As you might imagine, here at the Johnson County Historical Society – located just down the street from FRYfest – we love trivia questions. So, let’s see how many points you can score on our ten-question FRYfest Trivia Quiz…
In what year did the State University of Iowa (SUI) play its first “official” football game?
A) 1873.
B) 1889.
C) 1893.
D) 1902.
When the Hawkeyes joined the Big Ten Conference in 1899, the league went by a different name. What was that league name and how many teams were in the conference before Iowa joined?
A) 5 – The Big 5 Conference.
B) 6 – The Great Lakes Conference.
C) 7 – The Western Conference.
D) 8 – The Big 8 Conference.
The Hawkeyes have not always played in Kinnick Stadium. Can you name the other stadiums in Iowa City that preceded Kinnick?
A) EastSide Field & Iowa Stadium.
B) Soldiers Field & Memorial Stadium.
C) Iowa Field & WestSide Stadium.
D) Iowa Field & Iowa Stadium.
The University of Iowa has a long history of making room for diversity on its athletic teams. Can you name the young man who became the first black football player to play at SUI – and in fact – was the first African American to play football in Iowa?
A) George Washington Carver – 1892.
B) Frank Kinney Holbrook – 1895.
C) Jack Trice – 1922.
D) Ozzie Simmons – 1933.
Everybody loves Herky the Hawk – right? Herky first appeared – on paper – in 1948, the creation of SUI political cartoonist Dick Spencer III. But here’s the first of two consecutive questions. There were actually two SUI mascots that preceded Herky at Iowa football games. Can you pick one?
A) Chief Poweshiek.
B) Burch the Bear.
C) Corny the Corn Dog.
D) Rex the ROTC Dog.
E) Hammy the Hog.
F) Floyd of Rosedale.
OK – you just picked one mascot. Now, can you pick the second mascot that preceded Herky at Iowa football games?
A) Chief Poweshiek.
B) Burch the Bear.
C) Corny the Corn Dog.
D) Rex the ROTC Dog.
E) Hammy the Hog.
F) Floyd of Rosedale.
Everybody loves the ole’ coach Hayden Fry, right? As it is with most successful coaches, there is usually a “punch line” that is often associated with that coach. Can you pick the line that is most often associated with Coach Fry?
A) “The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”
B) “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”
C) “We’ll take what the other teams give us. We’ll scratch where it itches.”
D) “The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
Everybody’s favorite color scheme in Iowa City is Black & Gold. Can you name the year that Gold was actually chosen to be our “official” school color?
A) 1847.
B) 1860.
C) 1887.
D) 1902.
Pretty much everybody knows the words to The Iowa Fight Song. Written in 1950 by Iowa’s own Music Man – Meredith Willson – the tune, while completely original, has an eerie connection to another one of Willson’s popular songs. Can you name which one?
A) It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.
B) May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You.
C) Seventy-Six Trombones.
D) Goodnight, My Someone.
Of course, we all hope that the Hawkeyes will be going “bowling” again after this year’s football season. Can you name the first bowl game Iowa played in and the year?
