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59 free Giants trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free Giants trivia questions with answers. Search for Giants trivia and you get two teams that once shared a city and a name: the football Giants, born in 1925 and still legally the New York Football Giants, and the baseball Giants, born in 1883 as the Gothams and now playing beside San Francisco Bay. This quiz covers both, half and half, so it works whether your Giants wear blue or orange. The football half runs from Tim Mara's $500 franchise and the Sneakers Game through the Greatest Game Ever Played, Lawrence Taylor and Bill Parcells, the two Super Bowl upsets of the Patriots, the Helmet Catch, and Eli Manning's iron-man streak. The baseball half covers the Polo Grounds, the Shot Heard 'Round the World, Willie Mays's Catch, the move west with the Dodgers, the earthquake World Series, Barry Bonds's 73 and 762, McCovey Cove splash hits and the 2010-2014 dynasty. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the two teams, their players and their famous moments, and each question carries its source. Roughly a third are easy warm-ups; the rest reward real fans.
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Q 01Of the five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, how many never folded?
Just one
Just one: the Giants. The other four 1925 newcomers, such as the Detroit Panthers and Pottsville Maroons, had all disappeared from the league by the early 1930s.
Q 02Where do the football Giants play their home games?
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which the Giants share with the Jets; it replaced the original Giants Stadium on the same Meadowlands site.
Q 03How many NFL championships have the Giants won, including four before the Super Bowl era?
8
Eight: NFL titles in 1927, 1934, 1938 and 1956, plus Super Bowls XXI, XXV, XLII and XLVI; only two franchises have won more.
Q 04The football Giants' 1934 title win over the Bears on an icy field is remembered as what?
The Sneakers Game
The Sneakers Game: trailing at half-time on a frozen field, the Giants switched to basketball sneakers for traction and scored 27 fourth-quarter points to win 30-13.
Q 05The Giants' 1958 overtime championship loss to the Colts is remembered by what name?
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played: the Colts' 23-17 sudden-death win, the first NFL title game decided in overtime, drew a huge national television audience.
Q 06Which Giants quarterback's fumble was returned for an Eagles touchdown in the 1978 "Miracle at the Meadowlands"?
Joe Pisarcik
Joe Pisarcik's botched handoff to Larry Csonka was scooped up and returned for the winning score; the Giants had only needed to kneel out the clock.
Q 07Lawrence Taylor was drafted by the Giants in 1981 from which college?
North Carolina
North Carolina: Taylor was a consensus All-American linebacker for the Tar Heels before the Giants took him second overall in 1981, behind only George Rogers.
Q 08In 1986 Lawrence Taylor won which award, rare for a defender?
NFL Most Valuable Player
NFL Most Valuable Player: Taylor's 20.5 sacks in 1986 made him the first defender to take the AP award since Alan Page in 1971.
Q 09Phil Simms set a Super Bowl record in the 1986-season title game by completing what share of his passes?
88%
88%: Simms went 22 of 25 for 268 yards and three touchdowns in Super Bowl XXI, the Giants' first championship since 1956.
Q 10Which Giants defensive coordinator, promoted in 1983, led the team to two Super Bowls?
Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells, promoted from defensive coordinator in 1983, survived a 3-12-1 debut season and went on to win Super Bowls XXI and XXV.
Q 11The Giants won Super Bowl XXV by a single point over which team?
The Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills: Scott Norwood's 47-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right as time expired, preserving the Giants' 20-19 win.
Q 12Michael Strahan set the NFL single-season sack record in which year?
2001
2001: Strahan's 22.5 sacks broke Mark Gastineau's 1984 mark of 22, the last of them a disputed takedown of Brett Favre in the season finale.
Q 13Which team drafted Eli Manning first overall in 2004 before trading him to the Giants?
The San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers: they took Manning first overall, then swapped him for fourth pick Philip Rivers plus draft choices after Eli refused to play for them.
Q 21The baseball Giants were founded in 1883 under what name?
The New York Gothams
The New York Gothams: the club joined the National League in 1883 and adopted the Giants name in 1885 under manager Jim Mutrie.
Q 22The baseball Giants hold which all-time MLB record?
Most wins of any franchise
Most wins of any franchise: in 2005 the Giants became the first major league club to reach 10,000 regular-season victories.
Q 23The New York baseball Giants played most of their home games at which ballpark?
The Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds, beneath Coogan's Bluff in upper Manhattan, was the Giants' home from 1891 until they left for San Francisco after 1957; its horseshoe shape gave it a 483-foot centre field.
Q 14The Giants' Super Bowl XLII win ended which team's bid for a perfect 19-0 season?
The New England Patriots
The Patriots came in 18-0 and 12-point favourites; the Giants won 17-14.
Q 15Which receiver made the 'Helmet Catch' in Super Bowl XLII?
David Tyree
David Tyree pinned the ball to his helmet with Rodney Harrison draped over him, a 32-yard gain that kept the winning drive alive.
Q 16Eli Manning won which honour twice, matching Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw?
MVP of the championship game
MVP of the championship game: Manning was named Super Bowl MVP after XLII and XLVI, joining Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw as two-time winners.
Q 17Which running back did the Giants take second overall in the 2018 draft?
Saquon Barkley
Saquon Barkley, the Penn State back, went second overall after the Giants' 3-13 season in 2017; only Baker Mayfield was picked ahead of him.
Q 18Which of these is a nickname of the football Giants, a mangled contraction used by New York tabloids?
The Jints
The Jints: a tabloid headline contraction inherited from the baseball Giants' New York days; 'Big Blue' and 'the G-Men' are the team's other nicknames.
Q 19Under what corporate name was the NFL team incorporated to distinguish it from the baseball club?
New York Football Giants, Inc.
New York Football Giants, Inc.: the corporate name adopted in 1937, when the baseball Giants were the city's better-known club, and kept after the baseball team left for San Francisco.
Q 20The feud between Wellington Mara and nephew Tim ended in 1991 when Tim sold his half of the team to whom?
Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert Tisch, the Loews Corporation executive and former US Postmaster General, bought Tim Mara's half of the team in 1991; uncle and nephew had long since stopped speaking.
Q 24Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' in 1951 was hit off which Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher?
Ralph Branca
Ralph Branca, wearing number 13, surrendered the three-run homer in the ninth inning of the deciding playoff game; the Giants had won 37 of their last 44 to catch Brooklyn.
Q 25Willie Mays's famous over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series robbed which Cleveland batter?
Vic Wertz
Vic Wertz: Mays ran down his drive to deep centre in the eighth inning of Game 1, and the Giants went on to sweep the 111-win Indians.
Q 26The Giants' first game in San Francisco, in April 1958, was an 8-0 win over which team?
The Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers: Ruben Gomez pitched the 8-0 shutout on 15 April 1958, the first major league game played on the West Coast.
Q 27Walter O'Malley talked Giants owner Horace Stoneham out of moving the team where?
Minnesota
Minnesota: Stoneham had planned to move to Minneapolis, home of the Giants' top farm club, until O'Malley persuaded him that two clubs on the West Coast made sense.
Q 28The Giants played at which windy ballpark from 1960 to 1999?
Candlestick Park
Candlestick Park, on the bay at Candlestick Point, was notorious for cold wind and fog; the Giants left for Pacific Bell Park after the 1999 season.
Q 29The 1989 World Series between the Giants and Athletics was interrupted by what?
The Loma Prieta earthquake
The Loma Prieta earthquake, magnitude 6.9, struck minutes before Game 3 on 17 October 1989; the series resumed ten days later and Oakland completed a sweep.
Q 30How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in 2001 to set the single-season record?
73
73: Bonds broke Mark McGwire's three-year-old mark of 70 and finished that season with a .863 slugging percentage; he ended his career with 762 homers, 586 as a Giant.