SOTOGAB history
Band Director Lore
Wake Forest Football
Stand tunes
Our Mascot
100

What "landmark" do we meet up at after every football game?

The deacon statue

100

Why do Dr. Heath and Dr. Smith have a healthy rivalry? (hint: think about where they got their degrees)

One went to Auburn and the other to Alabama

100

What year did head coach Dave Clawson start at Wake Forest?

2014

100

What song do we play when there's a turnover in the game? (this is not a trick question)

TURNOVER

100

What color pants does the Deacon mascot wear?

gold

200

What year was the Wake Forest Marching Band started?

1927

200

What are the names of Dr. Heath's kids?

Peyton and Paxton

200

What university is Wake scheduled to play this season for the first time ever? (two correct answers)

California and Louisiana

200

What song do we play at the end of every football game with the football team?

The Alma Mater (O Here's to Wake Forest)

200

What was the original mascot of Wake Forest College?

A tiger

300

What year was the first post made on the @wakemarchingband Instagram?

2016

300

What is the name of the summer program that Dr. Heath has led for the last 2 summers? (if you've gone SHHHHH)

The EuroTour

300

How many bowl games has Wake Forest been to?

17

300

How many of our pregame and stand tune songs have the word "Deacon(s)” or “Deacs" in the title?

5

(DDB, Hail Demon Deacons, Deacon Fanfare, Deacon Defense, How Bout Dem Deacs)


300

Who was Wake Forest playing when they earned their new name as "Demon Deacons"?

Trinity (later to become Duke University)

400

How many years was the beloved Barbara Trautwein Director of Bands?

2 years

400

What grade group did Dr. Smith teach before going back for another degree then coming to Wake? (ie elementary, middle, high, college, etc.)

elementary school

400

Who is the winningest head football coach in WF history? (Two correct answers)

Jim Grobe OR Peahead Walker

400

How many years has SOTOGAB played DDB?

this year makes 52

400

What is the major difference between the Deacon Statue outside the football stadium and the mascot costume?

The shoes! The deacon in the statue wears tall boots.

500

When was the name "Spirit of the Old Gold and Black" given to the band?

2007

500

How many years has Dr. Smith participated with the Macy's Great American Marching Band?

5

500

How many games did Wake Forest play in their first season in 1888?

only 1 - played UNC (and beat them) in the first collegiate football game played in North Carolina

500

Who wrote the current arrangement of our fight song and alma mater?

Barbara Trautwein (aka Mzeztee or Mrs. T) (also McDonald, Huber, and Holcomb - I’ll give you points for those as well)

500

What was one of the nicknames given to the college in the 1920s? (two correct answers, I'll take one)

The Baptists OR The Old Gold and Black

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