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Americans in the CFL Trivia Quiz

Show your knowledge of Americans who have something to do with Canada's third favourite national past-time!

A multiple-choice quiz by crusher28. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
crusher28

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,010

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1336

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Republican member of Congress is a former QB for the Ottawa Rough Riders? Hint

Dieter Brock

JC Watts

Lamar Smith

Bill Pascrell

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first QB to start in both a Grey Cup and in a Super Bowl? Hint

Joe Thiessman

Warren Moon

Joe Kapp

Kurt Warner

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which CFL team did Warren Moon star for between his days at the University of Washington and the Houston Oilers? Hint

Montreal Alouettes

Calgary Stampeders

Edmonton Eskimos

Toronto Argonauts

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the team match-up in the lone CFL game covered by CBS television during the last NFL player's strike? Hint

Toronto at BC

Montreal at BC

BC at Montreal

BC at Toronto

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which former BC Lion went on to a career in the movies? Hint

Carl Weathers

Jim Kelly

Archie Griffin

Jim Zorn

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the brother of an NFL quarterback that was receiving for the Hamilton Tiger Cats at the end of the 1990s? Hint

Warren Warner

Darren Flutie

Steve Garcia

Damon Huard

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Question 7 of 10

7. You know about Doug Flutie going to Buffalo from Canada, but which coach made the switch from three down football to go to Buffalo from Montreal (via another NFL city)? Hint

Wade Phillips

Marv Levy

Jim Ringo

Chuck Knox

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Question 8 of 10

8. Raghib Ismail ran rings around opponents in a Dallas uniform. Who did he do it for in the CFL? Hint

Toronto

Winnipeg

Montreal

Shreveport Pirates

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the players below played for the CFL Baltimore Stallions, and then played for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens? Hint

OJ Brigance

Rod Woodson

Jamal Lewis

Trent Dilfer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which is the only U.S. City to have captured the cherished CFL's Grey Cup? Hint

Baltimore

Sacramento

San Antonio

Shreveport

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Republican member of Congress is a former QB for the Ottawa Rough Riders?

Answer: JC Watts

The Republican member of the House from Oklahoma called the signals for the 'Riders in the 1980s.

2. Who was the first QB to start in both a Grey Cup and in a Super Bowl?

Answer: Joe Kapp

Joe Kapp played for the BC Lions in the 1963 and 1964 Grey Cups and later went to 'The Show' with the Minnesota Vikings.

3. Which CFL team did Warren Moon star for between his days at the University of Washington and the Houston Oilers?

Answer: Edmonton Eskimos

4. What was the team match-up in the lone CFL game covered by CBS television during the last NFL player's strike?

Answer: BC at Toronto

The CBS announcers had never heard of the 'run and shoot', which the Argos ran that day in Toronto. The next year it played big on NFL fields.

5. Which former BC Lion went on to a career in the movies?

Answer: Carl Weathers

Carl fought Rocky, was Hurricane Smith, and wasn't he Action Jackson? Football fans in Vancouver got a good view of him when he played football here. Joe Kapp also appeared in Burt Reynold's 'The Longest Yard'.

6. What is the name of the brother of an NFL quarterback that was receiving for the Hamilton Tiger Cats at the end of the 1990s?

Answer: Darren Flutie

The two Flutie's went to BC in 1991 to play for the Lions, then Doug went to Calgary and Darren to Edmonton. Doug had two seasons in Toronto before going to Buffalo in the NFL and Darrin was in Hamilton playing pitch and catch with Danny McManus.

7. You know about Doug Flutie going to Buffalo from Canada, but which coach made the switch from three down football to go to Buffalo from Montreal (via another NFL city)?

Answer: Marv Levy

Levy won Grey Cups in Montreal (1973 and 1977) and then went to four straight Super Bowl appearences in the 1990s.

8. Raghib Ismail ran rings around opponents in a Dallas uniform. Who did he do it for in the CFL?

Answer: Toronto

9. Which of the players below played for the CFL Baltimore Stallions, and then played for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens?

Answer: OJ Brigance

Linebacker Brigance (named for you-know-who) played for BC before going to Baltimore in 1994 and 1995. He went to the Ravens via Miami.

10. Which is the only U.S. City to have captured the cherished CFL's Grey Cup?

Answer: Baltimore

All those cities had CFL teams at one time or another in the early 1990s, but only Baltimore came home with all the hardware in 1995. They relocated to Montreal in 1996 as the Alouettes, resurrecting the team name from the one that folded in the 1980s.

Source: Author crusher28

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