Welcome to Day 4 of the NU Football Quiz!

Remember to check out Episode 425, where we will reveal the answers for Days 1-3 and recap the action so far!

Current Leaderboard:

Team Division

1. 20 pts – West Lot Warriors

2. 15 pts – Ex-InsideNU Dream Team

3. 13 pts – Former Wildside Presidents

4. 8 pts – WLP Tailgate Support Crew

5. 7 pts – WNUR Directors

Individual Division

1. 20 pts – Gene Topper

2. 19 pts – @RLins12

3. 18 pts – Jay Sharman

4. 17 pts – Jim Bendat

5. 16 pts – @HartlCat46

6. 14 pts – JH Elder’s Ghost, Jacob Brown, Louie Vaccher

7. 13 pts – Packers Suck, Lower Wacker, Liam Kennedy

8. 12 pts – Paul Schatz

9. 11 pts – Chappy

10. 10 pts – OldAHWildcat

11. 8 pts – Garrett Pollack

12. 6 pts – @johnsonbenr

13. 5 pts – Zach Simpson

The Day 4 Questions:

15 Total Points are up for grabs today!

To see the questions from previous days, click here:

Day 1; Day 2; Day 3

For a recap of the rules, check out this post.

Question #1 (4 possible points):  The second of the “Deep Cut” trivia questions is a doozy.  It only tangentially involves NU Football, but we had to include it:

Napoleon Harris played for an absolute juggernaut of a high school basketball team.  How loaded was this team?  There were roughly 30 NFL/NBA seasons of talent on the roster, and that actually sells the depth of the team short!

This squad quite likely would have won 3 straight Illinois State Championships…but the same team (winner of FOUR straight championships) knocked them out of the state tourney all three years.

Name Napo’s high school, name any one of his hoops teammates, name the team that knocked his school out those three years, and name any player on THAT team.

Question #2 (3 possible points):  What team was removed from Northwestern’s schedule as a result of 9/11, what team replaced it, and who was the coach of the replacement team?

Question #3 (3 possible points):  Name 3 players who played both football and baseball at Northwestern.

Question #4 (2 points):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo. (Apologies for the res on this one.)

Day 2 Clean Sweep Bonus: 3 points

Welcome to Day 3 of the NU Football Quiz!

We’re off to a fun start!  On Wednesday’s Pod we will reveal the answers for Days 1-3 and recap the action so far.  Stay tuned!

The Current Leaderboard:

Team Division

1. 15 pts – West Lot Warriors
2. 11 pts – Ex-InsideNU Dream Team
3. 8 pts – Former Wildside Presidents
4. 7 pts – WNUR Directors
5. 6 pts – WLP Tailgate Support Crew

Individual Division

1. 14 pts – @RLins12
2. 13 pts – Gene Topper
3. 12 pts – (TIE)Jim Bendat, Jay Sharman, @HartlCat46
4. 11 pts – (TIE) Louie Vaccher, Lower Wacker, Packers Suck, JH Elder’s Ghost
5. 10 pts – Jacob Brown
6. 9 pts – Liam Kennedy
7. 8 pts – Chappy
8. 7 pts – OldAHWildcat
9. 6 pts – Garrett Pollack
10. 4 pts – (TIE) Paul Schatz, Zach Simpson, @johnsonbenr

The Day 3 Questions:

10 Total Points are up for grabs today!

To see the questions from previous days, click here:  Day 1; Day 2

For a recap of the rules, check out this post.

Question #1 (3 possible points):  The next two days feature a pair of truly “deep cut” trivia questions.  Here’s the first:

What football position did Ian Park’s brother Alex play, and for what 2 colleges did he play it?  (HINT:  One of these schools is perennially ranked with or around Northwestern in the US News Rankings)

Question #2 (2 possible points):  Accurately describe the signature post-sack dances/moves of two current or former NFL Defensive Linemen who played their college ball at NU.

Question #3 (2 possible points):  In 2005, Northwestern ran for one touchdown and threw for another in the final 2:10 to shock Iowa.  Who ran for the first TD, and who caught the second TD?

Question #4 (1 point):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo.

Day 2 Clean Sweep Bonus: 2 points

Welcome to Day 2 of the NU Football Quiz!

10 Total Points are up for grabs today!

To see the questions from previous days, click here:  Day 1;

For a recap of the rules, check out this post.

Question #1 (3 possible points):  Name the members of the 3-Quarterback rotation that Northwestern used to begin the 2002 season.

Question #2 (2 possible points):  What was unusual about the ending of the 1996 Northwestern/Michigan game, and what caused this occurrence?  (Note: “Northwestern won” is not an acceptable answer, jokers.)

Question #3 (2 possible points):  Cam Green won Illinois State Championships in both football and basketball as a Senior at Adlai Stevenson High School.  Name Cam’s high school quarterback and high school point guard on those two teams.

Question #4 (1 point):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo.

Day 2 Clean Sweep Bonus: 2 points

Welcome to Day 1 of the NU Football Quiz!

10 Total Points are up for grabs today!  For a recap on the rules, check out this post.

Question #1 (3 possible points):  In the 2010 Wrigley Field Game, a single touchdown was scored in the East end zone.  In what quarter was this touchdown scored, who threw the pass, and who caught that pass?

Question #2 (2 possible points):  Name 2 players who wore #1 at Northwestern BEFORE the number was established as a player reward.

Question #3 (2 possible points):  Name 2 sports media personalities who were either (A) Willie the Wildcat or (B) A Northwestern Cheerleader.

Question #4 (1 point):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo.

Day #1 Clean Sweep Bonus: 2 points

Hey guys and gals!

In Episode 424, we teased the 7-day NU Football Quiz that is launching Sunday. This is purely something we’re doing for fun and to give everyone something to enjoy during the Big Q.

Here’s how it’s going to work:

1.Beginning Sunday, we will post 4 questions at 10am each day right here on the site.  3 of these questions will be “partial-credit” format; in other words, it may be very hard to completely answer them, but it will be easier to partially answer them, and you receive credit for any part you answer correctly. The 4th question will be a photo-identification question. There will be an additional bonus for answering every part of every question correctly, but, again, it may be very hard to do this!

2.You will have until midnight to submit your answers to each day’s question. You can submit answers either by DMing us at @westlotpirates or by emailing us at westlotpirates@gmail.com. Make sure to provide an individual name/alias or a team name.

3.DON’T CHEAT! Come on, this is for fun. Don’t look up the answers to these questions until after you have submitted. It is totally fine to assemble a team of several people and crowd-source the answers; just try to pick a team name that makes it clear that several people are working together.

4.We will put up a leaderboard to track the results. No prizes, just bragging rights and fun!

So start putting squads together and thinking up pithy team names, and we’ll see you on Sunday!

Thanks as always,

Sam, John, and Scuzz/The West Lot Pirates