The NFL
Band Name Origins
Red Herrings in Film
“C”hemistry
The Gospels
200

This man has held the position of NFL commissioner since 2006

Who is Roger Goodell?

200

This rock band, fronted by Dave Grohl, got its name from a sland term used by WWII fighter pilots for UFOs

Who are Foo Fighters?

200

The viewer doesn’t learn Bruce Willis’ character is dead until the very end of this M. Night Shyamalan film

What is The Sixth Sense?

200

The process by which a substance transitions from a gas and a liquid

What is condensation?

200

The word gospel comes from the Greek word euangelion meaning this.

What is good news?

400

This team holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only team to go to four straight Super Bowls…and lose all of them

Who are the Buffalo Bills?

400

Formerly known as the New Yardbirds, this band’s name was inspired from a comment about how a supergroup with some of its members, Keith Moon and John Entwistle would go down like a lead balloon

Who is Led Zeppelin?

400

This film makes it so obvious Billy Loomis is a killer that the audience assumes he isn’t until he is later revealed to be a killer in this horror film

What is Scream?

400

This element is one of the few elements discovered by early humanity and is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass 

What is carbon?

400

According to the Gospel of John, this was the first miracle Jesus ever performed

What is turning water into wine?

600

The official name of the trophy given to the team that wins the Super Bowl

What is the Vince Lombardi Trophy?

600

A fan’s suggestion for this band’s name came from a fictional superhero’s sidekick in an episode of The Simpsons

Who is Fall Out Boy?

600

Verbal Kint’s entire narration is revealed to be a distraction so no one discovers his true identity as Keyser Soze in this crime thriller film

What is The Usual Suspects?

600

These chemical bond refer to the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms

What are covalent bonds?

600

This is the only miracle Jesus performed that appears in all four gospels

What is the feeding of the five thousand?

800

Only nine players in the NFL’s history have rushed for over this many yards in a season. Saquon Barkley did it most recently in 2024

What is 2000?

800

This post-grunge band’s name came from a phrase often repeated by one its members when he worked in a coffee shop that sold coffee for $1.95 or $2.95

Who is Nickleback?

800

This adaptation of a Stephen King novel leads the reader to believe the monsters have won until the military shows up at the last minute with everything under control

What is The Mist?

800

This device, which separates substances based on size, shape, and density, does so by spinning at high velocities

What is a centrifuge?

800

Only Matthew’s gospel records Joseph and Mary fleeing to this country after King Herod order’s all babies in Bethlehem under two years old murdered

What is Egypt?

1000

This team has the most NFL Championships with 13 (though, technically, only four of them are Super Bowl wins)

Who are the Green Bay Packers?

1000

This band was named after the five point palm exploding heart technique from the movie Kill Bill volume 2

Who is Five Finger Death Punch?

1000

This film has the audience dreading a real-life set of murders is about to happen until a pivot in the narration takes the story in an entirely new direction

What is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

1000

In the 1950’s, chemists developed this explosive as part of the Composition C family and it’s been heavily used by the U.S. military ever since

What is C-4?

1000

Luke’s intended audience for his gospel was this man, commonly thought to be a high-ranking Roman official or a wealthy gentile convert

Who is Theophilus?

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