r/CFB • u/Davidellias Virginia Tech • Wisconsin • Aug 27 '19

Weekly Thread Trivia Tuesday

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Trivia Tuesday is a weekly feature run by /u/bakonydraco, /u/DampFrijoles, /u/GiovannidelMonaco, and /u/Davidellias. Each week there will be five questions ranging from questions most everyone can get to questions that might stump just about everyone. Your goal is to quickly answer them to the best of your ability. You get a one point speed bonus for finishing in under 2:30.

There are definitely still ways you could cheat the system, but please do not. This is meant to be a fun weekly feature, and we encourage you to take it at face value and answer the questions without assistance.

Last Week

This is meta week, the "off season" between Trivia Tuesday seasons. The questions this week are just for fun and will range from random to completely absurd. Scores this week will not count towards Fall season, so don't worry if you get some wrong. The Fall season, Trivia Tuesday's 15th season, will start next week.

The 2019 Summer season is complete, and the results from the playoffs can be more or less summed up in three words: business as usual.

Individual

There were no perfect scores in the final, but /u/ventolin_3 led the pack with nine points — eight correct answers and the speed bonus.

That high score also means that ventolin_3 is the champion of the Summer 2019 Individual competition! This is their fifth Trivia victory and seventh time in the top three, both of which are the most of any user. Second place goes to /u/BigBoutros, their highest finish and their second time on the podium. /u/the_phoenix612 finishes in third place, making their first appearance on the podium. All three have earned /r/CFB Top Scorer flair (/r/CFB Top Scorer) for their incredible seasons.

Premier Tier

The Summer 2019 Premier Tier championship belongs to Michigan! This is the Wolverines' eighth Premier Tier victory, the most of any team. In other words, they are the ventolin_3 of teams. Following them in the standings Florida, Texas A&M, and LSU, making it a fairly successful season for SEC. Yet they ultimately came up short for the big prize.

With the victory, Michigan has regained their second alternate flair. Please suggest options in the comments!

Stanford Heisman Championship Tier

Iowa State won the Summer 2019 伊利诺伊 Championship Tier! In contrast to Michigan's long-running success, this is ISU's first-ever playoff win in either tier. Rounding out the top four finalists are Rutgers, Stanford, and NC State.

With the victory, Iowa State has earned naming rights to this tier for next season. Please suggest options in the comments!

Best of luck to all!

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u/Davidellias Aug 27 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

Raise your hand if you weren't paying attention to question one and answered 'Michigan'.

Question Answer %Correct Notable Answer
Which team has the largest capacity home Football stadium for the 2019-20 season among FBS Independents? Notre Dame 85.33% Michigan, which is an Ojibwe word meaning "one who has trouble with snaps" -u/thorshammer_132
Which team has the largest capacity home Football stadium for the 2019-20 season among FBS Independents? Notre Dame 85.33% Among Independents? All 5 of them? Well, shucks, I'm just gonna guess Notre Dame. You know, the independent who plays 6 conference games. -u/forca_micah
Since 2006, which trucking company has been the sponsor of the New Orleans Bowl? R+L Carriers (R&L Carriers also works) 51.74% R&L Carriers. Fun fact, I got cut off by one of their trucks this morning driving to work. -u/Not_So_Bad_Andy
Since 2006, which trucking company has been the sponsor of the New Orleans Bowl? R+L Carriers (R&L Carriers also works) 51.74% Gonebalaya moving company -u/1baussguy
In 1994, future Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton started three games at QB for what school? Tennessee 37.16% Tennessee. He likes Rocky things. -u/PSUHiker31
In 1994, future Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton started three games at QB for what school? Tennessee 37.16% Good question -u/my_leg_hurts_a_lot
The 2017 coaching carousel is widely considered to be one of the most chaotic times in college football history. What was the estimated amount that FBS teams paid during that coaching carousel in buyout related expenses? Within $5 million. $110 million 2.03% hmm.. Manny Diaz was like $2 mil... I'm gonna guess $45 mil. because Miami is going to lose 45-5 this weekend. BET -u/break4
The 2017 coaching carousel is widely considered to be one of the most chaotic times in college football history. What was the estimated amount that FBS teams paid during that coaching carousel in buyout related expenses? Within $5 million. $110 million 2.03% Taking a page from the movie Birdemic and its love for childishly simplistic numbers, my answer is one billion dollars -u/camly75
What city currently hosts the FCS National Championship? It's in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area and is named after a railway line that passed through the area. Frisco, TX 50.68% Frisco, TX also where the Texas Electric Coop Conference is held next month -u/OhioAg10
What city currently hosts the FCS National Championship? It's in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area and is named after a railway line that passed through the area. Frisco, TX 50.68% Frisco, TX. Fun fact, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was named after its desire to establish a transcontinental railroad between the two cities. The railroad only got as far as Texas (1000 miles from San Francisco) but kept the name until it was merged into the Burlington Northern. -u/42DimensionalGoFish I was going to type this nearly word for word at the top of the post but you saved me all the time
What was the last D-I AA/FCS team to defeat multiple D-I A/FBS teams in the same season? Portland State (in 2015) 3.57% Appalachian State. Not sure if that's right but it's fun to remind Michigan fans that they lost to App State. -u/Giraffe_Racer
What was the last D-I AA/FCS team to defeat multiple D-I A/FBS teams in the same season? Portland State (in 2015) 3.57% East Carolina had a great strecth in 2008? they beat WVU and Va Tech so i will go them -u/Reading_Rainboner
Among the 27,569 players listed on D1 Football rosters for 2019, what is the most common first name with 286 athletes? Michael 19.31% Based on the first names from player-based posts on r/cfb the answer is Tathan. -u/BlauGelb13
Among the 27,569 players listed on D1 Football rosters for 2019, what is the most common first name with 286 athletes? Michael 19.31% Either Tom, Dick or Harry. Or John. Or Jim. Let's see, these kids were born in 2000, who was popular then? JUSTIN. omg all these moms named their kids after boy band member Justin Timberlake. -u/quitesharp1
Producing a measly 4 points, what FBS school would get the smallest Scrabble score for the city in which their home stadium is located? Nevada (Reno) 13.13% First instinct is to say ames but thats too many. gotta be something with values and rstln..... does UNLV play in Reno? if so then im giong UNLV -u/alberthegator
Producing a measly 4 points, what FBS school would get the smallest Scrabble score for the city in which their home stadium is located? Nevada (Reno) 13.13% State University of New York at Erie, PA. It's at least as plausible as Indiana (PA) and California (PA). -u/OKgolfer
At 31 points, what FBS school would get the highest Scrabble score for the city in which their home stadium is located? New Mexico (Albuquerque) 13.61% Kalamazoo (definitely not Albuquerque though, since there’s only one Q in a scrabble game and blanks count for 0 points) -u/ExternalTangents
At 31 points, what FBS school would get the highest Scrabble score for the city in which their home stadium is located? New Mexico (Albuquerque) 13.61% WHAT SCHOOL IS IN ALBAQU... HOW DO YOU SPELL IT? THE PLACE BUGS BUNNY ALWAYS WANTS TO GO! -u/Ticklebump
In the history of FBS football, only one team has had 6+ more wins than losses while being outscored over the course of the season. Name this 10-4 team. Team required, not year. Miami (OH) in 2010 3.96% My brain hurts trying to read this. It must be Fulmer Cup inspiring Michael Haywood when he tried to coach Pitt, but I can't remember which MAC team he coached... my first thought was George O'Leary's ND escapade but it doesn't make sense as ND wasn't that bad, same with Alabama/Mike Price. -u/Honestly_
In the history of FBS football, only one team has had 6+ more wins than losses while being outscored over the course of the season. Name this 10-4 team. Team required, not year. Miami (OH) in 2010 3.96% Wherever Mike Price coached at before Destiny caught up with him. Utah I maybe? -u/Seymore_Trucks subtle.......

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u/DafoeFoSho Aug 27 '19

[raises hand] I answered "BYU" because I FORGOT NOTRE DAME WAS INDEPENDENT. All hail the ACC Network.

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u/jpc4zd Aug 27 '19

ND doesn't have any home football games on the ACC Network. When they travel, they are at the mercy of the home teams contract. Therefore it is possible for ND to play on the B1G, ACC, SEC, and PAC-12 Network all this year. A few years ago, when ND traveled to play @Air Force, the game was on CBS Sports Network or some other random channel (I know ND won't be on the SEC Network since the Georgia game is announced to be on CBS)

When ND travels to Duke this year, the game will be on the ACC Network. This is because ESPN will use that game to get companies to agree to carry the channel. Similar things happened back during the launch of ESPN2 (in basketball they put Duke/UNC there to get companies to carry it).

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u/Davidellias Aug 28 '19

At least you put thought into it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

Me too!

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u/dlawnro Aug 27 '19

Aww, no love for my answer with the entire official name for the City of LA? :( And I did that shit from memory, too!

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u/Davidellias Aug 27 '19

A few people made that joke.

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u/DarthYoda2594 Aug 27 '19

Lol as a Pitt-related question, I knew the impossible one for once and still managed to screw it up by giving the name and not the team. God damn it

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u/Davidellias Aug 27 '19

You got credit for it.

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u/42DimensionalGoFish Aug 27 '19

I aim to please

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u/Cassiyus Aug 27 '19

Of all of the universities in or around Erie, PA, their scrabble scores are as follows:

  • Mercyhurst - 20

  • Gannon - 7

  • Behrend - 13

  • Edinboro - 11 (also the name of the town)

  • Allegheny - 16 (located in Meadville - 15)

Sadly we aren't home to any SUNY schools, the closest of which I think is Fredonia (12). Erie (4) does however match Reno, but we don't have anything bigger than DII for football, and certainly not FBS. Sorry, friendo.

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u/KleShreen Aug 27 '19

Man. I was so proud of myself for thinking of Ames for the scrabble one, too.

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u/DonMan8848 Aug 28 '19

Nothing good ever comes from the letter M, darnit.

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u/gunn003 Aug 27 '19

Glad to see I wasn't the only person who went the Mike Price route on the last one.

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u/PSUHiker31 Aug 27 '19

I like rocks too.

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u/Giraffe_Racer Aug 27 '19

I’m just thrilled my second-ever inclusion in the funnies came at the expense of Michigan.

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u/camly75 Aug 27 '19

Look mom, I’m funny!

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u/bakonydraco Aug 27 '19

Michigan now has many Trivia Tuesday wins as bowl wins since 1995.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

Me coming to this thread: ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ -----> OP's comment ----- > ಠ_ಠ

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u/CoopertheFluffy Aug 27 '19

I need a better point of reference, how does it compare to the number of games we have memes about Michigan losing?

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Aug 27 '19

Thanks Stanford

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u/arbitrator06 Aug 27 '19

Sounds like a future trivia question.

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u/MVHDM1 Aug 27 '19

I felt proud for like 15 seconds

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u/Jakester5112 Aug 28 '19

Yikes... didn't realize we were that bad at bowl games

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u/bakonydraco Aug 28 '19

Hey now, you're just really good at trivia!

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u/BigBoutros Aug 27 '19

u/ventolin_3 is my personal OSU

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

why can we never win trivia?

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u/GeauxTri Aug 27 '19

You had it won, but y’all fumbled again...and again...and again.

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u/1baussguy Aug 27 '19

My current understanding is that would mean we still won though...

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u/bakonydraco Aug 27 '19

Iowa State Championship Tier Name

Iowa State fans, suggest a nickname for the Championship Tier! We'll pick one from among the suggestions in the replies here to use for next season.

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u/HeStoleMyBalloons Aug 27 '19

Seneca Wallace tier

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

Just a thought, Johnny Bright, Jack Trice, or GW Carver...

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u/Davidellias Aug 27 '19

Johnny Bright wasn't ISU though.

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u/SperryGodBrother Aug 27 '19

Rowdy Boiis Tier

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u/BigGuy5x4 Aug 27 '19

'Iowa Has Superior Corn'

Let it serve as a reminder to the inferior corn state to the west.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

This is it, chief.

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u/MRC1986 Aug 27 '19

Damn... Rutgers loses out on naming the Championship Tier, and for double damage, now have to be reminded of the incorrect statement that "Iowa Has Superior Corn" which is far worse than Jersey Sweet Corn. Sigh.... to be a Rutgers fan.

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u/mnmmatt Aug 27 '19

THIS BETTER FUCKING WIN

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u/whethervayne Aug 27 '19

Iowa corn tastes weird to me. It started around the spring of 2013. The taste went away after a while, but it came back this spring.

It's like the SALT levels spiked over there in Ames toward the end of the basketball season...

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u/TheWoman_InBlack Aug 27 '19

I think your directions are mixed up. The inferior corn state lies to the east of Nebraska.

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u/TheRoyalCyclone Aug 27 '19

Actually Helping Farmers Championship Tier

Or

Corn > Wheat championship tier

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u/thiney49 Aug 27 '19

SO PROUD tier

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u/DavidAshleyParker Aug 27 '19

Oregon state community needs to step it tf up so we can all ditch the nutria flair in favor of Angry Beavs or Vintage Benny

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u/bakonydraco Aug 27 '19

Michigan Alternate Flair

Michigan fans: you've earned a 3rd alternate flair to go with the standard block M and the sailor wolverine . In the most recent past the 3rd alternate has been the winged helmet. The blue split M was also used for a while before that.

Given how large the Michigan fanbase is, a full survey is actually a bit onerous (and hilariously earned a sitewide ban for u/cfbflair once, despite following Reddit API rules). By default the Winged Helmet will be added back in as a 3rd option. Please indicate here whether you think a vote should be held or would like to go in a different direction, and also indicate whether you're happy with the winged helmet. If it doesn't seem like a consensus, we are happy to do a survey.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

AWWWWH YEAH WINGED HELMET TIME BITCHES

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u/MGoForgotMyKeys Aug 27 '19

TIME TO KEEP THE HYPE TRAIN ROLLING - NEXT UP IS SEPTEMBER TRIVIA HEISMAN

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u/mafia1015 Aug 27 '19

With 8 wins, I think it’s time to make the winged helmet permanent!

To answer your question specifically: no vote, use the winged helmet.

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u/bakonydraco Aug 27 '19

There's actually precedent for this, we made Texas' 3rd flair permanent after they won their 8th Battle for Texas. Stay tuned.

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u/edinatlanta Aug 27 '19

u/my_leg_hurts_a_lot had the best response.

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u/LimpBrisket307 Aug 27 '19

Those scrabble questions doomed my time bonus. I spent way too much time thinking about it. Very clever

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u/tbia Aug 27 '19

The one more year of Matt Campbell tier.

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u/MRC1986 Aug 27 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

Congrats to Iowa State for winning the Championship Tier. Proud of my fellow Rutgers fans who showed our best effort, going all the way from the very last to qualify for Championship Tier playoffs to 2nd place overall in that tier.

I super crushed it last week, what can I say, baseball is my most knowledgeable sport (thus, I knew about Todd Helton); Michael was fish in a barrel since it was #1 for boys names for like 15 years in a row and top-10 seemingly forever (and is my first name!), honestly surprised <20% got that correct; and I'm good at Scrabble + geography questions lol.

I don't think Rutgers is ever good enough to win the Premier Tier, so I have to strategize to do well, but not *so* well that we end up in the Premier Tier. I don't wanna be the 8 seed in the NBA playoffs. =)

Sadly, there will be no "those cannon-stealing thieves from Princeton" Championship Tier name for fall trivia, but hopefully one day Rutgers can win this tier and tell those cannon-stealing thieves from Princeton to fuck off once and for all! =D

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u/buttgers Aug 29 '19

Sorry. I have failed you. :(

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u/blotsfan Aug 28 '19

Is anyone else not getting the "afternoon" reminders until late? I missed last weeks and only did this week since I happened to see the thread in time.