West Lot Pirates Podcast

Welcome to Day 6 of the NU Football Quiz!

Two days left in the quiz!  The points are going to go up today and tomorrow, so there are plenty of entries with a shot at the win!

Current Leaderboard:

Team Division

1. 42 pts – West Lot Warriors

2. 28 pts – Ex-InsideNU Dream Team

3. 25 pts – Former Wildside Presidents

4. 22 pts – WLP Tailgate Support Crew

5. 13 pts – WNUR Directors

Individual Division

1. 44 pts – Gene Topper

2. 41pts – @RLins12

3. 41 pts – Jim Bendat

4. 40 pts – OldAHWilcdat

5. 38 pts – @HartlCat46

6. 34 pts – JH Elder’s Ghost

7. 33 pts – Louie Vaccher,

8. 32 pts – Packers Suck

9. 28 pts – Jay Sharman, Lower Wacker

10. 26 pts – Paul Schatz

11. 24 pts – Liam Kennedy,

12. 19 pts – Jacob Brown

13. 17 pts – Garrett Pollack

14. 18 pts – Chappy

15. 10 pts – @johnsonbenr

16. 5 pts – Zach Simpson

The Day 6 Questions:

20 Total Points are up for grabs today!

To see the questions from previous days, click here:

Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Day 4; Day 5

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

Question #1 (5 possible points):  Name the final colleges attended by Venric Mark, Gavin Hoffman, Ian Park, Adonis Smith, and Charlie Fessler.

Question #2 (5 possible points):  Name five other football teams head-coached by individuals who were also the head football coach at Northwestern.

Question #3 (4 possible points):  Name the four players who were in the end zone during or within a second of Victory Right.

Question #4 (2 points):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo.

Day 2 Clean Sweep Bonus: 4 points

Welcome to Day 5 of the NU Football Quiz!

Things are really heating up!  A lot of people have brought their A-Game, and the volume of points at stake in the final 3 days means that anything is possible!  Remember to check out Episode 425, where we revealed the answers for Days 1-3 and recapped the action so far!

Current Leaderboard:

Team Division

1. 31 pts – West Lot Warriors

2. 22 pts – Ex-InsideNU Dream Team

3. 17 pts – Former Wildside Presidents

4. 15 pts – WLP Tailgate Support Crew

5. 13 pts – WNUR Directors

Individual Division

1. 30 pts – @RLins12

2. 29 pts – Gene Topper

3. 28 pts – Jay Sharman

4. 26 pts – Jim Bendat

5. 25 pts – Louie Vaccher, OldAHWilcdat

6. 24 pts – JH Elder’s Ghost

7. 23 pts – @HartlCat46

8. 22 pts – Packers Suck,

9. 19 pts – Lower Wacker

10. 18 pts – Liam Kennedy, Paul Schatz

11. 16 pts – Jacob Brown

12. 12 pts – Garrett Pollack

13. 11 pts – Chappy

14. 10 pts – @johnsonbenr

15. 5 pts – Zach Simpson

The Day 5 Questions:

15 Total Points are up for grabs today!

To see the questions from previous days, click here:

Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Day 4

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

Question #1 (4 possible points):  Name 3 Northwestern football games that were decided by 2-point conversions, and what was Northwestern’s record in those 3 games?

*EDIT:  We just want to make it clear that we are specifically referring to games where the LAST PLAY was a 2-point conversion! 

**EDIT TO THE EDIT:  OK, not necessarily the LITERAL LAST PLAY, but the game was effectively won or lost on a 2-pointer that happened right at the end of the game.

Question #2 (4 possible points):  Name the player who caught the SECOND Victory Right pass in 2001, name the player who scored the winning points in the same game, and name both players on the opposing team who returned a kick or punt for a touchdown in the same game.

Question #3 (2 possible points):  Name the player who “stripped” Anthony Thomas in the Instant Classic Game in 2000, and name the player who recovered the fumble.

Question #4 (2 points):  Identify the Player, Season, and Opponent in this photo. (We went with a little more of an abstract look on this one, but all the clues you need to answer it are there if you’re paying attention!)

Day 2 Clean Sweep Bonus: 3 points

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