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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 01Five new teams joined the NFL in 1925, including the football Giants. How many of those five still exist?
Just one
That makes them the league's longest-established team in the Northeast; their first game was a 14-0 loss in Providence.
Q 02Where do the football Giants play their home games?
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
They share it with the Jets, five miles west of New York City; they moved to the Meadowlands in 1976 after years at Yankee Stadium, the Yale Bowl and Shea.
Q 03How many NFL championships have the Giants won, including four before the Super Bowl era?
8
Only the Packers and Bears have more; the Giants' 19 championship-game appearances are the most of any team.
Q 04The football Giants' 1934 title win over the Bears on an icy field is remembered as what?
The Sneakers Game
The Giants changed into basketball shoes at half-time for better traction.
Q 05The Giants' 1958 overtime championship loss to the Colts is remembered by what name?
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The 23-17 defeat is considered a watershed in making pro football a national television sport.
Q 06Which Giants quarterback's fumble was returned for an Eagles touchdown in the 1978 "Miracle at the Meadowlands"?
Joe Pisarcik
Herman Edwards scooped it up; 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
Taken second overall, he remains the only player to win Defensive Player of the Year as a rookie.
Q 08In 1986 Lawrence Taylor won which award, rare for a defender?
NFL Most Valuable Player
The Giants went 14-2 that year behind the Big Blue Wrecking Crew defence and won Super Bowl XXI.
Q 09Phil Simms set a Super Bowl record in the 1986-season title game by completing what share of his passes?
88%
He went 22 of 25 in the 39-20 win over Denver, the Giants' first title since 1956.
Q 10Which Giants defensive coordinator, promoted in 1983, led the team to two Super Bowls?
Bill Parcells
His first move was benching Phil Simms for Scott Brunner, a decision he admitted nearly cost him his job.
Q 11The Giants won Super Bowl XXV by a single point over which team?
The Buffalo Bills
The 20-19 win came a week after they had ended the 49ers' bid for a third straight title.
Q 12Michael Strahan set the NFL single-season sack record in which year?
2001
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, the most recent Giant at the time.
Q 13Which team drafted Eli Manning first overall in 2004 before trading him to the Giants?
The San Diego Chargers
The deal sent Philip Rivers the other way; Manning went on to start 210 consecutive games.
Q 21The baseball Giants were founded in 1883 under what name?
The New York Gothams
They became the Giants within a few years and moved west after the 1957 season.
Q 22The baseball Giants hold which all-time MLB record?
Most wins of any franchise
They also have the most Hall of Famers of any franchise; their eight World Series titles rank sixth.
Q 23The New York baseball Giants played most of their home games at which ballpark?
The Polo Grounds
Its centre field, at 483 feet, was the deepest in the league, which is what made Willie Mays's 1954 catch so remarkable.
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
He pinned the ball to his helmet with Rodney Harrison draped over him; Manningham's sideline catch set up the win four years later.
Q 16Eli Manning is one of only six players to have been named what more than once?
MVP of the championship game
He took it in both XLII and XLVI, both against New England.
Q 17Which running back did the Giants take second overall in the 2018 draft?
Saquon Barkley
The pick came from Penn State after a disastrous 2017 season.
Q 18Which of these is a nickname of the football Giants, a mangled contraction used by New York tabloids?
The Jints
'Big Blue' and 'the G-Men' are the others; the tabloid contraction dates from the baseball team's New York days.
Q 19The NFL team is still legally incorporated under what name, to distinguish it from the baseball club?
New York Football Giants, Inc.
The name was adopted in 1937 and stuck even after the baseball Giants 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
The two Maras had stopped speaking to each other entirely.
Q 24Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' in 1951 was hit off which Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher?
Ralph Branca
The three-run homer won the pennant playoff after the Giants had won 37 of their last 44 games to catch Brooklyn.
Q 25Willie Mays's famous over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series robbed which Cleveland batter?
Vic Wertz
The Giants went on to sweep the heavily favoured Indians for their last title in New York.
Q 26The Giants' first game in San Francisco, in April 1958, was an 8-0 win over which team?
The Los Angeles Dodgers
The two rivals had moved west together, the first major league teams on the coast; the Giants played two seasons at Seals Stadium first.
Q 27Walter O'Malley talked Giants owner Horace Stoneham out of moving the team where?
Minnesota
The Mets were born in Queens in 1962 to fill the hole the two clubs left in New York.
Q 28The Giants played at which windy ballpark from 1960 to 1999?
Candlestick Park
They moved to Pacific Bell Park, now Oracle Park, in 2000.
Q 29The 1989 World Series between the Giants and Athletics was interrupted by what?
The Loma Prieta earthquake
The quake struck moments before Game 3 and delayed the series ten days; Oakland swept.
Q 30How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in 2001 to set the single-season record?
73
He finished his career with 762, 586 of them as a Giant, passing Hank Aaron in 2007.