Help with coming up with some Cal Trivia?
by trisweb on Sep 16, 2011 1:48 PM PDT
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PrintHey CGB - it's been a while. Glad Cal Football is back!
I'm now out on the East Coast in Boston, separated from our shining Campanile by 3,098 miles (give or take). We make the best of it out here with a great Alumni chapter and fun football watching parties.
For the Pres game on Saturday, we're trying to have some extra activities... not that I think the game isn't going to be interesting, but (knock on wood) you know, we're preparing for all possibilities.
On that note we're looking for some Cal trivia that would be maybe 20 questions of various topics that we can run at halftime. I've got a few easy questions lined up, but I'd love to hear other suggestions if anyone is bored and would be willing to help out.
So - any question you can think of, super easy or challenging (but not impossible), preferably short-answer form for the most part. Go ahead and provide answers, but if you're coming to the game in Boston on Saturday, don't cheat! ;)
Also, if you are in Boston and need a place to watch the game (for free! with free beer! (first come first serve)) we'll be running the stream at the Baseball Tavern in Fenway, at 1270 Boylston St.
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So, when you say various topics...
are you looking for stuff in addition to football?
your answer will help me and others, I’m sure.
GO BEARS!
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
How many bears are there on campus?
— 11 statue or topiary bears
Where is the bear on North Hall?
— on the side facing the campanile, in a rung above the entrance.
What year did Oski become our official mascot?
— 1941
Essay question: Why can’t we have a real bear as mascot?
Cal: Bears with Books.
don’t forget lawrencium!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 16, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Name five of the fourteen transuranic elements discovered at Cal (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory):
Neptunium (Np 93)
Plutonium (Pu 94)
Americium (Am 95)
Curium (Cm 96)
Berkelium (Bk 97)
Californium (Cf 98)
Einsteinium (Es 99)
Fermium (Fm 100)
Mendelevium (Md 101)
Nobelium (No 102)
Lawrencium (Lr 103)
Rutherfordium (Rf 104)
Dubnium (Db 105)
Seaborgium (Sg 106)
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
The University of California was founded on March 23, 1868 when Governor H. H. Haight signed the Organic Act.
When did it open its doors open? (1869)
In what city? (Oakland)
When did it locate to the present campus at Berkeley? (1873; South and North Hall were the first buildings constructed)
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Which UC President discontinued football as an official team after the 1905 season? (Wheeler)
Which UC President re-instated football as an official team after the 1915 season? (Wheeler)
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
What Cal alumnus won the AL Most Valuable player award as a member of the Boston Red Sox?
(Jackie Jensen in 1958)
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Hard one (at least, for non-CGBers, I'd think)
Cal played in the only 0-0 tie in Rose Bowl history. Who was Cal’s opponent?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Two Presidents
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Here are a few ideas
How many Rose Bowls has Cal won?
(2 – 28-0 over Ohio State in 1921, 13-0 over Alabama in 1938)
What is the most points scored by Cal in a game:
All-Time (127 vs. St. Mary’s in 1920)
Modern (86 vs. UOP in 1991)
How many Cal players are in the NFL Hall of Fame?
(One – Les Richter, inducted in 2011)
What year did Cal win its first Big Game?
(1898, final score: California 22, Stanfurd 0)
What was the final score of the 1982 Big Game?
(California 25, Stanfurd 20 — I still want that extra point!)
How many former Cal quarterbacks have played in the Super Bowl?
(5: Joe Kapp, Craig Morton, Vince Ferragamo, Gale Gilbert, Aaron Rodgers)
What was Cal’s biggest upset win in the Big Game?
(1986. Cal was a 21-point underdog and won 17-11 in Joe Kapp’s last game as head coach.)
How many games did John Elway win at Memorial Stadium?
(Zero. Cal won in 1980 and 1982. Elway won at Stanfurd in 1981.)
Bonus question for CalBear81's last question
Which animal does John Elway’s face most resemble?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
What is the same animal Andrew Luck's face looks like?
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CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1937 • 1947 • 1951 • 1957 • 1959 • 2002 • 2007
by AndyHogan14 on Sep 16, 2011 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
This guy?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 17, 2011 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Name the four players who carried the ball during The Play
Kevin Moen, Richard Rodgers, Dwight Garner, and Mariet Ford
Bonus: Recite the order in which they carried the ball
Moen, Rodgers, Garner, Rodgers, Ford, Moen….TOUCHDOWN!!
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A little late, but...
Is there a Stanfurdium?
by TheScientist019 on Sep 17, 2011 10:13 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
more questions for future use
1. name the former Cal football coach who became a head coach of a NFL (National Football League) team.
Hint: his NFL team participated in the Super Bowl (4 consecutive times).
Marv Levy – Cal (1960-1963), Buffalo Bills (1986-1997). lost Super Bowl all 4 times.
2. name the assistant coach Marv Levy hired, who became a head coach of a NFL team, and won a Super Bowl.
hint: played football at College of San Mateo and San Jose State.
hint 2: was also head coach at stanfurd.
3. name another assistant coach Marv Levy hired who became head coach at Cal.
hint: he was also an assistant coach at stanfurd before being hired as Cal’s next football coach.
hint 2: his Cal team had these players – Vince Ferragamo, Steve Sweeney, Steve Bartkowski, Chuck Muncie, Wesley Walker, Ron Rivera, and Joe Roth.
Mike White (1972-1977).
4. name the former Cal football player who played in the Rose Bowl, CFL – Canadian Football League Championship game – Grey Cup, and the NFL Super Bowl.
hint: “The Bear will not quit, the Bear will not die”.
Joe Kapp, Rose Bowl (1958) – last Cal football team, British Columbia Lions (1964), and Minnesota Vikings (1969).
5. Jeff Tedford played QB in the Canadian Football League for how many teams ?
Four (4), Hamilton (Tigercats), Calgary (Stampeders), Saskatchewan (Roughiders), and Winnipeg (Blue Bombers). extra credit for naming the teams (nick names)
6. which Canadian Football League (CFL) team coach Tedford played for has the same team colors as the Cal Golden Bears, Blue and Gold ??
Winnipeg (Blue Bombers).
additional info
3. Mike White played for the Golden Bears 1955-1957.
During his college coaching career, White was twice named National Coach of the Year, first in 1975 where he coached a team led by Joe Roth, Chuck Muncie and Wesley Walker to the Pac-8 co-championship.
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