From the Bench

From the Bench Quiz Time!

Robert T. Shields

Who likes trivia? I know I do. Test your sports knowledge with this From the Bench quiz.

The most important accomplishment for this year’s Razorback football team was?
A) Getting Troy on the schedule
B) Driving a car without getting arrested
C) Making cards big enough to cover Petrino’s entire mouth on the sideline
D) Winning 10 games two years in a row for the first time since 1988-89

From the Bench’s most covered topic this season was?
A) Books by me
B) My trip to the Flora-Bama Lounge
C) The sociological impact of Sponge Bob
D) Who is Robert Shields?

From the Bench is afraid of?
A) Gimmick infringement
B) Someone besides an SEC team winning the national title if such a thing exists
C) Drunk Auburn fans
D) The other Robert Shields who is the mime

Kansas State used to drive Eddie Sutton’s basketball team crazy with what defense?
A) 2-3 zone
B) 2-1-2 zone
C) 1-3-1 zone
D) Keep fouling Darrell Walker until he loses it

Where do I keep my certificate for being the UA’s “Outstanding Student in Economics”?
A) Under my desk
B) On my wall
C) I didn’t really win the award
D) In a box in my garage next to the lawn mower

What player did not play for Kansas State’s basketball team?
A) Mitch Richmond
B) Rolando Blackmon
C) Michael Beasley
D) Robert Shields

Kansas State went undefeated through its regular season in 1998. Its marquee matchup against what team upstaged the undefeated matchup between Arkansas and Tennessee that same year?
A) Nebraska
B) Oklahoma
C) Texas
D) Kansas in basketball

Kansas State went to the Big 12 Championship in 1998 but lost to what team?
A) Texas A&M
B) Nebraska
C) Oklahoma
D) The team of bowl executives who did not want them in the BCS

Who was the MVP of the 2000 Cotton Bowl?
A) Roy Kramer
B) Gus Malzahn
C) Cedric Cobbs
D) Nobody is a valuable player at 10 a.m.


Merry Christmas from fromthbench@yahoo.com


Robert Shields is the bestselling author of “Scarlet Fever: A Razorback House Divided” and “The Economics of Sex” and has written the weekly “From the Bench” sports column for the last 14 years. His newest novel, “Daphne and The Mysterious Girls Secret Bathroom Society” is part one in the series. The book is available on Kindle, the Barnes and Noble nook, and Lulu for $4.99.


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