Minnesota Vikings Trivia

MINNESOTA VIKINGS TRIVIA

1) What year did the Minnesota Vikings play their first game?

1971 1951 1961 1941

The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season.

2) What stadium did the Vikings play in for their first 20 seasons?

MIDWAY STADIUM METROPOLITAN STADIUM MEMORIAL STADIUM HUBERT H. HUMPHREY METRODOME

From the team's first season in 1961 to 1981, the team called Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington home.

3) Which Vikings RB rushed for 296 yards in a single game during his rookie season?

ADRIAN PETERSON ROBERT SMITH CHUCK FOREMAN BILL BROWN

On November 4, 2007, Peterson broke his own franchise record as well as the NFL single game rushing yard record (previously held by Jamal Lewis) when he rushed for 296 yards on 30 carries and three touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers.

4) Which Vikings WR set the single-season rookie touchdown reception record?

ANTHONY CARTER RANDY MOSS KYLE RUDOLPH CHRIS CARTER

At the end of the 1998 regular season, Moss was named a Pro Bowl starter and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for his rookie-record 17 touchdown receptions.

5) What was the nickname of the Vikings' defensive line from the late 1960s to the late 1970s?

FEARSOME FOURSOME PURPLE PLOWMEN PURPLE CRUSH PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS

"Purple People Eaters" was a reference to a popular song from 1958, the efficiency of the defense, and the color of their uniforms.

6) Which Vikings player recovered a fumble and returned it 66 yards in the wrong direction?

CARL ELLER RANDY MOSS JOHN RANDLE JIM MARSHALL

Hall of Fame DE Jim Marshall is famous for his "wrong-way run" which resulted in a safety for the other team.

7) What number did Fran Tarkenton wear?

10 12 9 11

Only two players in the history of the Minnesota Vikings have ever worn the number 10: Tarkenton and King Hill.

8) Who caught the winning touchdown in the Miracle at the Met?

SAMMY WHITE CHRIS CARTER AHMAD RASHAD ANTHONY CARTER

In Week 15 of the 1980 NFL season, the Vikings trailed the Cleveland Browns by a score of 23-9 in the fourth quarter, but won after Vikings QB Tommy Kramer passed for two touchdowns to wide receiver Ahmad Rashad in the last two minutes, including a 46-yard Hail Mary pass caught with one hand on the last play of the game.

9) Who did the Vikings play in their first Super Bowl?

STEELERS RAIDERS DOLPHINS CHIEFS

Under wet conditions, the Chiefs defense dominated Super Bowl IV by limiting the Minnesota offense to only 67 rushing yards, forcing three interceptions, and recovering two fumbles.

10) Which Minnesota Viking served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court?

CARL ELLER CHRIS DOLEMAN FRAN TARKENTON ALAN PAGE

Page, one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game, embarked on a legal career after retiring from football. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015.