American Football quiz

More questions about American Football

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1. 1 Easy

   How many points does a team score for a standard touchdown?

   Answer: Six

   Why: Walter Camp's 1883 rules gave a touchdown just two points; it rose to four in 1884, five in 1898 and six in 1912.

2. 2 Medium

   In early football, what score was worth more points than a touchdown?

   Answer: Field goal

   Why: From 1883 to 1897 a field goal counted 5 points while a touchdown was worth 2, then 4; the touchdown only reached 6 points in 1912.

3. 3 Hard

   What caused the creation of the AFL in 1960?

   Answer: NFL expansion refusal

   Why: Rebuffed by commissioner Bert Bell in 1959, Hunt planned the league on his flight home; the eight owners called themselves the Foolish Club.

4. 4 Easy

   What nickname is given to a football field?

   Answer: Gridiron

   Why: The name gridiron comes from early field markings that featured perpendicular grid lines resembling a cooking grate.

5. 5 Medium

   Which U.S. president nearly banned college football due to brutal injuries?

   Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

   Why: Roosevelt decreed no ban: in October 1905 he called Yale, Harvard and Princeton to the White House, and the forward pass was legalized in 1906.

6. 6 Hard

   How did the American football I formation get its name?

   Answer: Player vertical alignment

   Why: Tom Nugent stacked the backs this way at VMI in 1950, and John McKay's I formation carried USC to an unbeaten 1962 national title.