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2 Brian Piccolo quizzes and 25 Brian Piccolo trivia questions.
1.
  Honoring Brian Piccolo    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is about the late, great Brian Piccolo. Anyone who has been a fan of American Football for a long time knows about this heroic young man.
Average, 15 Qns, MommyPanda, Jun 10 09
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  Brian Piccolo    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the life of the all-time inspirational player in my opinion.
Tough, 10 Qns, bilig, Feb 01 04
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bilig
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trivia question Quick Question
When he was playing for the Chicago Bears, many thought he wasn't big enough to do very good. What was his height and weight?

From Quiz "Honoring Brian Piccolo"





Brian Piccolo Trivia Questions
1. What was the year of Brian Piccolo's birth?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1943

Louis Brian Piccolo was born October 31, 1943 in Pittsfield, MA.

2. What pro football team did Brian play for?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Chicago Bears

He signed as a free agent in 1965.

3. What college did Brian Piccolo attend?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: Wake Forest

Brian had a full scholarship to attend Wake Forest.

4. What was Brian's number?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: 41

After his death, his number 41 jersey was retired.

5. What was Brian's jersey number when he was with the Bears?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 41

Gayle Sayers was number 40 and Payton was 34. All three of these jersey numbers have been retired by the Bears.

6. What Christian denomination did he belong to?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Catholic

His funeral was at Chirst the King Roman Catholic Church, in Chicago, IL. While growing up he attended a Catholic high school.

7. What was the year of Brian Piccolo's death?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1970

Brian died June 16, 1970.

8. Which statement below is correct?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Brian was the youngest of 3 boys

9. Even though Brian Piccolo lead the nation in rushing his senior year, he wound up in which spot for scoring that season?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1st

Pic lead the nation in both scoring and rushing yardage, yet was not drafted by the NFL.

10. While attending high school, what sport was Brian's true passion?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: baseball

Brian excelled in baseball most of his high school. It wasn't until his senior year that he really did well at football.

11. In which round did the Bears draft Brian Piccolo?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: He was not drafted but signed as a free agent

The other NFL teams did not think that he was big enough or fast enough to make it in the NFL.

12. After leaving high school, which college did Brian accept a scholarship to?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Wake Forest

He was offered a scholarship to both Wake Forest and Wichita State, but he chose Wake Forest, in Winston-Salem, NC.

13. How many 100+ rushing yard games did Brian have in his careet?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1

In 1969, he rushed for 112 yards in the Bears' 23-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

14. His senior year, at this college listed above, was an exceptional year. What record did he hold?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: leading rusher for the nation

His senior year he led the nation in rushing yardage, carrying the ball 252 times for more than 1000 yards!

15. In which season was Brian Piccolo and Gayle Sayers roommates?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1967

This marked the first interracial rooming of players in the NFL.

16. After his last year at college, he signed on with the Chicago Bears. Who was his roommate that year? They became the best of friends. Remember his name?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Gale Sayers

While Butkus, DeLong, and Jones were all teammates of Piccolo's, it was Gale Sayers that was so close to Brian. The movie 'Brian's Song' was about the incredible friendship between Brian and Gayle. Their friendship shattered all the racial boundaries that were very evident at that time in our history. Gayle was an African-American and Brian was white.

17. In which year did Brian Piccolo score his first touchdown?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: 1968

When Pic was in for the injured Sayers, he scored his first two touchdowns.

18. What was Brian's wife's name?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Joy

He also had three daughters, Lori, Tracy, and Kristi.

19. November 23rd, 1969, Gale Sayers broke the news to the team about Pic's condition, and they dedicated the game to Piccolo. Which team did they play and lose to that day?

From Quiz Brian Piccolo

Answer: Colts

The Bears lost the game 24-21.

20. Brian Piccolo had a special recipe for success. It was?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: talent, determination, and luck

21. When he was playing for the Chicago Bears, many thought he wasn't big enough to do very good. What was his height and weight?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: 6 feet, 205 pounds

22. What disease did Brian die from?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: cancer

The formal name of the cancer was 'embryonal cell carcinoma'.

23. At the time of Brian's death in 1970, the disease was thought to be incurable. Now, due to many years of research it has a cure rate of ____ ?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: 95 percent

AMAZING isn't it? Almost 100 percent of those with this disease will now be cured. That is many dollars of research doing a very good job!

24. What other cancer is related to the one that killed Brian Piccolo?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: testicular cancer

Since the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund was started in 1970, a lot of the money has also been used to research testicular cancer, bringing that cure rate to over 95 percent!

25. What is the 2 word movie that was first released in 1971 about the life and death of Brian Piccolo?

From Quiz Honoring Brian Piccolo

Answer: Brian's Song & Brians Song

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