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Trivia Answer

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Trivia time, Lexington! Here's a tough one for all you Wildcat fans out there. The University of Kentucky teams were first nicknamed the Wildcats following a game against which opposing school? Drop your guesses in the chat and we'll reveal the answer in ten minutes.

And here's the answer.

Trivia answer time! The correct answer is Illinois. After a nineteen oh nine victory over the Fighting Illini, a newspaper reporter wrote that the Kentucky team had "fought like wildcats," and the nickname stuck. Looks like this one stumped everyone today, but don't worry! Keep those guesses coming for the next trivia question in just a bit.

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