How much do Europeans know about American Football? Let's find out.

Americans (and Canadians?) will be able to breeze through this quiz, so please be so kind as to let our European friends have a crack at it first.


1) There are 32 teams in the NFL. One thing they all have in common is they don't start a white guy at which very important position?
Running Back - Duckpin (sort of) ;)

2) What does it mean when a red flag is thrown onto the field?
The coach is challenging the ruling on the field - Orphiztic

3) Eight of the players listed below have played in the NFL in the last year. Two of them are made up. Name the fake players. SteveHamilton

Plaxico Burress
Santana Moss
Rusty Kuntz
Flozell Adams
Alge Crumpler
Ron Tugnutt
Ebenezer Ekuban
Richie Incognito
Atari Bigbi
Chad Ochocinco

4) In this scenerio, a team lines up on offense on their OWN one-yard line. The center snaps the ball, which goes over the quarterback's head and out the back of the endzone. What happens, and what will be the next play of the game (2 pts)
It's a Safety, the defensive team gets 2 points, and the offensive does a weird free kick - Duckpin

5) Which NFL team only has their logo on one side of their helmet?
The Pittsburgh Steelers - Duckpin
6) In the regular season, what happens if the score is tied at the end of the 15-minute overtime?
The game ends in a tie - Duckpin

7) Which large metropolis hasn't had a professional football team since 1994?
Los Angeles - Duckpin

8) What is the smallest American city with a professional football team?
Green Bay Wisconsin - Duckpin

9) The Detroit Lions set a record last year for accomplishing what?
Losing every game they played in a 16 game season - Duckpin

10) A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley is a (fabulous) novel that is in part about an obsessive supporter of which NFL team?

11) Who queries Americans through song each Monday night to find out if they are indeed "ready for some football?"

12) There is one position player that fans never want to see come out on the field. What is that position, and why? (assume we are talking about fans of Team A and a player from Team A)
The Punter - Duckpin

13) Which of these penalties is not worth 15 yards? (one guess per quiz participant)

Chop-Block
Clipping
Spearing
Roughing the Kicker
Illegal Hands to the Face

14) What is the referee indicating if he is standing with both hands placed on their respective hips?
Offsides - Duckpin

15) Which team holds the ignoble honor of having the most offensive, backwards team name of any professional American sports club?
The Washington Redskins - Duckpin

Points -

Duckpin - 11
SteveHamilton - 2
Orphiztic - 1
Everyone else - 0

1. Quarter back??? :unsure:

2. A Martian Invasion.

14. He's fed up.

No QB is one of the few positions that is mostly white dudes.

Sorry. I'll fix.

No, that is indicated by a yellow flag

no, please feel free to continue!!! I just didn't want one person tearing through all the questions.

4 - it's a safety and the defensive team gets two points
the next play is a punt by the offensive team

1 = wide receiver

Worst! Quiz! EVER!!!!

2. An Iraqi invasion?

1. That dude who throws the "ball" (or is that the quarterback? :ohdear: )???

I think I better bow out now. :lol:

8 - Green Bay, Wisconsin

Come on BK - at least have a guess at 3!

Rusty Kuntz?

14 - offsides?

Not quite, there a couple of starting WRs....Wes Welker for the Patriots for example.

6 = they each kick a field goal until somebody misses?

1

omigod - I totally misread the question

correct, 2 pts. It's not really a "punt" but it's closer to a punt than a kickoff

2 - offensive interference

:lol:

I reckon there is a Rusty Kuntz.

I'm going with: Ebenezer Ekuban and Atari Bigbi as the fake names. -_-

:lol:

i guess i should have said that the person who kicks the ball uses a punting technique but his team mates are lined up with him

correct :)

Americans (and Canadians?) will be able to breeze through this quiz, so please be so kind as to let our European friends have a crack at it first.

Very sorry - over looked this :ohdear:

looking for 2 people :D

Don't leave or the quiz will never end!!

Another quiz failure :cry:

London

Is that one right then? Do I get half a point if it is? For the other one, continuing the theme, I'll go Ron Tugnutt.

And what about my answer to 6?

13 = clipping.

I'll hang around but I would rather the non- North Americans have a few hours with this quiz...I'm not much of a football fan and this is tough but fair

Correct!

Rusty Kuntz was a baseball player and Ron Tugnutt played hockey.

Sadly, all other guesses so far are incorrect

:thumbsup:

The Illinois Enema Bandits

when I come back in, it's not that i'm a ringer or anything because I still remember the Chicago Cardinals and probably can't name a single NFL player unless he's made the police pages....used to be a fan til about 1970 and saw alot of Colts games but when they were stolen from Mob Town I quit cold turkey

Well then DP for the love of god return! We need you!

6 - the game is declared a tie

9 - lowest winning % ever

[I'll do the ones I have to just plain guess at]

Correct. Because of the sudden-death rules in OT, this has only happened twice in the last 10 years