Friday Night Trivia: Test Your Knowledge of Indiana and Ohio State’s History Against the Hoosiers

By Matt Gutridge on November 22, 2024 at 6:15 pm
Ohio State, Indiana
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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 top-five matchup of the season, we see how much you know about this week's undefeated opponent, Indiana. 

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.

 

Northwestern 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.

Northwestern Trivia Answers
No. QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER % CORRECT
1 Can you identify the Ohio State player pictured above? He ran for a school-record 331 yards against Northwestern in the 2020 Big Ten Championship Game. Trey Sermon 98%
2 Ohio State and Northwestern are facing each other in Wrigley Field tomorrow. This is the first time for Ohio State to play in The Friendly Confines. Including Saturday, how many times has Northwestern played in Wrigley? 4 65%
3 Who is Northwestern's head football coach? David Braun 89%
4 This isn't the first time Ohio State and Northwestern played each other in a Major League Baseball stadium. Where did the schools play in 1991? Cleveland Municipal Stadium 86%
5 Nolan Baudo is one of two Ohio State receivers on this year's team from Chicago, who is the other? Carnell Tate 94%
6 What is the name of Northwestern's mascot? Willie the Wildcat 92%
7 Actor Clancy Brown was born in Urbana, Ohio and is a 1981 graduate of Northwestern. He played the role of the brutal head guard in The Shawshank Redemption and is the voice of which character on SpongeBob SquarePants? (Hint: He owns the fast food restaurant where SpongeBob works.) Mr. Krabs 82%
8 Who is the Ohio State head coach with the most wins (18) and the most losses (4) against Northwestern? Woody Hayes 80%
9 Wrigley Field opened in 1914. How many years older is it than Ohio Stadium? 8 71%
10 Which Ohio State quarterback had more yards rushing (79) than passing (76) against Northwestern? C.J. Stroud 42%

Overall, the most selected answer by the Eleven Warriors community on every question was the correct answer. For the fourth time this season, the community aced the test! Perhaps Ohio State is the school for nerds...

With a perfect score of 100% on the Northwestern quiz, the Friday Night Trivia community's season grade goes up from 85.6% to 87%.

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