Average Sports Trivia: College Football Rivalries | 20 Questions

Answer: Alabama and Auburn

The winner of this annual rivalry receives the Omicron Delta Kappa-James E. Foy V Sportsmanship Trophy. The name "Iron Bowl" came about because of its traditional Birmingham home and the site of the original game between Alabama and Auburn. Birmingham, Alabama was built around huge iron ore deposits in Alabama.

Answer: Brown Jug

The Little Brown jug was Michigan Head Coach Fielding Yost's and he had left it after Michigan won the 1903 game between Michigan and Minnesota. The grounds keeper, Oscar Munson, found the jug and brought it to L. J. Cooke, head of the athletics department. Minnesota kept the jug and painted on its side "Michigan Jug - Captured by Oscar, October 31, 1903," and the score, "Minnesota 6, Michigan 6." Coach Yost sent a letter requesting Minnesota to return his jug; however, Cooke simply wrote back "if you want it, you'll have to win it." Thus, was born the "Little Brown Jug."

Answer: The Stanford Axe

The axe started in 1899 during a baseball game between these two universities. Stanford cheerleaders brought out an axe to the game as part of their routine. Later, the axe was stolen by California students. Both schools had designed different ways to steal the axe before the teams decided to settle it on the football field.

Answer: Ole Miss and Mississippi State

The "Battle for the Golden Egg," is a trophy that was designed to look like the shape of the football used during the '20s; however, it more closely resembles an egg. The two schools started playing for the "Golden Egg" trophy in 1927. It was developed after an incident following the 1926 contest. Ole Miss students developed the trophy as a show of good faith.

Answer: Minnesota and Wisconsin

This rivalry, first played in 1890, is recognized as the oldest rivalry in NCAA Division I-A. The tradition of "Paul Bunyan's Axe" started in 1948.

Answer: True

The "Paul Bunyan - Governor of Michigan Trophy," was first awarded in 1953. Not to be confused with the "Paul Bunyan's Axe" trophy that is awarded to the winner of the Minnesota and Wisconsin game each season.

Answer: True

The most famous game between the service schools, Army and Navy annually play for the 'gold cloth stars.' The winning players get gold cloth stars to put on their letter sweaters. The team with the best record of games between Air Force, Army, and Navy gets the Commander-In-Chief trophy each year.

Answer: The Beehive Boot

This rivalry was once called 'The Holy War.' Since 1922, the "Beehive Boot" goes to the winner as a show of good faith. The name "Beehive" came about because of the Temple Brigham Young constructed in 1854 for his home as territorial governor and second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Answer: Indiana and Purdue

In 1925, the two schools simply met in Chicago to decide on a trophy for the rivalry. This rivalry is one the oldest rivalries in college football.

Answer: The Territorial Cup

First awarded in 1899, the cup was missing for almost fifty years until 1971 when it was located in Mariposa Hall, home of the ASU Alumni Association. The Territorial Cup, manufactured by Reed and Barton of Taunton, Mass., has a silverplate over britannia base metal. The inscription on the trophy reads "Arizona Foot Ball League 1899 Normal."

Answer: Arkansas and LSU

The "Golden Boot" looks like the states of Arkansas and Louisiana. Put together, the two states are shaped like a boot.

Answer: Grambling vs. Southern

Played in Louisiana, this is an important game held each season between Grambling and Southern. The "Battle of the Bands," held at half-time, normally over shadows the actual football game.

Answer: True

The "Bourbon Barrel" was one of the oldest awards in college football rivalries. However, the state of Kentucky, the bourbon capital of the world, stopped awarding the alcohol filled barrel in 1999 because of an alcohol-related accident that killed a Kentucky player.

Answer: Texas and Oklahoma

Since 1922 these two teams have played in Dallas, Texas, every year during the week of the Texas State Fair. Dallas is 187 miles away from both Austin, Texas, and Norman, Oklahoma.

Answer: The Civil War

The "Civil War" is recognized as the sixth oldest rivalry played between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers.

Answer: Texas and Texas A&M

"The Lone Star State Showdown" has been played since the 19th Century between Texas and Texas A&M. The annual burning of logs prior to the game was canceled after an incident killed several students. And, the Governor of Texas paying for the winning team's players to visit a "chicken range" in LaGrange, Texas was stopped, too.

Answer: True

The rivalry, started in 1875, is one of the oldest rivalries in college football and normally defines the season for both Harvard and Yale.

Answer: True

"The Victory Bell" went to the winning team and was painted in the winning schools colors to match the gold and blue for UCLA, and cardinal for the Trojans of USC.

Answer: Georgia and Florida

The annual Georgia and Florida game began being referred to as "The World's Largest Cocktail Party" shortly after it started being held in Jacksonville, Florida. Held near the banks of the Saint Johns River, in the Gator Bowl, it's normally a one week party for fanatics of both teams.

Answer: True

One of the oldest rivalries in college football, both schools have spoiled each other's seasons numerous times over the past 100 or so years.