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Michigan State Spartans Football Trivia Quiz - Trivia Quiz from PeopleQuiz
Go Spartans! -bill
Quiz Number: 1910
Date Submitted: December 27,2007
Quiz Categories: College Football
Quiz Type: General Quiz
Author: bill
Average Score: 61.6 percent
Times Taken: 106 times
Taken by Registered Users: 4

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1. The Michigan State Spartans' first bowl victory came in the 1954 Rose Bowl against what team?
  A.   Oregon Ducks
  B.   USC Trojans
  C.   UCLA Bruins
  D.   Stanford Cardinal

2. From 1907 to 1952, the Michigan State Spartans were a member of what conference?
  A.   Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  B.   no conference, they were independent
  C.   Big Ten Conference
  D.   Mid American Conference

3. Who was the first MSU head coach to record 100 career victories?
  A.   Hugh Duffy Daugherty
  B.   George J. Perles
  C.   Charles W. Bachman
  D.   Chester L. Brewer

4. What is the name of the Michigan State mascot?
  A.   Spartoon
  B.   Spud
  C.   Spartinator
  D.   Sparty

5. In what year did the Spartans first sport a football team in which they had an actual coach?
  A.   1896
  B.   1897
  C.   1898
  D.   1899

6. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Michigan State Spartans won three national championships. In which of the following years did they NOT win at least a share of the national title?
  A.   1952
  B.   1953
  C.   1965
  D.   1966

7. The Michigan State Spartans play an annual rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines. The winner is awarded with what trophy?
  A.   Paul Bunyan Trophy
  B.   Old Brass Spittoon
  C.   Megaphone Trophy
  D.   Land Grant Trophy

8. What Spartan linebacker won both the Dick Butkus Award and the Lombardi Award in 1989?
  A.   Ike Reese
  B.   Julian Peterson
  C.   Percy Snow
  D.   Carl Banks

9. Who was the first Spartan player to be a member of the College Football Hall of Fame?
  A.   Brad Van Pelt
  B.   Bubba Smith
  C.   John Pingel
  D.   Don Coleman

10. What was Mark Dantonio's regular season record in his first year as the Spartan head coach?
  A.   5-7
  B.   6-6
  C.   7-5
  D.   8-4


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