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  USA Sports Team Names   popular trivia quiz  
Classification Quiz
 16 Qns
The "Big Four" sports in the United States are Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball League, and the National Hockey League. Place these 16 team names into the appropriate category.
Very Easy, 16 Qns, Reamar42, Aug 03 25
Very Easy
Reamar42 gold member
Aug 03 25
573 plays
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  For the "Birds"    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
You don't have to be a big sports fan to match the team names with the correct city.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Aug 15 18
Very Easy
nyirene330
851 plays
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  A Sporting Nightmare   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Play the quiz if you dare, mostly about USA teams. These team names from different sports might come from your worst nightmares.
Average, 10 Qns, salami_swami, May 05 11
Average
salami_swami gold member
1046 plays
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  Pro/College Sports Teams - Same Nicknames    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
A number of teams in American "Big Four" pro sports have the same nicknames as NCAA college teams - can you match up those teams which share a name?
Easier, 10 Qns, Dizart, Sep 23 21
Easier
Dizart gold member
Sep 23 21
319 plays
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  There is no 'I' in Team    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you find the letter I in these team names, tell it to go away. It doesn't belong in this quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, Anton, Apr 04 13
Easier
Anton
827 plays
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  Solid Gold, Baby!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Identify the following championship teams who had either yellow or gold in their team colors. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, shvdotr, Oct 28 15
Average
shvdotr gold member
497 plays
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  Name That Sports Team   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about teams in the four major North American sports leagues: NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB.
Tough, 10 Qns, lobejks, May 06 12
Tough
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USA Sports Team Names Trivia Questions
1. This team is one of the more storied franchises in Major League Baseball. They won six World Series titles in the 20th century. They started play on one coast, but in 1958, they moved to the other coast. Who are they?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers

In addition to their many accolades as a franchise, the Dodgers have also had numerous Hall Of Fame players don their uniform. Such players include Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson, and Don Drysdale.

2. What National League baseball team won their first World Series in 1980, nearly a century after the team was founded?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Philadelphia Phillies

Originally named the Quakers, the Phillies franchise was founded in 1883. Led by star players Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton, the Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in six games to win the 1980 World Series.

3. Roger Staubach, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Tony Dorsett, and Michael Irvin have all called what National Football League team home?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Dallas Cowboys

"America's Team" is what the Cowboys are affectionately called in their circle. Although not true, it is easy to see why some would call them that. Five Super Bowl victories in the 20th century certainly puts them near the top of the short list of candidates for that moniker.

4. Which Arizona-based franchise was founded as an expansion team that began play in 1968?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Phoenix Suns

The Suns inaugural NBA season was 1968-69. The Coyotes were created when the NHL's Winnipeg Jets moved south in 1996. The Cardinals of the NFL originated in Chicago in 1898, before moving to St Louis, and eventually to Arizona in 1988. The Diamondbacks began play as a Major League Baseball expansion team in 1998.

5. What team did Hakeem Olajuwon lead to back to back National Basketball Association championships in the 1990s?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Houston Rockets

In 1994, Houston met up with the New York Knicks and beat them in a thrilling seven game series. Game 5 will be remembered as the game that was interrupted by the infamous OJ Simpson Bronco chase. Truly surreal to watch that as it went down the way it did. Then in 1995, the Rockets swept the Orlando Magic.

6. What "amazing" team won two World Series titles in the 20th century?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: New York Mets

The 1968 Mets finished the season 16 games under .500 and narrowly avoided finishing dead last in the National League. The very next season, in 1969, the Mets won 100 games and beat the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles to win the championship. This was not even the most famous Met title run. In 1986, they met up with the Boston Red Sox. Down three games to two and losing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six, the Mets made an amazing comeback and beat Boston 6-5. They then won game seven and took home their second World Series.

7. Along with the Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills, which NFL team has the dubious distinction of losing the first four Super Bowls in which they played?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Minnesota Vikings

The Broncos lost their first four Super Bowls before winning back-to-back titles in the late 1990s. The Bills infamously lost four Super Bowls in a row during the early 1990s. The Vikings four Super Bowl seasons came between 1969 and 1977.

8. Which National Football League team won the first two Super Bowls?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Green Bay Packers

Super Bowl I was played in 1967 and saw the Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. The next season they would beat the Oakland Raiders 33-14. It would be another near 30 years before Green Bay would take the trophy back home, but they will forever be linked with the Super Bowl because the Super Bowl trophy bears the name of their legendary coach Vince Lombardi.

9. What team did Larry Doby play for when he became the first black player in American League history?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Cleveland Indians

Cleveland signed Doby in 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League.

10. Curses don't exist, right? To one long suffering Major League Baseball franchise, they do. What team was "cursed" due to a sale of a player?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Boston Red Sox

The player in question was Babe Ruth. In 1919, the same year as the infamous Black Sox scandal, The Bambino was sold to the New York Yankees. Before the sale, Boston was baseball's royalty. They won the title in 1912, 1915, 1916, and 1918, three of which were led by Ruth. After the sale, they wouldn't win it all until 2004. Did The Babe curse the Red Sox? You decide.

11. Warriors of all kinds scare many people at night, whether they be samurai warriors, warrior dragons, or the like. But these warriors are simply a sports team. What sport do the New Zealand Warriors play?

From Quiz A Sporting Nightmare

Answer: Rugby League

The New Zealand Warriors were founded in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors. They remained the Auckland Warriors until the 2001 season, when they first began using the name New Zealand Warriors. Thanks to ozzz2002 who made me realize that "Rugby League" and "Rugby Union" are two completely different sports. Also, thanks to ozzz2002 for this side note; Rugby Union is the only game in the world where no-one on the field understands the 2,467 different rules!

12. John Elway had his share of failure. He also had his share of success. In total, he went to five Super Bowls. What team did he lead to the big game all five times?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: Denver Broncos

Elway lost his first three times to the game for all the marbles. His team lost to the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and the San Francisco 49ers. At that point, John was known as a great QB, but couldn't get over the hump and win the big one. That changed at the tail end of his career when he would lead Denver to back to back championships, beating the Green Bay Packers and the Atlanta Falcons.

13. In 1997, the Hartford Whalers of the NHL relocated to become what team?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Carolina Hurricanes

The Lightning and Predators were expansion teams. The Avalanche were originally the Quebec Nordiques.

14. Rickey Henderson entered the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of what team?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Oakland Athletics

Henderson played for nine different MLB teams in his career, including four separate stints with Oakland.

15. One word can describe all sorts of different horrible nightmares, and an ice hockey team in Nashville used it. What nightmarish team name did they use?

From Quiz A Sporting Nightmare

Answer: Nashville Predators

The Nashville Predators were founded in 1997, and use a sabre-tooth cat in their logo. They play at the Bridgestone Arena, previously known as the Nashville Arena, the Gaylord Entertainment Center, and the Sommet Center.

16. Perhaps the most nightmarish of them all is an ice hockey team from Newark. The New Jersey Devils were not always so nightmarish, however. They began in Kansas City under what name?

From Quiz A Sporting Nightmare

Answer: Kansas City Scouts

The Kansas City Scouts were founded in 1974 but only lasted a few seasons. In 1976, they relocated to Denver where they were called the Colorado Rockies, the same name as the baseball team in Denver. In 1982, they moved to Newark, New Jersey, where they became the New Jersey Devils.

17. This Major League Baseball franchise is possibly the most famous American sports team of all time. It certainly is the most famous baseball team of all time. Which pinstripe wearing team is this?

From Quiz There is no 'I' in Team

Answer: New York Yankees

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio. MLB's Mount Rushmore can easily be made up of all Yankees. Then there are Yogi Berra, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Reggie Jackson, and I can go on and on listing the all time greats that have worn the pinstripes. It really is no wonder that this franchise is head and shoulders above every other team in World Series titles (They won their 27th in 2009).

18. What NFL team drafted John Elway in 1983?

From Quiz Name That Sports Team

Answer: Baltimore Colts

The Colts drafted Elway despite his threat to play baseball if they did (he had been drafted as a pitcher by the New York Yankees in 1981). The Colts eventually gave in and traded him to the Denver Broncos.

19. Jack Sparrow might not be so bad, but some pirates can be quite frightening. The Pirates, however, play baseball where?

From Quiz A Sporting Nightmare

Answer: Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates play baseball in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They began in 1882 as the Alleghenys. In 1891, they were the Pittsburgh Pirates. They won their first National League pennant in 1901.

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