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

By Matt Gutridge on November 1, 2024 at 6:15 pm
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Put on your thinking caps and grab a drink, it's time for Friday Night Trivia.

Eleven Warriors is home to the most knowledgeable Buckeye fans on the planet. It is now time for you to prove it. 

We’ll put together a 10-question quiz each week to test your knowledge of Ohio State football and its upcoming opponent. Heading into Ohio State's third FOX Big Noon game of the season, we see how much you know about this week's opponent, Penn State.

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.

 

Nebraska Report Card

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.

Nebraska Trivia Answers
No. QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER % CORRECT
1 What is the name of Nebraska’s mascot pictured above? Herbie Husker 73%
2 When the Buckeyes and Cornhuskers played for the first time in 1955, who was Ohio State’s head coach? Woody Hayes 62%
3 Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola initially committed to Ohio State as a recruit. Which other school did he commit to before signing with the Cornhuskers? Georgia 89%
4 Which NFL team did Matt Rhule coach before becoming the coach at Nebraska? Carolina Panthers 86%
5 Ohio State is 9-1 against Nebraska. Who was the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback in the loss? Braxton Miller 54%
6 Which late night host was a graduate of Nebraska? Johnny Carson 61%
7 A Buckeye great rushed for three touchdowns in Ohio State's first-ever game vs. Nebraska, who was he? Howard "Hopalong" Cassady 59%
8 Which one of the names below was never used by Nebraska for its football team? Cornholers 38%
9 Can you identify the Nebraska head coach who never faced the Buckeyes? Tom Osborne 74%
10 In 2021, an Ohio State player caught 15 passes for 240 yards against the Cornhuskers in Lincoln. Who was the player that tied the Ohio State program record in receptions and set the series record against Nebraska that day? Jaxon Smith-Njigba 40%

Overall, the most selected answer by the Eleven Warriors community on every question was the correct answer. For the second straight week, the community aced the test! 

With a 100% score on the Nebraska quiz, the Friday Night Trivia community improved the season average from 81.7% up to 84.3%.

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