Football Movies Trivia Quiz
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Get geared up for the Super Bowl by seeing if you can answer the following football movie trivia questions!
1. Which of the following actors did NOT have his debut in the 1986 football movie Wildcats?
- Woody Harrelson
- LL Cool J
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Wesley Snipes
2. One of the semi-pro teams in the 1974 version of The Longest Yard had the same name as a company mentioned in 1987’s Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas. What was the name of that company?
3. In the 1932 Marx Brothers football-related movie Horse Feathers, one of the brothers limped through half the film because in real life his kneecap had been shattered in a car accident. Which brother had the limp?
4. Which 1971 movie that reenacted a real-life relationship between football teammates aired on television before it was released theatrically?
5. Which football movie was inspired by a McDonald’s ad about Pee-Wee Football that ran during the Super Bowl? (Steven Spielberg liked it so much, the day after it aired he called up the ad’s creator and hired him to write the script for it.)
6. There were only two football movies shot on the Notre Dame campus. One was Knute Rockne: All American (1940). What was the other one?
Scroll down to see the answers.
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Answers
Now it’s time to see whether you’re a movie star.
1. Samuel L. Jackson was the only one of the four actors who did not have his debut in Wildcats.
2. The name of the company mentioned in Wall Street and The Longest Yard was Anacott Steel, and it doesn’t exist.
3. Chico was the Marx brother who limped in Horse Feathers.
4. Brian’s Song was shown on television before it was released theatrically.
5. The movie inspired by the McDonald’s ad was 1994’s Little Giants.
6. The other football movie shot on the Notre Dame campus was Rudy (1993).
So how did you do with this test of your football movie trivia knowledge? If you didn’t get most of the answers right, don’t worry; you’re not alone. The questions were hard!
