Brock Lesnar Trivia Quiz

Answer: South Dakota

Brock Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota. According to the UFC, however, Brock fights out of Minnesota due to the fact that most of his fame as an elite wrestler began at his college, the University of Minnesota.

Answer: 2000

In the year 2000, Brock Lesnar won the NCAA heavyweight championship with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He placed second in 1999. Other notable accolades Brock achieved as a wrestler in college is that he was a two time National Junior Collegiate Athletics Association (NJCAA), two time NCAA All-American, and two time Big Ten champion.

Answer: Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman was the first manager of Brock and was at his side at all times as his manager for about the first two years of Brock's WWE career. Vince McMahon could be considered Brock Lesnar's second manger, which is why I specified the word "first" in the question. Heyman played a huge role in Lesnar's success and road to fame.

Answer: Shelton Benjamin

For Lesnar's junior and senior years at the University of Minnesota, Shelton Benjamin was his roommate and helped out a lot with Brock's wrestling training. They both signed with the WWE in 2000 and were three time tag champs in the WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling.

Answer: The Next Big Thing

When Brock made his WWE debut, Paul Heyman refered to Lesnar as "The Next Big Thing". This nickname caught on and was quickly trademarked by the WWE as Brock Lesnar's nickname.

Answer: Defensive lineman

When quitting the WWE in 2004 to pursue a career in the National Football League (NFL), Brock tried out to be a defensive lineman. He played in a few pre-season games for the Vikings and stirred up controversy within the NFL due to his punishing tackles and highly aggressive style of play.

This attitude was the ultimate reason Lesnar was cut from the Vikings, and unsigned by the rest of the league. He rejected offers from the Vikings to play in the alternate NFL league, NFL Europa.

Answer: Min Soo Kim

On June 2, 2007, fighting under the no longer existent mixed martial arts corporation K-1, Brock Lesnar was scheduled to face the 7 foot monster from Korea, Hong Man Choi. However, Hong Man Choi was pulled from the fight and replaced by Min Soo Kim. This fight resulted in Brock earning his first ever mixed martial arts win ever when Min Soo Kim submitted due to strikes.

Answer: Heath Herring

When Brock signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 20, 2007, his first fight was scheduled for February 2, 2008 at "UFC 81: Breaking Point" against Frank Mir. Lesnar lost the fight due to a knee bar. This was Lesnar's first fight with the UFC, but not his first win with the UFC. Brock's first win with the UFC came on August 9, 2008 at "UFC 87: Seek and Destroy" when he defeated Heath Herring by decision.

Answer: UFC 91

On November 15, 2008 at "UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar", Brock Lesnar shocked the mixed martial arts world by knocking out Randy "The Natural" Couture in the third minute of round two to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

Answer: Death Clutch

This is a question to see which Brock Lesnar fans pay attention to what brand of shirt he wears before and after all of his UFC fights so far. Death Clutch is a new brand of mixed martial arts (MMA) shirts. Somewhere on every shirt made by Death Clutch lies Brock Lesnar's name. His name is usually located under the graphics on the front side of the shirt.