College Sports in Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks played the title character in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump". The character Forrest Gump was a simpleton from Greenbow, Alabama who was a fast runner and used this skill to be an All American kickoff returner at the the University of Alabama. "Forrest Gump" won the Best Picture Academy Award and Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in this movie at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995.

Answer: Rudy

The 1993 movie "Rudy" was based on the story of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger and the pursuit of his dream of playing football for the University of Notre Dame. Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger was a mill worker from Joliet, Illinois. He didn't possess the financial means or academic ability to attend the University of Notre Dame. And since he was small and not physically gifted, he wasn't able to earn a football scholarship. Rudy moved to South Bend, Indiana after his best friend died to pursue his football dreams.

After two years of studying at a local junior college, Rudy was accepted to the University of Notre Dame and earned a spot on the football team's practice squad. Through his hard work on the practice squad, he was allowed to play in one game his senior year.

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"Glory Road" chronicled the story of 1965-1966 Texas Western College basketball team which won the 1966 NCAA National Basketball Championship. Texas Western College decided to integrate its basketball team in order to compete for the national championship in basketball.

The team started five African-Americans in its victory over the University of Kentucky in the 1966 National Basketball Championship game.

Answer: The Waterboy

In 1998, Adam Sandler played Bobby Boucher in the movie "The Waterboy". After being fired from his waterboy position for the University of Louisiana Cougars football team for disrupting practices, Bobby became the waterboy for the SCLSU Mud Dog football team.

After tackling the quarterback during practice, the Mud Dog coaches decided to let Bobby play linebacker for the Mud Dogs. Bobby became a star linebacker and led the Mud Dogs to a bowl game win against University of Louisiana Cougars.

Answer: Above the Rim

The 1994 film "Above the Rim" was about a high school basketball star named Kyle Lee Watson. Kyle (played by Duane Martin) was a senior in high school and wanted to continue his basketball career at Georgetown University. Towards the end of his senior year, Kyle had difficult encounters with a local thug named Birdie (played by Tupac Shakur) and a local security guard named Shep (played by Leon Robinson).

Answer: Necessary Roughness

The 1991 movie "Necessary Roughness" was about the fictional Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos football team. Texas State had won the two consecutive national titles in football but was hit with massive NCAA penalties including the loss of all athletic scholarships. Texas State had to rebuild a new team from the student body and had to compete that season with only seventeen players on their roster.

Answer: Blue Chips

"Blue Chips" was a 1994 film about the basketball program at a fictional Western University. The Western University Dolphins basketball team was a once proud program which had fallen on hard times. Head Coach Pete Bell, played by Nick Nolte, was under pressure to bring his Dolphin team back to its winning ways. So Coach Bell decided to enlist the help of a "friend of the program" booster to help him land several "blue chip" recruits such as Neon Boudeaux (played by Shaquille O'Neal) and Butch McRae (played by Anfernee Hardaway).

Answer: Higher Learning

The 1995 film "Higher Learning" was directed by John Singleton. This film revolved around the struggles of three freshman students at a fictional Columbus University including track star Malik Williams (played by Omar Epps), Kristen Connor (played by Kristy Swanson) and Remy (played by Michael Rapaport). Malik Williams was a highly recruited track star who struggles to adjust to the collegiate life of both studying for classes and running for the track team.

Answer: The Program

The 1993 movie "The Program" chronicled a football season of the ESU Timberwolves. Timberwolves Head Coach Sam Winters (played by James Caan) was given a lot of pressure by the school administration to produce a winning season. Winters had to deal with players on the team who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse as well as academic problems during season. ESU defeated Georgia Tech in its final game to win the Eastern Athletic Conference and secure a major bowl game.

Answer: He Got Game

"He Got Game" was a 1998 film starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. Allen played superstar basketball recruit Jesus Shuttlesworth. His father Jake Shuttlesworth (played by Denzel Washington) was in prison after being convicted of murdering Jesus's mother. Jake Shuttelsworth was was given a pardon by the governor in order to persuade Jesus to sign with the governor's college.