Brett Favre Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Who is Brett Favre?
A: He is a former quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the
Green Bay Packers.
What is Brett Favre’s birth name?
A: Brett Lorenzo Favre.
What date was he born on?
A: October 10, 1969.
Who did Brett Favre play for in 1991?
A: The Atlanta Falcons.
During what
time period did he play for Green Bay?
A: 1992–2007.
When did he play for the New York Jets?
A: 2008.
He played for the Minnesota
Vikings during what years?
A: 2009–2010.
Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for
over how many yards?
A: Over 70,000.
Favre started at the quarterback position for what school
for four years before being selected in 1991 NFL Draft.
A: University of Southern Mississippi.
When was Brett traded to Green Bay?
A: On February 10, 1992, for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the
fourth game of what season?
A: 1992.
He was traded to what team and started at quarterback for
the 2008 season?
A: The New York Jets.
Brett then signed with the Vikings on August 18, 2009 as
their what?
A: Starting quarterback.
He is the only player to win the AP Most Valuable Player
how many consecutive times?
A: Three (1995–97).
Favre is one of only six quarterbacks to have won the award
as well as what?
A: The Super Bowl in the same season.
Brett is also referred to by what nickname?
A: "The Gunslinger".
Where was Favre born?
A: In Gulfport, Mississippi.
Brett is the son of Bonita Ann and Irvin Ernest Favre, and
he was raised in what small town?
A: Kiln.
Both his parents were what?
A: Schoolteachers in the Hancock County School District.
He was the second of how many children?
A: Four.
He attended what high school?
A: Hancock North Central High School where he played
baseball and
football.
Favre started for the Hancock North Central baseball team
as a what?
A: An eighth-grader and earned five varsity letters.
He played quarterback, lineman, strong safety, placekicker
and punter in a primarily option, run-oriented offense coached by whom?
A: His father, Irvin Favre, who was the head coach of the team.
Favre rarely threw more than how many passes in a game?
A: Five.
After high school, what school offered Favre a scholarship?
A: Southern Mississippi.
Southern Miss wanted him to play defensive back, but Favre
wanted to play what?
A: Quarterback.
Favre began his freshman year as what?
A: The seventh-string quarterback.
He took over the starting position in the second half of
the third game of the year against whom?
A: Tulane on September 19, 1987.
Favre, despite suffering a hangover from the night before
and vomiting during warm-ups, led the Golden Eagles to a what?
A: Come-from-behind victory with two touchdown passes.
Favre started ten games during his freshman year and won
how many of them?
A: Six.
What kind of degree did Favre earn from the University of
Southern Mississippi?
A: A teaching degree with an emphasis in special education.
Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf traded a “what”
for Favre after the 1991 season?
A: A first-round pick.