Two knowledgeable fans will be cheering the Duke football team in game-worn football jerseys this fall after winning prizes in a Working@Duke football trivia contest.
About 50 Duke faculty and staff members entered the 10-question contest featured in the August edition of Working@Duke and online with Duke Today. Winners were randomly selected from a pool of entrants who got the most questions right. No one answered all 10 questions correctly.
In addition to two jerseys, three mini footballs autographed by head coach David Cutcliffe were also given away.
"My son played golf at Duke for four years and loves Duke sports," said Ira Mueller, a special assistant to the university secretary who won a jersey. "He's so excited about this!"
In addition to Mueler, the winners are Christopher Young, Department of Anesthesiology; Susan Grass, Pediatrics; Peter Burke, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; and Ed Tiryakian, Department of Sociology.
The most commonly missed question was about the first Duke football coach. Only two entrants correctly named Howard H. Jones.
Employees can still get ready for Blue Devil football with free tickets to the Sept. 5 opening game against University of Richmond at Wallace Wade Stadium. For more information and to register for the employee tailgate event, click here: (http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1546827)
Here are the questions and answers:
1. Who was the first coach of Duke's football team? Answer: Howard H. Jones in 1924 - the first year Trinity College became known as Duke University. Jones went 4-5 in his only year as coach.
2. Duke played in the 1942 Rose Bowl in Durham instead of Pasadena, Calif., because of World War II. If it had not moved, how much would it have cost students to pay for the "Blue Devil Special" trip to California that included one ticket and a hotel room? Answer: The package cost $181.81, equivalent to about $2,400 in 2009.
3. Duke Head Coach David Cuctliffe has coached two Super Bowl MVPs in Peyton and Eli Manning. What's the name of the third Manning brother Cutcliffe has not coached? Answer: Cooper Manning.
4. How many NFL Hall of Fame members played football at Duke? Answer: Three. George McAfee, inducted in 1966, played for the Chicago Bears; Clarence "Ace" Parker, inducted in 1972, played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Yanks and New York Yankees; and Sonny Jurgensen, inducted in 1983, played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.
5. How many football fans celebrated Duke football's 2008 season opening 31-7 win over James Madison University with Coach Cutcliffe? Answer: 32,571.
6. What was the original name of Wallace Wade Stadium before it opened in 1929? Answer: The facility was known as Duke Stadium.
7. How many years did Steve Spurrier coach at Duke? Answer: Spurrier coached Duke for six total years -- as offensive coordinator in 1980, 1981 and 1982 and as head coach for the 1987, 1988 and 1989 seasons.
8. In 1931, the Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football teams combined to play a charity game. What was the name of this Duke-UNC team? Answer: Dukolina.
9. What is the largest crowd in Wallace Wade Stadium history? Answer: Wallace Wade Stadium's largest crowd was in 1949 when 57,500 people witnessed the annual Duke-North Carolina game.
10. What former Duke football player was named as the team's Most Valuable Player twice and now works for Duke as an assistant coach? Answer: Scottie Montgomery.