Brett Favre
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50 free Brett Favre trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Few quarterbacks packed as much drama into a career as Brett Favre. He played hurt, played the night after a family tragedy, retired in tears, came back, and then did it all again, collecting three straight MVP awards and a Super Bowl ring along the way. This quiz covers the whole story: the small-town Mississippi upbringing and the college years, the trade that brought him to Green Bay, the title seasons of the 1990s, the records he set and the ones he would rather not own, the late-career moves, and life after football, from business ventures and commercials to controversy. It is written for Packers fans, NFL history buffs and anyone who remembers the yearly will-he-or-won't-he retirement watch. The questions run from easy openers to deep cuts for people who watched every snap.
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Q 01Brett Favre plays an ex-boyfriend of which actress's character in There's Something About Mary?
Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz played Mary, and Favre was only the third choice for the cameo. The Farrelly brothers had first approached two other star quarterbacks.
Q 02Brett Favre's 421st touchdown pass in 2007 broke the NFL career record held by which quarterback?
Dan Marino
Dan Marino had held the record with 420. A year earlier Favre had become only the second quarterback, after the same man, to reach 400.
Q 03Which quarterback backed up Brett Favre for three seasons before taking over in Green Bay in 2008?
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers slid to the 24th pick of the 2005 draft, where Green Bay took him as Favre's eventual replacement.
Q 04Brett Favre retired with the NFL career record, at 336, for which statistic no quarterback wants?
Interceptions
Interceptions were the price of Favre's fearless style, which also produced 508 touchdown passes.
Q 05Which pass rusher set the NFL single-season sack record in 2001 when Brett Favre slid down?
Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan reached 22.5 sacks on the play, and critics have long accused Favre of going down on purpose to hand him the record.
Q 06Brett Favre shared his third straight NFL MVP award in 1997 with which 2,000-yard running back?
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders ran for 2,053 yards that season, while Favre became the first player to win the award three years in a row.
Q 07Brett Favre has worked as a commercial spokesman for Nike, Sears and which brand of blue jeans?
Wrangler
Wrangler was one of many brands Favre endorsed, on a list that also took in MasterCard, Remington, Prilosec and Sensodyne.
Q 08Texts published in 2022 tied Brett Favre to welfare money spent on a new facility for which sport?
Volleyball
Volleyball was the sport Favre's daughter played at his alma mater, where $5 million in welfare funds went toward a new arena. Favre has denied wrongdoing.
Q 09Testifying before Congress in 2024, Brett Favre revealed he had been diagnosed with which condition?
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease was the diagnosis Favre disclosed, years after saying memory lapses made him fear the lasting effects of his many concussions.
Q 10Brett Favre gained which family title that the NFL knew of no other active player holding?
Grandfather
Grandfather became Favre's new title when his elder daughter, Brittany, gave birth while he was still starting NFL games.
Q 11Brett Favre has said he is proudest of which of his NFL records, built over more than 18 seasons?
Consecutive starts
Consecutive starts is the record Favre prizes most: 297 regular-season games in a row, or 321 counting the playoffs, without missing one.
Q 12Brett Favre won his only championship by beating which team 35–21 in Super Bowl XXXI?
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots lost at the Louisiana Superdome, a short drive from Favre's hometown, as he threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third.
Q 13Which underdog beat Brett Favre's heavily favored Packers 31–24 in Super Bowl XXXII?
Denver Broncos
Q 21Brett Favre appeared in a Packers uniform on the cover of which video game series' 2009 edition?
Madden NFL
Madden NFL 09 made Favre its first retired cover athlete, and he then un-retired and changed teams about five days before the game went on sale.
Q 22Brett Favre spent 46 days in rehab in 1996 for an addiction to which prescription painkiller?
Vicodin
Vicodin dependence became public after Favre had a seizure following ankle surgery, and he still won his second straight MVP award that season.
Q 23The day after his father died in 2003, Brett Favre threw for 399 yards against which team?
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders gave up four touchdown passes before halftime of a 41–7 Monday night loss, and even their own fans applauded Favre.
The Denver Broncos were 11-point underdogs, and their win ended a run of 13 straight Super Bowl victories by NFC teams.
Q 14Which team drafted Brett Favre in the second round in 1991 but let him throw only four passes?
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons saw Favre complete none of those four passes, two of which were picked off, before trading him after a single season.
Q 15Which university, the only one to offer Brett Favre a scholarship, later retired his No. 4 jersey?
Southern Miss
Southern Miss took Favre at an assistant coach's urging, and he began his freshman year as the seventh-string quarterback.
Q 16Brett Favre was born in Gulfport but raised in which Mississippi town where his father coached?
Kiln
Kiln is where Favre's father, Irvin, coached the Hancock North Central High football team, and both of his parents taught in the county's schools.
Q 17After ending his first retirement in 2008, Brett Favre was traded by Green Bay to which team?
New York Jets
The New York Jets gave up a conditional fourth-round draft pick, and Favre started 8–3 for them before a torn biceps tendon wrecked the finish.
Q 18Which team did Brett Favre join in 2009 and lead to the NFC Championship Game at age 40?
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings got 33 touchdown passes from Favre, plus a win over Green Bay that made him the first quarterback to beat all 32 NFL franchises.
Q 19Which hurricane destroyed Brett Favre's family home shortly before an NFL season began?
Katrina
Katrina wrecked the family home in late August 2005, though no relatives were hurt, and Favre chose to play on that season.
Q 20Which magazine named Brett Favre its Sportsman of the Year in 2007, his final season in Green Bay?
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated honored Favre in a year when, at 38, he took a 13–3 Packers team to overtime of the NFC Championship Game.
Q 24Brett Favre's last playoff game was an overtime NFC Championship loss in January 2010 to which team?
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints won 31–28 after picking off Favre late in regulation, and the heavy hits he took that day later drew bounty accusations.
Q 25Eight weeks after a near-fatal car crash, Brett Favre led his college team past which powerhouse?
Alabama
Alabama lost 27–24 in 1990 to a quarterback who, after the crash, had needed surgeons to remove 30 inches of his small intestine.
Q 26Brett Favre earned a college teaching degree with an emphasis in which field?
Special education
Special education was his emphasis, a fitting choice for the son of two schoolteachers.
Q 27Brett Favre's college coaches first wanted him to play which position instead of quarterback?
Defensive back
Defensive back was the plan, but Favre insisted on quarterback and took over as the starter three games into his freshman season.
Q 28An ankle injury to which Packers starter in 1992 gave Brett Favre the job he kept for 16 seasons?
Don Majkowski
Don Majkowski, known as the Majik Man, tore an ankle ligament against Cincinnati, and Favre came off the bench to win it with a late touchdown pass.
Q 29Which coach sent Brett Favre in for an injured starter in 1992 and won Super Bowl XXXI with him?
Mike Holmgren
Mike Holmgren is credited with molding Favre from a wild young passer into a three-time MVP.
Q 30Brett Favre threw two touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXXI, but which Packers teammate was named MVP?
Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and became the first special teams player to be named Super Bowl MVP.