NFL: The Early Years by RalliP

Champion(s):

GrahamJ
The real world is complex, so remember your origin.


Runner(s)-Up:

WeikleB
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More, I cannot say.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 56 45 62 50 50 73 23 34 56 17 67 89
1 GrahamJ 451 97 15
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2 WeikleB 427 91 15
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3 HortonR 378 86 15
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4 AnthonyBianca 351 80 15
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5 GoodmanDL 316 75 00
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6 KesslerA2 290 69 00
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7 ClouseBrian 287 63 15
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8 JWright 281 58 15
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9 jrwofuga 270 52 15
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10 Svoyager-11 266 47 00
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11 Sharpj 213 41 00
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12 MattK 203 36 15
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13 KPope 119 30 00
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14 CoenM 100 25 00
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15 JonesRW 60 19 00
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16 DouglasLovesVixey 38 13 00
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17 SokolM 32 8 00
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18 classicroadster 0 2 00
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Questions:

The New York Giants rallied at the frozen Polo Grounds to win the 1934 NFL title game. What sporting equipment did the Giants credit for their second-half performance?

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sneakers

The first NFL playoff game in 1932 was scheduled to be played at the home team's usual stadium (an MLB park) but due to bad weather it was moved inside to an NHL arena. Name either location.

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Wrigley Field, Chicago Stadium

The organization that promotes the hiring of minority coaches in the NFL is named for what player? This person played halfback for the champion Akron Pros in the league's inaugural 1920 season.

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Fritz Pollard

Whose 1942 was one of the all-time great fantasy football seasons? This pioneering receiver's 74/1211/17 line more than doubled the production of any other player.

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Don Hutson

Among the name sponsors of early NFL teams were the Horlick Food Co., American Kardex, and the Indian _____ Co., which was in the canned meat business.

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Packing

In a sequence that begins with Jay Berwanger, Sam Francis, Corbett Davis, ..., what is the latest entry?

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Kyler Murray (#1 draft picks)

Who was succeeded by Hugh McCullough (as the Steelers quarterback), Harry Hopp (as the Lions quarterback) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (as a justice on the US Supreme Court)?

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Byron "Whizzer" White

How many points did the Chicago Bears score against Washington in the 1940 NFL Championship Game, a mark that is still the single-game league record?

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73

Clark Shaughnessy, a University of Chicago coach, is credited with what schematic innovation? He advised the Bears in this regard before their success in the 1940 Championship Game.

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T formation

Who was the star of 1931's The Galloping Ghost, playing a fictional version of himself as a crime-fighting football star?

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Harold "Red" Grange

One team had already clinched the 1925 NFL Championship when they played an exhibition against a Notre Dame alumni team. Another team complained that the location of this game (in Philadelphia) violated their territorial rights, and so the first team was suspended from the league. Name either team.

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Pottsville Maroons, Frankford Yellow Jackets

A shortage of players due to war service forced the temporary merger of two teams for the 1944 season. Identify this merged team, which appropriately finished at the floor of the league table.

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Card-Pitt