Can You Pass the Hardest NFL Quiz We Have Ever Written?

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Tracing the origins of NFL football is difficult because it grew from the same games that birthed soccer, rugby and different types of football around the world. They all stem around possessing, scoring and stealing a ball. 

During the Roman Empire, athletes played a game called harpastum, which translates to "carried away" and "to seize, to snatch." Before that the Ancient Greeks played a game called episkyros and before that Ancient Chinese played Cuju. All over the world - from Native Americans in Virginia to indigenous tribes in Australia to Inuit in Greenland - people have played football for centuries. The first person to ever stand among a mob of people with a ball sparked a game of keep-away that started it all. There was a time when if you were walking home with the last loaf of bread, you would start a village vs. village game of football. 

By the 19th century Americans began perfecting their own version of the game. It was much less violent and much more organized, but it was still pretty violent and not too organized. The first college game was played between Rutgers and Princeton and it looked nothing like today's game: Throwing and passing weren't allowed. Rutgers won 6-4 and shortly after, Yale student Walter Camp began suggesting changes to the game. It wasn't long before people began getting paid to play and the NFL was inevitable. Today the NFL is the most popular sports league in America and generates billions of dollars a year. The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched TV programs every year and the league's stars are some of the biggest in the world. Let's see what you know about the NFL.