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Football in Film Trivia Quiz

In these movies, football (American rules) isn't necessarily the main theme, but it plays a role somehow. I'll ask the questions, you see if you can't 'catch' the answers...good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
223,322

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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6564

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the 1994 film 'Forrest Gump', the title character has such exceptional running skills that he gets a scholarship playing college football. Which legendary coach does he play under? Hint

Vince Lombardi

Knute Rockne

Bear Bryant

George Halas

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the 1970 movie 'MASH', what is the nickname of Captain Oliver Jones, the 'ringer' that the 4077th brings in to play on their football team? Hint

Painless Pole

Duke

Spearchucker

Dago Red

3. In which movie does Morris Chestnut play a character named Ricky Baker, a high school football player whose life is tragically cut short before he can go on to college where he is set to receive a scholarship? Hint

Boyz n the Hood

New Jack City

Poetic Justice

School Daze

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'The Fortune Cookie' is a 1966 film featuring Walter Matthau as a shyster lawyer, Jack Lemmon as a loveable dupe and Ron Rich as a professional football player with a heart, named Luther Jackson. What is Luther Jackson's nickname? Hint

The Train

Boom Boom

The Silver Horse

Rhino

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which movie does Sean Penn crash the car of his high school's star football player, angering the latter so greatly that he nearly puts the entire opposing team in the hospital during their next game? Hint

Bad Boys

Racing with the Moon

Crackers

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the original 'Superman' movie from 1978, we discover that Clark Kent was the star of his high school football team in Smallville.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who stars in the 1978 film 'Heaven Can Wait' about a football player who is killed inadvertently and then allowed to return to Earth in the body of a millionaire? Hint

Richard Gere

Warren Beatty

Burt Reynolds

Tom Selleck

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which 1986 movie does Corey Haim play a scrawny young high school player who attempts to make his high school football team so that he can impress a beautiful cheerleader named Maggie? Hint

Rudy

Lucas

Milo

Terrence

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the movie 'Revenge of the Nerds', the nerds are pitted against the jocks in a winner-take-all battle royale of pranks and dirty tricks. What is the nickname of the football team at Adams College, where jocks and nerds alike attend? Hint

Zombies

Rangers

Atoms

Wildcats

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'All the Right Moves' is an underrated early 1980s film featuring which now very popular actor as a high school football player coming of age in a tough Pennsylvania town? Hint

Tom Cruise

Brad Pitt

Johnny Depp

Kevin Costner

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the 1994 film 'Forrest Gump', the title character has such exceptional running skills that he gets a scholarship playing college football. Which legendary coach does he play under?

Answer: Bear Bryant

Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks, has a penchant for running...he just doesn't know when to stop. This doesn't matter to Paul 'Bear' Bryant, coach of the Alabama football team, however, just as long as Forrest runs through the endzone.

2. In the 1970 movie 'MASH', what is the nickname of Captain Oliver Jones, the 'ringer' that the 4077th brings in to play on their football team?

Answer: Spearchucker

G. Wood plays Brigadier General Charlie Hammond, who makes a bet with Lt. Colonel Henry Blake about who will win the football game. Fred Williamson, a former NFL star, plays the role of Spearchucker Jones, who helps the 4077th win the game in the second half.

Answer: Boyz n the Hood

John Singleton directed 'Boyz n the Hood', the 1991 movie about four friends trying to survive in a dangerous neighborhood in Compton, California. The movie also stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Larry Fishburne and Angela Bassett.

Answer: Boom Boom

Directed by Billy Wilder, 'The Fortune Cookie' is a fantastic comedy that features the first pairing of screen legends Matthau and Lemmon. Ron Rich is sweet in this film as the Cleveland Browns receiver 'Boom Boom' Jackson.

Answer: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' is the story of several kids trying to cope with life at a typical American high school. The Sean Penn character, Jeff Spicoli, seems to do just fine as long as he has a cool wave to ride. The star football player, Charles Jefferson, is portrayed ferociously by Forrest Whitaker.

6. In the original 'Superman' movie from 1978, we discover that Clark Kent was the star of his high school football team in Smallville.

Answer: False

Clark Kent is not a football player, but rather does oddjobs for the team. In reality, it wouldn't be fair if he played football, there would be no challenge for him and he might hurt the other boys! However, young Clark does get to kick a football about a half a mile in the film.

7. Who stars in the 1978 film 'Heaven Can Wait' about a football player who is killed inadvertently and then allowed to return to Earth in the body of a millionaire?

Answer: Warren Beatty

'Heaven Can Wait' is a remake of the 1941 classic 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan', which starred Robert Montgomery as the Joe Pendleton character, a boxer in this case. Warren Beatty plays Pendleton in the 1978 version, and in both, the name of the man whose body they inhabit is Farnsworth.

8. In which 1986 movie does Corey Haim play a scrawny young high school player who attempts to make his high school football team so that he can impress a beautiful cheerleader named Maggie?

Answer: Lucas

'Lucas' is a cute movie about teenage love and redemption. Alongside Haim appeared Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Winona Ryder in her big screen debut.

Answer: Atoms

They are called the Adams College Atoms, a very clever name indeed! 'Revenge of the Nerds' stars Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield and several others as nerds, and Ted McGinley, Donald Gibb and friends as football jocks.

10. 'All the Right Moves' is an underrated early 1980s film featuring which now very popular actor as a high school football player coming of age in a tough Pennsylvania town?

Answer: Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is Stefen Djordjevic, the son of a steel worker in an industrial town. Craig T. Nelson plays Nickerson, the local high school's hard-nosed football coach. Lea Thompson also appears in this movie as Lisa, Stefan's girlfriend.

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Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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