Big Ten Fight Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Michigan State

Michigan State's nickname: Spartans. King Leonidas was the leader of the Spartans who made their heroic stand at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Chorus of the MSU Fight Song:
Go right thru for M S U, Watch the points keep growing,
Spartan teams are bound to win, they're fighting with a vim,
Rah! Rah! Rah!
See their team is weakening, We're going to win the game,
Fight! Fight! Rah! Team Fight! Victory for M S U.
Up with the colors, Unfurl them on high! Fight! Rah! Team Fight!

Answer: Illinois

Urbane and champagne refer to Urbana and Champaign, home of the main campus of the University of Illinois.
Chorus of "Oskee Wow Wow":
Os-kee-Wow-Wow, Illinois,
Our eyes are all on you.
Oskee-Wow-Wow, Illinois,
Wave your Orange and your Blue. Rah! Rah!
When the team trots out before you,
Every man stand up and yell,
Back the team to victory,
Os-kee-Wow-Wow. Illinois.

Answer: Purdue

Purdue's nickname: Boilermakers. A shot and a beer is known as a Boilermaker.
Chorus of "Hail Purdue":
Hail, hail to old Purdue!
All hail to our old gold and black!
Hail, hail to old Purdue!
Our friendship may she never lack.
Ever grateful, ever true,
Thus we raise our song anew
of the days we've spent with you,
All hail our own Purdue!

Answer: Ohio State

Philip Roth's first novel was "Goodbye Columbus". Columbus is the home of Ohio State University.
Words of "Fight the Team":
Fight the team across the field,
Show them Ohio's here
Set the Earth reverberating
With a mighty cheer
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Hit them hard and see how they fall;
Never let that team get the ball.
Hail! Hail! The gang's all here,
So let's win that old conference now.

Answer: Indiana

The film "Breaking Away" (1979) was set on the Indiana University campus.
Words of "Indiana, Our Indiana":
Indiana, Our Indiana
Indiana, we're all for you.
We will fight for
the Cream and Crimson,
For the glory of Old I. U.
Never daunted, we cannot falter,
In a battle, we're tried and true.
Indiana, Our Indiana,
Indiana, we're all for you!

Answer: Penn State

"Paternoty" is pun on Joe Paterno, longtime football coach at Penn State.
Words of "Fight on State":
Fight on State, Fight on State,
Strike your gait and win,
Victory we predict for thee,
We're ever true to you, dear old White and Blue.
Onward State, Onward State
Roar Lions roar,
We'll hit that line, roll up the score,
Fight on to victory evermore,
Fight on, on, on, on, on
Fight on, on Penn State!

Answer: Iowa

Iowa's nickname: Hawkeyes. Hawkeye was one of the main characters of the movie and TV series MASH.
Words of the Iowa Fight Song:
The word is "Fight! Fight! Fight! for IOWA,
Let every loyal Iowan sing;
The word is "Fight! Fight! Fight! for IOWA,"
Until the walls and rafters ring (Go Hawks!)
Come on and cheer, cheer, cheer, for IOWA
Come on and cheer until you hear the final gun.
The word is "Fight! Fight! Fight! for IOWA,"
Until the game is won.

Answer: Northwestern

Purple is Northwestern's color. Remember the Sheb Wooley song "Purple People Eater"?
Words of "Go U Northwestern":
Go U Northwestern, Break right through that line,
With our colors flying, we will cheer you all the time,
U Rah, Rah,
Go U Northwestern, fight for victory
Spread far the fame of our fair name,
Go Northwestern, win that game.

Answer: Minnesota

Minnesota's nickname: Golden Gophers. Gophers are a landscaper's nightmare.
Words to "Minnesota Rouser":
Minnesota, Hats off to thee!
To thy colors, true we shall ever be,
Firm and strong, united are we.
Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah,
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah for the U of M.

Answer: Michigan

Words to "Hail to the Victors":
Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
the leaders and best
Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
the champions of the West!

PS -- Sorry Badger fans, but "On Wisconsin" is too easy!