50 free Los Angeles Rams trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Los Angeles Rams trivia quiz covers a franchise that has won titles for three different cities: the 1945 champions who left Cleveland anyway, the 1946 move that made the NFL coast-to-coast, Kenny Washington's signing, Fred Gehrke's painted horns, Van Brocklin's 554 yards, the Fearsome Foursome and Roman Gabriel, the seven straight division titles of the 1970s and Jack Youngblood's broken leg. It also covers Georgia Frontiere and Anaheim, Eric Dickerson's record season, the St. Louis years and the Greatest Show on Turf — Warner, Faulk, Bruce, Vermeil, The Tackle — then Stan Kroenke's return to LA, Jared Goff, Sean McVay's hiring at 30, Aaron Donald, Cooper Kupp's triple crown, the Stafford trade, Super Bowl LVI at SoFi and Puka Nacua's rookie records. Questions run from easy to hard with the difficulty shown on each one. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01In which city was the Rams franchise founded in 1936?
Cleveland
General manager Damon Wetzel picked the name because he loved the Fordham Rams; the club won the 1945 NFL title and left Ohio anyway.
Q 02The Rams are the only NFL franchise to win championships representing how many different cities?
Three
Once each for the first two homes and twice for LA.
Q 03The Rams' 1945 title game was decided by a safety when whose pass hit the goalpost from his own end zone?
Sammy Baugh
The rule was changed the next year; rookie UCLA quarterback Bob Waterfield was that season's MVP for the Rams.
Q 04The Rams' 1946 move to Los Angeles made way for which new team in their old city?
Paul Brown's Browns
They became the only NFL champion to play its next season in a different city; owner Dan Reeves had threatened to quit football unless the move was approved.
Q 05To lease the LA Coliseum in 1946, the Rams signed which player, ending the NFL's 13-year colour bar?
Kenny Washington
The UCLA star had been a teammate of Jackie Robinson; Woody Strode followed him onto the roster two months later.
Q 06In 1948 Rams halfback Fred Gehrke did what, a first in pro football?
Painted horns on the helmets
The rams'-horn design was the first helmet emblem in the sport; coach Bob Snyder had suggested it.
Q 07Which Rams quarterback threw for a still-standing NFL-record 554 yards in 1951?
Norm Van Brocklin
He broke Johnny Lujack's 468 from two years earlier; the record has survived every passing revolution since.
Q 08The 1950 Rams were the first pro football team to do what?
Have all their games televised
Their wide-open offence drew crowds of 80,000-plus to the Coliseum through the 1950s.
Q 09What was the Rams' 1960s defensive line of Jones, Olsen, Grier and Lundy nicknamed?
The Fearsome Foursome
Olsen later starred in Little House on the Prairie; the 1967 Rams were the first NFL team to draw a million fans in a season.
Q 10Which Rams quarterback was the NFL MVP in 1969?
Roman Gabriel
He threw for 2,549 yards and 24 touchdowns; the Rams of that era won two division titles but never a playoff game.
Q 11In 1972 Robert Irsay bought the Rams for $19 million and immediately traded the whole franchise for what?
The Baltimore Colts and cash
Carroll Rosenbloom took over the Rams, who then won seven straight NFC West titles from 1973 to 1979.
Q 12Which Rams defensive end played the entire 1979 playoffs on a broken fibula?
Jack Youngblood
Merlin Olsen called him the 'Perfect Defensive End'; the Rams lost the Super Bowl 31–19 to Pittsburgh.
Q 13Which team beat the Rams 31–19 in Super Bowl XIV, their first Super Bowl?
Pittsburgh Steelers
Vince Ferragamo had led upsets of Dallas and Tampa Bay to get there; the Rams moved to Anaheim the next season.
Q 21The Rams lost Super Bowl XXXVI 20–17 to which team, launching a dynasty?
New England Patriots
Adam Vinatieri's last-second kick beat the 14-point favourites; the same team beat them 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII 17 years later.
Q 22Which minority owner exercised his right of first refusal in 2010 to buy the rest of the Rams?
Stan Kroenke
'Silent Stan', a Missouri native married to a Walmart heir, then engineered the return to Los Angeles.
Q 23Where did the Rams play from 2016 to 2019 while SoFi Stadium was built?
The Memorial Coliseum
It was their home from 1946 to 1979 too; the new Inglewood stadium opened in 2020 and is shared with the Chargers.
Q 14Which owner inherited 70% of the Rams when her husband Carroll Rosenbloom drowned in 1979?
Georgia Frontiere
She fired her stepson, moved the team to Anaheim in 1980 and out of California in 1995, and owned it until her death in 2008.
Q 15Eric Dickerson set the NFL single-season rushing record in 1984 with how many yards?
2,105
The SMU product was traded to the Colts in 1987 after a bitter contract dispute; Steven Jackson passed his franchise rushing mark in 2010.
Q 16To which city did the Rams move after the 1994 season?
St. Louis
Ownership blamed baseball-shaped Anaheim Stadium and thin support; fans blamed the owner.
Q 17Which head coach, hired in 1997, won Super Bowl XXXIV and promptly retired?
Dick Vermeil
He had been one of the first special-teams coaches with the Rams in the 1960s; his offensive coordinator succeeded him.
Q 18Kurt Warner got the 1999 starting job only after which quarterback tore up his knee in preseason?
Trent Green
Vermeil vowed to 'rally around Kurt Warner'; the undrafted ex-Arena leaguer threw 41 touchdowns and won the MVP.
Q 19What nickname did the Rams' record-setting 1999–2001 offence earn?
The Greatest Show on Turf
Warner, Marshall Faulk and their receivers scored 526 points in 1999 and an NFL-record total over three seasons.
Q 20Which Titans receiver did Mike Jones tackle a yard short to end Super Bowl XXXIV?
Kevin Dyson
'The Tackle' preserved a 23–16 win; Warner was named MVP after a 73-yard game-winning touchdown pass.
Q 24Which California quarterback did the Rams take first overall in 2016 in their first draft back in LA?
Jared Goff
He reached Super Bowl LIII and was later the centrepiece of the trade for his successor.
Q 25How old was Sean McVay when the Rams made him the NFL's youngest modern head coach in 2017?
30
He beat Lane Kiffin's mark by a year, was Coach of the Year in his first season and reached a Super Bowl in his second.
Q 26Which head coach was fired at 4–9 in December 2016 after a run of 7–9-type seasons?
Jeff Fisher
His firing cleared the way for Sean McVay; the Rams had not had a winning season since 2003.
Q 27The Rams beat which team 23–20 in Super Bowl LVI at their own SoFi Stadium?
Cincinnati Bengals
They became the second team, after Tampa Bay a year earlier, to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium.
Q 28Who was MVP of Super Bowl LVI after converting a fourth down and scoring the winning touchdown?
Cooper Kupp
That season he won the receiving triple crown, the first player to do so since Steve Smith in 2005.
Q 29The Rams' Super Bowl LVI MVP came to the team in 2017 as a third-round pick from which small school?
Eastern Washington
He was the seventh receiver taken that year; only Michael Roos was a higher pick in his school's history.
Q 30What did the Rams send Detroit for their new quarterback in March 2021?
Jared Goff, a third-rounder and two firsts
Stafford won the Super Bowl in his first LA season and was named league MVP in 2025.