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Hoosiers Trivia Quiz

Here's a series of questions from that great sports movie "Hoosiers".

A multiple-choice quiz by pbarb. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pbarb

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
95,505

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3782

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (5/10), Guest 69 (4/10), Guest 174 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who played the "Acting" school principal? Hint

Barbara Hershey

Kathleen Turner

Gene Hackman

Buddy Ebsen

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the town featured in the movie.

Answer: (A tree)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the new coach's name?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the assistant coach's nickname? Hint

Handyman

Shooter

Skeeter

Jumper

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Indiana small town is the story based on?

Answer: (A city in Italy)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What real-life person was the main basketball player based on? Hint

Timmy Short

Bobby Plump

Tommy Herrick

Jeffery Scheidler

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Question 7 of 10

7. From what college had the new coach recently been fired? Hint

Syracuse

Ithaca

Cornell

Purdue

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the play the assistant coach called to try and win the game he finished coaching?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the main difference in court dimensions between the school's gym and the site of the championship game? Hint

There were no free throw lines

The basketball hoop was 2 inches lower, thus giving them an advantage

None

The court was 5 feet longer

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the team's best player?

Answer: (2 words)

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 18 2024 : Guest 172: 5/10
Dec 18 2024 : Guest 69: 4/10
Dec 17 2024 : Guest 174: 1/10
Nov 29 2024 : golfnut66: 5/10
Nov 06 2024 : Guest 104: 8/10
Nov 04 2024 : Guest 75: 8/10
Nov 03 2024 : Guest 76: 10/10
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 174: 4/10
Oct 30 2024 : Scooby83: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who played the "Acting" school principal?

Answer: Barbara Hershey

The female lead gave the new coach a hard time unil she fell for him!

2. Name the town featured in the movie.

Answer: Hickory

A typical small town in rural Indiana.

3. What was the new coach's name?

Answer: Norman Dale

Hackman was great as the embattled coach.

4. What was the assistant coach's nickname?

Answer: Shooter

Played nicely by Dennis Hopper.

5. What Indiana small town is the story based on?

Answer: Milan

They were the 1953-54 State Champions with a very small student body.

6. What real-life person was the main basketball player based on?

Answer: Bobby Plump

I heard him recently on the radio and he was very down to earth. He wasn't even the team's leading scorer that year, but he did a great stall!

7. From what college had the new coach recently been fired?

Answer: Ithaca

He was fired for punching a player (his own) and banned from coaching in the NCAA.

8. What was the play the assistant coach called to try and win the game he finished coaching?

Answer: Picket fence

It worked...

9. What was the main difference in court dimensions between the school's gym and the site of the championship game?

Answer: None

The coach proved this with a tape measure to calm the boys' nerves.

10. What was the name of the team's best player?

Answer: Jimmy Chitwood

They didn't win until he decided to start playing.

Source: Author pbarb

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