How Much Do You Know About Football? (Part 1)

There you are, with all your stats and your forum posts and your fantasy football victories. You think you’re the second coming of Madden, don’t you? Bump that…you think you’re BETTER than Madden. In fact, they should name a video game after you..shouldn’t they? Well “Mr./Mrs. Know It All”…let’s see how well you do when the Chicks put you to the test…

(No cheating!!!)

1. Which of the following dudes is known as “The Father of American Football”?

a) Walter Camp

b) John W. Heisman

c) Pop Warner

d) John Madden

2. A football is made of…

a) Pig Skin

b) Stitched leather

c) Inflated rubber

d) Joan Rivers’ discarded skin

3. Which players wear numbers 20 to 40?

a) Quarterbacks

b) Running backs

c) Inmates Michael Vick and Rae Carruth

d) Linebackers

4. Which of the following does NOT automatically stop the clock in an NFL game…

a) A team timeout

b) A player runs out of bounds

c) When a team gets a first down

d) When a team scores a touchdown

5. How many officials are necessary to officiate an NFL game?

a) 3

b) 5

c) 7

d) 9

6. Which of the following is not a 5-yard penalty?

a) Batting a loose ball

b) Delay of game

c) Illegal motion

d) False Start

7. The tight end and the split end always line up on the same side

a) True

b) False

8. Which of the following are not members of the punt team?

a) Wings

b) Shanks

c) Ends

d) Snapper

9. The NFL was originally known as…

a) The Ohio League

b) The National Football Conference

c) The American Football League

d) The American Professional Football Association

10. Which two current teams started with the original league in 1920?

a) Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles

b) Chicago Bears and New York Jets

c) Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers

d) Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals

11. The Willy Linebacker is also known as…

a) The linebacker who insists on pulling out his wee-wee at parties that makes everyone say “C’mon man…nobody wants to see that!”

b) The middle linebacker

c) The weakside linebacker

d) The linebacker behind the defensive lineman

12. Which team is credited with inventing the “zone blitz”?

a) The Bills

b) Those schmucks the Bucs

c) Notre Dame

d) The Steelers

13. Which of the following teams is NOT tied for the most Super Bowl wins…

a) Packers

b) Cowboys

c) Steelers

d) 49ers

14. When an offense is in the I-formation…who carries the ball?

a) The Quarterback

b) The Tailback

c) The Wide Receiver

d) T.O….cause for him, there’s always an “I” in team

15. Which of the following former Saints players is in the pro-football hall of fame?

a) Archie Manning

b) Tom Dempsey

c) Earl Campbell

d) Steve Walsh

So, have you turned to Wikipedia yet for your answers you cheating sons-a-……?

Well if you were too lazy to cheat, check out the answers below!

answers: 1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) a 7) b 8.) b) 9) a 10) d 11) c 12) d) 13) a 14) b 15) c

12-15: Hall of Famers! (F Madden! There should be a curse named after you!)

8-11: Pros (I bet just the thought of that MNF jingle gives you wood!)

4-7: Rookies (Watch NFL Films much?)

1-3: Benched (Admit it. “I’m watching the Sunday Night game” is code for “Don’t call me during Desperate Housewives” right?)

4 Responses to “How Much Do You Know About Football? (Part 1)”

  1. How Much Do You Know About Football? (Part 1)…

    Test your football knowledge.(You may be surprised at how little/much you know!)…

  2. There probably should be a curse named after me instead of Madden, but I get blamed for enough stuff as it is…nonetheless, I probably did outscore Madden on this as I zipped through these…

    Admittedly question 10 would throw someone, unless they knew of the existence of the good ol Chicago Cardinals.

  3. Did I miss the first day where someone said there would be tests? No tests. I don’t know nuthing about the rules. I just like to watch the men battle on the field.

  4. why does this not surprise me Chris? #10 was a tricky one…but hey, if you’re going after Madden’s titles, you gotta know your stuff!
    And don’t worry saintseester, the tests are only for summer school students who need something to keep busy during this deadly offseason…

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