Q 01/05

Which Brooklyn Dodgers rookie broke Major League Baseball's color line when he started at first base in April 1947?

A) Roy Campanella

B) Jackie Robinson

C) Roberto Clemente

D) Don Newcombe

Answer · why

B) Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson won the first Rookie of the Year award that season, and in 1997 his number 42 was retired by every team in the majors.

Q 02/05

Which center fielder set a major league record in 1941 by getting a hit in 56 consecutive games?

A) Jimmie Foxx

B) Mel Ott

C) Charlie Keller

D) Joe DiMaggio

Answer · why

D) Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio's streak was finally snapped on July 17, thanks in part to two backhand stops by Indians third baseman Ken Keltner.

Q 03/05

Which Cubs owner founded a professional baseball league for women in 1943, while many male players were at war?

A) Bill Veeck

B) Walter O'Malley

C) Philip Wrigley

D) Branch Rickey

Answer · why

C) Philip Wrigley

Philip Wrigley, the chewing gum mogul, started the league to keep interest in baseball alive during the war, and it later inspired the 1992 film A Lea...

Q 04/05

Which animal did tavern owner William Sianis bring to the 1945 World Series, inspiring a famous Cubs curse?

A) A pig

B) A rooster

C) A donkey

D) A goat

Answer · why

D) A goat

A goat named Murphy was the pet Sianis took to the ballpark, and after the pair were asked to leave he is said to have declared that the team would no...

Q 05/05

Which heavyweight champion made a record 25 straight title defenses and held the crown from 1937 until retiring in 1949?

A) Joe Louis

B) Rocky Marciano

C) Max Schmeling

D) Ezzard Charles

Answer · why

A) Joe Louis

Joe Louis defended his title so often, and won so convincingly, that his challengers were given the collective nickname the Bum of the Month Club.