Hlas: Many answers for Hawkeyes, Cyclones

Today is Game 6 for the Iowa and Iowa State football teams, the midway-points of their regular-seasons.

This quiz will indicate just how closely you've been paying attention to the first half.

1. Many say Iowa has a quarterback controversy. but that's:

a) Better than a quarterback quandary

b) Better than a quarterback quarrel

c) Better than a Nickelback concert

2. After last Saturday's Iowa State-Oklahoma State game, ISU Athletic Director Jamie Pollard was frustrated about:

a) Several officiating calls that have gone against the Cyclones in the last couple years

b) Previous apologies from the Big 12 office that didn't do Iowa State any good

c) Being too old to use Mike Gundy's 'I'm a man! I'm 40!” rant

3. If you flipped Iowa's schedule with Iowa State's:

a) Iowa might have a worse record than it now has

b) Iowa State might have a better record than it now has

c) It wouldn't make sense, because how could Iowa play Iowa and Iowa State play Iowa State?

4. Iowa's four nonconference foes have a combined record of 7-14. What does this mean?

a) Those teams have gotten off to disappointing starts

b) Some of those teams aren't as good as we once believed

c) Iowa hasn't played any SEC teams from Mississippi

5. The best thing about Iowa State playing Toledo today:

a) It's a break from playing the likes of Baylor and Oklahoma State

b) It's homecoming at Iowa State, and everyone enjoys homecoming

c) The officials will be from the MAC, not the Big 12

6. Iowa defensive tackle Louis Trinca-Pasat:

a) Is a little more Trinca than Pasat

b) Is a little more Pasat than Trinca

c) Has found the perfect balance between the two

7. Iowa State starts a Sam Richardson at quarterback and a Sam Richardson at cornerback because:

a) They're both good players who have earned their starting roles

b) It's just a coincidence, albeit an unlikely one

c) When the biggest donor to Iowa State athletics was a little boy, he had a pony named 'Sam Richardson.”

8. Over 120,000 fans will attend the Iowa and Iowa State games today. That means:

a) Iowans thoroughly enjoy college football and the pregame and postgame activities that go with it

b) The populations in Kinnick and Jack Trice stadiums combined would form the second-largest city in Iowa today

c) Iowa doesn't have an NFL franchise

9. AC/DC's 'Back in Black” is the song that plays as the Hawkeyes emerge from their Kinnick Stadium tunnel because:

a) It has a pulsating bass line and a pounding beat

b) It features a highly recognizable guitar riff-and-lick combo

c) Kirk Ferentz attended all 133 of AC/DC's shows in 1978

10. Surprisingly, a few people in Iowa still:

a) Misspell Paul Rhoads' last name

b) Mispronounce Kirk Ferentz's last name

c) Are slow to hit the mute button when a television commercial airs for an Iowa U.S. Senate candidate