Football in Film

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. In the 1994 film 'Forrest Gump', the title character has such exceptional running skills that he gets a scholarship playing college football. Which legendary coach does he play under? Vince Lombardi Knute Rockne Bear Bryant George Halas

2. In the 1970 movie 'MASH', what is the nickname of Captain Oliver Jones, the 'ringer' that the 4077th brings in to play on their football team? Painless Pole Duke Spearchucker Dago Red

3. In which movie does Morris Chestnut play a character named Ricky Baker, a high school football player whose life is tragically cut short before he can go on to college where he is set to receive a scholarship? Poetic Justice Boyz n the Hood New Jack City School Daze

4. 'The Fortune Cookie' is a 1966 film featuring Walter Matthau as a shyster lawyer, Jack Lemmon as a loveable dupe and Ron Rich as a professional football player with a heart, named Luther Jackson. What is Luther Jackson's nickname? Rhino The Train Boom Boom The Silver Horse

5. In which movie does Sean Penn crash the car of his high school's star football player, angering the latter so greatly that he nearly puts the entire opposing team in the hospital during their next game? Bad Boys Fast Times at Ridgemont High Crackers Racing with the Moon

6. In the original 'Superman' movie from 1978, we discover that Clark Kent was the star of his high school football team in Smallville. True False

7. Who stars in the 1978 film 'Heaven Can Wait' about a football player who is killed inadvertently and then allowed to return to Earth in the body of a millionaire? Tom Selleck Richard Gere Warren Beatty Burt Reynolds

8. In which 1986 movie does Corey Haim play a scrawny young high school player who attempts to make his high school football team so that he can impress a beautiful cheerleader named Maggie? Rudy Terrence Milo Lucas

9. In the movie 'Revenge of the Nerds', the nerds are pitted against the jocks in a winner-take-all battle royale of pranks and dirty tricks. What is the nickname of the football team at Adams College, where jocks and nerds alike attend? Rangers Atoms Wildcats Zombies

10. 'All the Right Moves' is an underrated early 1980s film featuring which now very popular actor as a high school football player coming of age in a tough Pennsylvania town? Johnny Depp Kevin Costner Brad Pitt Tom Cruise