. In 1995 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; in 2002 he became a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

From Quiz Texas A&M Athletics 2010-11

Answer: Winning third straight dual national titles

By winning both the men's and women's national titles for the third straight year at Texas A&M. Coach Pat Henry won their 33rd national championship.

From Quiz Women's College World Series 2011

Answer: Oklahoma City

Regionals and Super Regionals are played at selected fields, and the winners of the Super Regionals advance to one host city.

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