Philadelphia Sports Trivia
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50 free Philadelphia Sports trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Philadelphia sports trivia quiz crosses every team and era: the Phillies' 10,000th loss and two World Series titles, the Eagles' shutout back-to-back championships and the Philly Special, the Broad Street Bullies beating the Red Army, the 76ers' 68-13 season, the Union's Sons of Ben, and the departed Athletics, Warriors, Frankford Yellow Jackets and Philadelphia Quakers. College hoops gets its due too, with the Big 5, the Palestra, Villanova's perfect game and La Salle's 1954 title. Then there is everything that makes Philly Philly: the 1968 snowballs at Santa, Eagles Court at the Vet, the Curse of Billy Penn, Kate Smith, the Phanatic and Gritty, Wing Bowl, the Penn Relays, Boathouse Row, Joe Frazier, the Rocky Steps and the year all four teams reached their finals. Questions range from ones any local can answer to details for the true stat heads. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the city's teams, venues and events, and each question quotes the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01In which year did all four of Philadelphia's major teams play for their league championship?
1980
1980: the Phillies won the World Series, while the Eagles lost Super Bowl XV to Oakland, the Flyers lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Islanders and the 76ers lost the NBA Finals to the Lakers.
Q 02Founded in 1883, the Phillies hold what distinction in American pro sports?
Oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise
Oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise: the club has played in Philadelphia as the Phillies since 1883, while every older major-league club has either moved cities or changed its name.
Q 03In 2007 the Phillies became the first franchise in any pro sport to reach which unwanted milestone?
10,000 losses
10,000 losses: the Phillies reached the mark on July 15, 2007, a 10-2 home loss to the Cardinals, making them the first club in North American pro sports to lose that many games.
Q 04Whom did the Phillies beat to win their first World Series in 1980?
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals: the Phillies won in six games, Tug McGraw striking out Willie Wilson to end Game 6 at Veterans Stadium, with Mike Schmidt named Series MVP.
Q 05The 1950 'Whiz Kids', led by pitcher Robin Roberts, were swept in the World Series by which team?
New York Yankees
New York Yankees: they swept the 1950 Series in four games, three decided by one run, with Joe DiMaggio's 10th-inning homer beating Robin Roberts in Game 2.
Q 06How many World Series did the Philadelphia Athletics win before moving to Kansas City?
Five
Five: Connie Mack's A's won in 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929 and 1930, all while playing at Shibe Park, the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, before leaving Philadelphia after the 1954 season.
Q 07Which team did the Eagles temporarily merge with in 1943 because of wartime player shortages?
Pittsburgh Steelers
The combined 'Steagles' went 5-4-1; the Steelers merged with the Cardinals the following year.
Q 08The 1948 and 1949 Eagles remain the only NFL team to win back-to-back championships how?
By shutout
By shutout: the Eagles beat the Cardinals 7-0 in a 1948 snowstorm and the Rams 14-0 in 1949 rain, the only consecutive NFL title games won without allowing a point.
Q 09The 1960 champion Eagles were the only team ever to beat which coach in a playoff game?
Vince Lombardi
Lombardi's Packers won the next two NFL titles and the first two Super Bowls.
Q 10Whom did the Eagles beat in Super Bowl LII to win their first Super Bowl?
New England Patriots
Doug Pederson's team won 41-33 in Minneapolis in February 2018; the second title came over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.
Q 11In the 'Philly Special' trick play in Super Bowl LII, who caught the touchdown pass?
Nick Foles
Nick Foles: Corey Clement took the direct snap, pitched to Trey Burton, and Burton threw to Foles in the end zone, making Foles the first player to throw and catch a touchdown in one Super Bowl.
Q 12The Eagles' February 2025 Super Bowl win ended Philadelphia's run of title-game defeats in what kind of year?
Inauguration years
Inauguration years: from the 76ers in 1977 through the Phillies in 2009, Philadelphia teams lost eight straight championship finals played in presidential inauguration years, until the Eagles beat the Chiefs in 2025.
Q 13Which Philadelphia team won the 1926 NFL championship?
Q 21The 76ers began in 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals in which league, before the 1949 merger created the NBA?
National Basketball League
National Basketball League: the Nationals joined the NBL in 1946 and entered the NBA when it absorbed NBL clubs in 1949, won the 1955 title, and moved to Philadelphia in 1963.
Q 22How many games did the 1966-67 76ers win, a record at the time, on the way to the title?
68
68: the 1966-67 76ers went 68-13, then a league record, with Wilt Chamberlain at center, and became the only team besides Boston to win an NBA title in the 1960s.
Q 23Which NBA franchise played in Philadelphia from 1946 to 1962 before moving to San Francisco?
The Warriors
Frankford Yellow Jackets
Frankford Yellow Jackets: the club from Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood went 14-1-2 in 1926 to take the NFL title, the same year the rival AFL's Philadelphia Quakers won that league's only championship.
Q 14The Philadelphia Stars won the 1984 championship of which spring football league?
USFL
USFL: the Stars beat the Arizona Wranglers 23-3 in the 1984 title game under coach Jim Mora, then moved to Baltimore and won again in 1985, the league's last season.
Q 15In which years did the Flyers win their first two Stanley Cups?
1974 and 1975
1974 and 1975: Bernie Parent won the Conn Smythe Trophy both times, and the 1974 win made the Flyers the first post-1967 expansion club to lift the Cup.
Q 16Which Flyers enforcer set the NHL record for penalty minutes in a season with 472?
Dave Schultz
Dave Schultz: 'The Hammer' piled up 472 penalty minutes in 1974-75, a single-season record no one has matched, and was traded to Los Angeles before the 1976-77 season.
Q 17Which team left the ice at the Spectrum in 1976 in protest at the Flyers' rough play?
The Soviet Central Red Army
The Soviet Central Red Army: after Ed Van Impe flattened Valeri Kharlamov on January 11, 1976, CSKA left the ice, returned when told they would forfeit the tour's pay, and lost 4-1.
Q 18Which singer's recording of 'God Bless America' became a Flyers good-luck tradition starting in 1969?
Kate Smith
Kate Smith: the Flyers first played her recording in place of the anthem on December 11, 1969, beat Toronto 6-3, and saved it for big games as their record with it soared.
Q 19What is the name of the furry orange, googly-eyed mascot the Flyers unveiled in 2018?
Gritty
Gritty: unveiled on September 24, 2018, the seven-foot orange creature's official biography says arena renovations disturbed his secret hideout, and he became an internet sensation within days.
Q 20The Phillie Phanatic made its debut in 1978 at the Vet against which team?
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs: the Phanatic debuted on April 25, 1978, at Veterans Stadium against the Cubs; Bill Giles later called paying $3,900 for just the costume, not $5,200 with the copyright, his worst decision.
The Warriors: Philadelphia's Warriors won the first BAA title in 1947 and the NBA title in 1956, and Wilt Chamberlain scored his 100 points in their uniform in 1962 before the move west.
Q 24Which supporters group is credited with helping bring the Philadelphia Union to MLS in 2010?
Sons of Ben
Sons of Ben: founded in 2007, before Philadelphia had an MLS team, the group rallied and petitioned to prove a fan base existed, and the Union kicked off their first season in March 2010.
Q 25What was the Union's first major trophy, won in 2020?
The Supporters' Shield
The Supporters' Shield: the Union finished atop the 2020 regular-season table, 14-4-5 in a pandemic-shortened season, for the club's first major trophy after losing three U.S. Open Cup finals.
Q 26The Philadelphia Atoms won the 1973 championship in their first season in which competition?
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League: the expansion Atoms beat the Dallas Tornado 2-0 in the 1973 NASL final, and goalkeeper Bob Rigby became the first soccer player on a Sports Illustrated cover.
Q 27Which of these schools was added to the Big 5 college basketball rivalry in 2023?
Drexel
Drexel: the Dragons became the sixth Big 5 school in 2023, when the series replaced its round-robin, played since the 1955-56 season, with pod play and a tripleheader at Wells Fargo Center.
Q 28What nickname does Penn's home gymnasium, the Palestra, carry?
The Cathedral of College Basketball
The Cathedral of College Basketball: opened in 1927 on Penn's campus, the Palestra earned the name as the shared home of every Big 5 game for some thirty years after 1955.
Q 29Which Big 5 school won the 1954 NCAA men's basketball championship?
La Salle
La Salle: Tom Gola, the 1954 tournament's Most Outstanding Player, led the Explorers past Bradley 92-76 in the final for the school's only NCAA championship.
Q 30Villanova's 1985 'Perfect Game' against Georgetown saw the Wildcats shoot what percentage from the field?
78.6%
78.6%: Villanova made 22 of 28 shots, including 9 of 10 after halftime, to beat Georgetown 66-64 in the 1985 final, setting a championship-game record.