Here it is! The 50th anniversary Vikings trivia quiz as prepared by Sports Headliners.
Review these 25 questions during your Labor Day weekend as you await the start of the Vikings’ 50th season on Thursday night against the Saints in New Orleans. The questions are in the first two sections of today’s Sports Headliners, the answers in the third. (No peeking ahead or other form of cheating allowed).
Let me know if you answer all the questions correctly. That earns you a place on the trivia advisory board. Notify me, too, if you miss on all the questions. You need help!
1. What year did the Vikings franchise begin play in the NFL? (Please get this correct!)
2. Who is the current Vikings wide receiver that recently had hip surgery?
3. What NFL team employed Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell as its quarterbacks coach prior to Bevell coming here?
4. Who was the Vikings No. 1 draft choice in 1961?
5. Who were the two players from Michigan State the Vikings chose on the first round in the 1967 draft?
6. Who started at quarterback for the Vikings in their first regular season game ever?
7. What Viking player was credited with originating the phrase “Forty for Sixty”?
8. Name the Vikings defensive back, paralyzed in a motorcycle accident, who never played pro football again.