Some sample questions from this category:
* Jackie's first season, 1947, was also the first year that Major League baseball awarded a Rookie of the Year trophy. At the time, there was only one winner for both leagues. Who won it that year?
* On April 15, 1947, Jackie made his debut as a Brooklyn Dodger. What position did he play that day?
* Before making his debut as a Dodger, Jackie spent one season, 1946, playing minor league ball for which team?
* Jackie's entrance into the Major Leagues is really the story of two men: Jackie and the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed him. What was the General Manager's name?
* Before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie spent 1945 in the Negro League on which team?
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