60 free Los Angeles Angels trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Los Angeles Angels trivia quiz covers the whole Halo story: the singing cowboy who bought the name from Walter O'Malley for $350,000, the years renting Dodger Stadium, the move to Anaheim and the Big A, and the four names the franchise has carried. There are questions on Nolan Ryan's arrival for Jim Fregosi, Rod Carew and Reggie Jackson's milestones, Mike Witt's perfect game, the heartbreaks of 1982 and 1986, the Disney era and the periwinkle uniforms, the Rally Monkey and the 2002 World Series comeback, Vladimir Guerrero, Mike Trout's three MVPs and Shohei Ohtani's two-way seasons. The ballpark and culture get a round too: the California Spectacular rock pile, the halo that lights up after wins, thundersticks, 'Calling All Angels', Angels in the Outfield, and the retired No. 26 for the club's 26th man. Easy questions suit any Angels fan; the hard ones are for people who remember Bo Belinsky. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01Which entertainer founded the Angels in 1961 and owned them for 36 years?
Gene Autry
The Singing Cowboy recorded 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and is the only person with stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Q 02The Angels' founder bought the rights to the team name from which Dodgers owner for $350,000?
Walter O'Malley
The name came from the old Pacific Coast League Angels, whom the Cubs' Wrigley had owned before selling to the Dodgers.
Q 03In their first season, 1961, the Angels played home games at which Los Angeles ballpark?
Wrigley Field
It shared its name with the Chicago park because both were built by the Wrigley chewing-gum family for their teams.
Q 04From 1962 to 1965 the Angels rented Dodger Stadium, but insisted on referring to it as what?
Chavez Ravine
O'Malley had only approved an AL team in Los Angeles on condition that it play in his stadium.
Q 05The Angels changed their name from Los Angeles Angels to California Angels on September 2 of which year?
1965
The switch came with a month left in the season, in anticipation of the new Anaheim stadium opening the following spring.
Q 06Who took control of the Angels in 1997 and renamed them the Anaheim Angels?
The Walt Disney Company
It already owned the NHL's Mighty Ducks and planned a rival cable channel called ESPN West that never launched.
Q 07Which owner added 'Los Angeles' back to the team's name in 2005?
Arte Moreno
The stadium lease required Anaheim in the name too, producing the unwieldy 'Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim'; the city sued and lost.
Q 08Along with the Angels, which team was created in the 1961 American League expansion?
Washington Senators
That second Senators franchise later became the Texas Rangers, now an Angels division rival.
Q 09Nolan Ryan came to the Angels in a December 1971 trade that sent which shortstop to the Mets?
Jim Fregosi
The Mets got little from him and sold him to Texas in 1973; he later managed Ryan in Anaheim.
Q 10How many of Nolan Ryan's record seven no-hitters did he throw as an Angel?
4
The Hall of Fame lists the Angels as his primary team even though he pitched for four clubs over 27 seasons.
Q 11Which Hall of Famer collected his 3,000th hit as an Angel?
Rod Carew
He played in Anaheim from 1979 to 1985 after seven batting titles in Minnesota.
Q 12Which slugger hit his 500th career home run as an Angel?
Reggie Jackson
He played five seasons in California and later played himself as an umpire-assassin in 'The Naked Gun'.
Q 13The Angels came within one game of the World Series in 1986 and which earlier year?
1982
Both times they lost the ALCS after leading, feeding the 'Win One for the Cowboy' mantra.
Which manager led the Angels to their 2002 World Series title?
Q 21What did Tim Salmon bring out of the dugout after the 2002 World Series win to honour the late founder?
A white Stetson hat
Autry had died four years earlier without seeing his team win a pennant.
Q 22Why did the Angels retire No. 26 for their founding owner?
He was the team's '26th man'
Active rosters held 25 players at the time, so the owner became the extra man.
Q 23Angel Stadium's nickname 'the Big A' refers to a 230-foot letter A topped by what?
A halo
It once served as the scoreboard support in left field and now stands in the parking lot; the halo lights after wins.
Mike Scioscia
He then won five division titles in the next seven years, the club's best run ever.
Q 15The Angels beat which team in the 2002 World Series?
San Francisco Giants
The Angels and Nationals are the only franchises to have won their sole World Series appearance.
Q 16Who was named MVP of the 2002 World Series?
Troy Glaus
His two-run double in Game 6 capped the comeback from 5-0 down; Anderson's three-run double won Game 7.
Q 17In Game 6 of the 2002 World Series the Angels trailed by how many runs entering the seventh inning?
5
Scott Spiezio's three-run homer started the rally, and the Giants never recovered.
Q 18The only Angels All-Star in 2002 was which outfielder, named as a reserve?
Garret Anderson
He also delivered the three-run double that decided Game 7 of the World Series.
Q 19The Rally Monkey was born in 2000 when the scoreboard showed a clip from which film?
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The team then hired Katie, a capuchin who had played Marcel on 'Friends', for original clips.
Q 20The Rally Monkey jumps up and down to which House of Pain song?
Jump Around
She holds a sign reading 'RALLY TIME!' whenever the Angels trail from the seventh inning on.
Q 24Which broadcaster's phrase 'Light that baby up!' refers to the halo on the Big A sign?
Victor Rojas
An earlier broadcaster's version was 'And the halo shines tonight!'
Q 25The rock formation with a waterfall and fireworks in center field at Angel Stadium is called what?
The California Spectacular
The artificial mountain launches fireworks before every game and after every Angels homer and home win.
Q 26Which NFL team shared Anaheim Stadium with the Angels from 1980 to 1994?
Los Angeles Rams
Enclosing the stadium for football is what pushed the Big A sign out to the parking lot.
Q 27Which song by Train opens every home game at the Big A?
Calling All Angels
It plays over a video of historic team moments before first pitch.
Q 28The Angels were the first North American team to use which noisemaker, later a playoff staple?
Thundersticks
The inflatable bangers became inescapable during the 2002 postseason.
Q 29Which pitcher threw a perfect game for the Angels against Texas in 1984?
Mike Witt
Kenny Rogers returned the favour for the Rangers in 1994, making them the only pair of teams to trade perfect games.
Q 30Which Angels pitcher threw the first no-hitter in Dodger Stadium history, in May 1962?
Bo Belinsky
The playboy left-hander was a bigger Hollywood story than pitcher, and it came against Baltimore.