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51 free Tom Brady trivia questions with answers. Tom Brady went from the seventh quarterback taken in the 2000 draft to seven Super Bowl rings, and this quiz covers the whole arc. It starts in San Mateo (the Expos draft pick, the Michigan depth chart, the pizza box on the Foxboro steps), runs through the tuck rule and the first title as a 14-point underdog, the 16-0 season, the knee injury, Deflategate, the 28-3 comeback and the sixth ring, then follows him to Tampa Bay for a Super Bowl in his own stadium, the retirement that lasted 40 days, the Fox booth and the Raiders stake. The easy questions are ones any football fan can get (which two teams he played for, which college, which number). The medium ones ask about specific Super Bowls, records and opponents. The hard ones want the compensatory pick, the referee who applied the tuck rule, the safety who hit his knee, the number of consecutive passes without an interception, and what he was doing at Merrill Lynch. Every answer has been checked against a reference biography, and each question shows its explanation and citation once you have answered. Use it for a game-day warm-up, a fantasy draft night or settling the GOAT argument with numbers.
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Q 01In which round of the 2000 NFL draft was Brady selected?
Sixth
He went 199th overall, the seventh quarterback taken, and was so embarrassed he briefly left the family home during the round.
Q 02Brady played his college football for which university?
Michigan
He started as seventh on the depth chart and considered transferring to Cal before winning the job under Lloyd Carr.
Q 03How many Super Bowls did Brady win in his career?
Seven
Six came with New England and one with Tampa Bay, more than any single NFL franchise has won.
Q 04Which team did Brady join after leaving New England in 2020?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Chargers, Bears, Saints and Colts were all reportedly in the mix, and Brady later said the Bears were 'very stealth in their recruitment'.
Q 05In what California city was Brady born?
San Mateo
He grew up going to 49ers games at Candlestick Park and idolising Joe Montana.
Q 06Which Major League Baseball team drafted Brady, a left-handed-hitting catcher, in 1995?
Montreal Expos
The Expos took him in the 18th round and their GM said he could be 'one of the greatest catchers ever'; he became the last active athlete the franchise ever drafted.
Q 07Whose injury in September 2001 opened the door for Brady to become the Patriots' starter?
Drew Bledsoe
The starter suffered internal bleeding after a hit from Jets linebacker Mo Lewis and was traded to Buffalo the following April.
Q 08Brady's first playoff win, in the snow against Oakland, turned on which controversial ruling?
The tuck rule
Referee Walt Coleman overturned a fumble forced by Charles Woodson, Brady's former Michigan teammate, and the Patriots won 16-13 in overtime.
Q 09Who kicked the 48-yard field goal as time expired to win Brady's first Super Bowl, XXXVI?
Adam Vinatieri
The Patriots were 14-point underdogs, and John Madden had argued on air that they should run out the clock and play for overtime.
Q 10How old was Brady when he became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl?
24
At 24 years and 6 months he passed Joe Namath and Joe Montana; nineteen years later he became the oldest at 43.
Q 11In his first MVP season Brady set a new single-season record with how many touchdown passes?
50
The 50th came against the Giants in the finale, breaking Peyton Manning's mark of 49; he threw only eight interceptions all year.
Q 12Which team ended the Patriots' bid for a perfect 19-0 season in Super Bowl XLII?
New York Giants
Brady was sacked five times and the 17-14 upset came after New England had gone 16-0 in the regular season.
Q 13Which Chiefs safety delivered the 2008 opening-day hit that tore Brady's ACL and MCL?
Bernard Pollard
The injury ended a streak of 111 consecutive starts and a wound infection then needed several debridement surgeries.
Q 21Roger Goodell cited Brady's destruction of which item as a key reason for upholding his suspension?
His cell phone
The NFL then went to federal court to confirm the ruling, and Brady criticised the decision on his Facebook page.
Q 22By what score did the Patriots trail the Falcons in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI before winning?
28-3
The 25 unanswered points forced the first overtime in Super Bowl history and completed the largest comeback the game had ever seen.
Q 23How many passing yards did Brady throw for in Super Bowl LII, an NFL postseason record?
505
The Patriots still lost 41-33 after Brandon Graham strip-sacked him with about two minutes left, in the highest-yardage game in NFL history.
Q 14How many touchdown passes did Brady throw in the second quarter of a 59-0 blizzard win over Tennessee in 2009?
Five
It set an NFL record for touchdowns in a quarter and the 45-0 halftime lead was the largest in league history.
Q 15What made Brady's 2010 MVP award unprecedented in NFL history?
It was a unanimous vote
That season he threw 36 touchdowns against just four interceptions and was also the only unanimous All-Pro pick.
Q 16How long was Brady's record streak of pass attempts without an interception, ended in the 2010 playoffs?
340
The pick came in a 28-21 Divisional Round loss to a Jets team New England had beaten 45-3 a few weeks earlier.
Q 17In Week 1 of 2011 Brady threw a career-high 517 yards, including a record-tying 99-yard touchdown to whom?
Wes Welker
The same season he became only the fourth quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards, finishing with 5,235.
Q 18In Super Bowl XLVI, what did Brady concede on the Patriots' very first offensive series?
A safety for intentional grounding
He recovered to complete 16 straight passes and lead a 96-yard scoring drive, but Eli Manning won it late for the second time in four years.
Q 19Brady's Super Bowl XLIX win over Seattle involved a fourth-quarter comeback from how many points down?
Ten
He threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, and his 37 completions were a Super Bowl record until he broke it himself two years later.
Q 20How many games was Brady suspended for over the Deflategate footballs, a ban he finally served in 2016?
Four
Judge Richard Berman first vacated the ban in 2015, an appeals court reinstated it, and Brady gave up the fight in July 2016.
Q 24What was the final score of Super Bowl LIII, Brady's sixth title and the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever?
13-3
It was the only one of his nine Super Bowls in New England without a Brady touchdown pass; a late strike to Gronkowski set up the winning score.
Q 25Which former teammate picked off Brady's final Patriots pass and scored in the 2019 Wild Card loss to Tennessee?
Logan Ryan
New England was pinned on its own 1-yard line with 15 seconds left; another ex-teammate, Eric Rowe, had picked him off for a score two weeks earlier.
Q 26Which Buccaneers receiver gave up his number 12 so Brady could keep it in Tampa Bay?
Chris Godwin
Godwin switched to 14 as a sign of respect; Brady then pushed the team to trade for Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement.
Q 27Super Bowl LV, which Brady won with Tampa Bay, was the first in which the host team did what?
Played in its own stadium
The Buccaneers were only the seventh wild-card team to win it all, and did so with three road playoff wins first.
Q 28Brady's fifth Super Bowl MVP award, won with Tampa Bay, made him the first player to do what?
Win the game's MVP with two teams
Peyton Manning had also won titles with two franchises, but Brady's fifth MVP award was unique; he had also just become the oldest starter to win one.
Q 29Whom did Brady pass in Week 4 of 2021, in Foxborough, to become the NFL's all-time passing yards leader?
Drew Brees
The record fell on a 28-yard completion to Mike Evans while Brees, coincidentally, watched from the sideline as an NBC analyst.
Q 30How many days after his February 2022 retirement announcement did Brady say he was coming back?
40
He returned for one more season, then retired 'for good' on February 1, 2023, exactly a year after the first announcement.