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TCU pop culture pop quiz

How well can you score on this test of famous Horned Frogs and other TCU references in pop culture?

TCU pop culture pop quiz

TCU pop culture pop quiz

How well can you score on this test of famous Horned Frogs and other TCU references in pop culture?

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1. What Kevin Costner film features one of his sidekicks wearing sunglasses and a TCU T-shirt?
A. “Bull Durham”
B. “Tin Cup”
C. “The Bodyguard”
D. “Dances With Frogs”

2. Which famous TV castaway has a fictitious diploma from TCU?

A. Gilligan
B. The Skipper
C. Ginger
D. The Professor

3. Nike’s television ad titled “Fate” shows LaDainian Tomlinson ’05 jogging with his Horned Frog teammates to what uplifting musical anthem?
A. “Gonna Fly Now” also known as the “Rocky” theme song
B. “We Are the Champions” by Queen
C. “The Poinsettia Bowl Shuffle” by 2 Frog Crew
D. “The Ecstasy of Gold” by Ennio Morricone

4. Another fictional alumnus of TCU is professional golfer Kenny Lee Puckett, the protagonist of what novel penned by real TCU alumnus Dan Jenkins ’53:
A. Dead Man Putting
B. Dead Solid Perfect
C. Dawn of the Dead
D. Dead Men Don’t Wear Purple

5. What reality show featured an alum wearing a TCU baseball cap while spray painting taxis in India?
A. “The Real Housewives of Delhi”
B. “The Farmer Takes a Frog”
C. “Slumfrog Millionaire”
D. “The Amazing Race”

 6. What HGTV series showed the TCU’s signature sign on University Drive, saying  “a nearby college should provide lots of potential renters” for a home buyer looking at Fort Worth real estate?
A. “Property Virgins”
B.  “House Hunters”
C. “Purple Palaces”
D. “My Dorm is Worth What?”

7. TCU grads have appeared on Donald Trump’s reality series “The Apprentice” and later went on to write business books. Which ones of these titles is NOT penned by a TCU graduate?
A. What It Takes: Speak Up, Step Up, Move Up
B.  S.K.I.R.T.S in the Boardroom: A Woman’s Survival Guide to Success in Business & Life
C. Hair Apparent — How to Succeed in Business Without Really Blow-Drying
D. All of the above

8. In the New York Times best-selling book Same Kind of Different As Me, TCU alum  Ron Hall describes his first date with his future wife. What did they do?
A. They went on a “froggy.”
B. They went on a “woodsy.”
C. They went to the library.
D. They broke up.

9. This 1981 novel, made into an HBO film starring Julia Roberts, referred to TCU and its “not-so-hot football team.”
A. Pretty Frog
B. Jarvis Magnolias
C. Sleeping with the Mustangs
D. Baja Oklahoma

Do you know of any other TCU pop culture references? Send them to us at tcumagazine@tcu.edu.

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