Friday Night Trivia: Test Your Knowledge on Penn State and Ohio State's History Against the Nittany Lions

By Matt Gutridge on October 20, 2023 at 6:15 pm
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Put on your thinking caps and grab your favorite drink, it's time for Friday Night Trivia.

We put together a 10-question quiz each week to test your knowledge of Ohio State football and its upcoming opponent. This week, we see how much you know about Penn State as the Buckeyes host their nonrivals.

There are two simple rules: Please use your brain (not a search engine) and only play once.

Note: After you answer all of the questions, you must click on "Finish Quiz" to see your results.

 

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The correct answers from last week’s quiz and the percentage of participants who got each question correct can be found in the table below.

Purdue Trivia Answers
No. QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER % CORRECT
1 What is the name of Purdue's stadium? Ross-Ade Stadium 99%
2 Who is Purdue's head coach? Ryan Walters 77%
3 Which Ohio State quarterback threw for 470 yards in a game against Purdue? Dwayne Haskins 63%
4 Ohio State scored its most points ever against Purdue in the teams' most recent matchup in 2021. How many points did the Buckeyes score? 59 69%
5 Ohioan Neil Armstrong is Purdue's most famous astronaut/alum. Which famous aviator was a visiting faculty member and has a scholarship named in their honor at Purdue? Amelia Earhart 13%
6 Can you identify the Buckeye who rushed for a series-best four touchdowns against the Boilermakers? Joel Payton 6%
7 Ohio State has played in West Lafayette eight times since 2000. What is OSU's record in those games? 3-5 54%
8 Which Ohio State running back ran for 191 yards in a game against Purdue? Keith Byars 61%
9 Who is the only remaining player on Ohio State's roster that played against Purdue in 2018? Josh Proctor 56%
10 Ohio State and Purdue played at a neutral site in 1943. Where was the game played? Cleveland 16%

Overall, the correct answer was the most selected answer by the Eleven Warriors community on seven out of 10 questions. On three questions, one incorrect answer received more votes than the correct answer. The Spoilermakers couldn't take down the Buckeyes, but trivia questions about them proved challenging.

  • 49% of contestants thought Chuck Yeager was the visiting faculty member who has the scholarship named in his honor at Purdue.
  • 42% went with Dan Herron as the Buckeye who rushed for four touchdowns against the Boilermakers.
  • 47% of the respondents selected Indianapolis as the neutral site where Ohio State and Purdue played in 1943.
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