Friday Night Lights Quizzes

Friday Night Lights Quiz 1

1 What part of Texas is Odessa part of?
South Texas

East Texas

West Texas

North Texas
2 The town of Odessa relied exclusively on what industry?
oil and gas

steel

copper

farming
3 Odessa has an abundance of what?
car thieves

lawyers

churches

shopping malls
4 Some white people in Odessa had become afraid of which group “taking over”?
Negroes

Asians

Dutch

Mexicans
5 Permian High School was established in what year?
1967

1957

1960

1959
6 Permian’s football team was named after which animal?
mustangs

tigers

lions

panthers
7 Which year does the author follow Permian’s team in?
1980

1990

1988

1978
8 What was the popular moniker that Permian fans used for their team?
Cowboy football

Terminator football

Power football

Mojo football
9 The school’s “spirit squad” was known as what?
The Pepettes

The Panther Boosters

The Panther Cubs

The Pantherettes
10 Some members of the “spirit squad” spent how much of their own money on an individual player?
$40

$50

$20

$100
11 The first big school pep rally for the boys is called what?
The Great Panther Feed

The Sendoff Bash

The Watermelon Feed

The Wildcat Cheer
12 The name of Permian’s great running back was projected on screen at the Pep Rally was?
Boobie Miles

Jim Steadman

Don Billingley

Shawn Crow
13 Who did Coach Gaines say would be the team’s new all time great running back?
Don Billingsley

Ivory Christian

Boobie Miles

Mike Winchell
14 Boobie’s favourite shoes are of which brand?
Adidas

Converse

Nike

Reebok
15 Boobie Miles suffered and injury to which part of his body?
knee

head

groin

ankle
16 How is L.V. related to Boobie?
uncle

nephew

father

grandfather
17 Where did L.V. grow up?
"Niggertown"

The Odessa Ghetto

East Odessa

The Hood
18 Mike Winchell started playing which sport as a child?
baseball

wrestling

soccer

football
19 Mike Winchell experienced the death of which family member?
Brother

Sister

Mother

Father
20 Mike was ashamed to let people do what?
help him with his school studies

help him out financially

help him with his stutter

enter his house
21 Charlie Billingsley had a scholarship to which university?
University of Texas

Alabama State

Kentucky

Texas A & M
22 Odessa didn’t publicly recognize desegregation until what year?
1972

1983

1962

1973
23 Permian finally enacted on desegregation because of what?
there were finally enough black politicians in Odessa to force the issue

the Federal Government was forcing them

they needed black athletic talent on their football team

the state was forcing them
24 Off the field Ivory Christian felt what about football?
excited

ambivalent

cynical

depressed
25 Ivory Christian became obsessed with what?
girls

drinking

religion

track and field

Why will Jerrod McDougal not be playing college football?

In context, Jerrod was far too small to play football at the college level. Recognizing this, he decided that he would focus on coaching and mentoring high school athletes.

Asked by mar m #1339203

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/13/2024 10:34 PM