Q 01/05

Which NFL team is owned by its fans as a nonprofit rather than by a wealthy individual?

A) Steelers

B) Packers

C) Bears

D) Vikings

Answer · why

B) Packers

The Packers are held by more than half a million stockholders, a structure that has kept the team, founded in 1919, in tiny Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Q 02/05

Which six-time NBA champion quit in 1993 to play minor league baseball for the Birmingham Barons?

A) Michael Jordan

B) Scottie Pippen

C) Magic Johnson

D) Charles Barkley

Answer · why

A) Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan batted just .202 in his one season in the Chicago White Sox system, then went back to basketball and won three more titles.

Q 03/05

Which team did the United States beat in the 1980 Olympic hockey upset known as the Miracle on Ice?

A) Finland

B) West Germany

C) Soviet Union

D) Sweden

Answer · why

C) Soviet Union

The Soviet Union had won four straight Olympic golds, while the American side was mostly college players; the US then had to beat Finland two days lat...

Q 04/05

Which touring basketball team, famous for comic routines, was founded on Chicago's South Side?

A) Washington Generals

B) Original Celtics

C) New York Renaissance

D) Harlem Globetrotters

Answer · why

D) Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters began in Chicago in 1926; owner Abe Saperstein put Harlem in the name because it was seen as the center of Black American cul...

Q 05/05

Which sports drink did University of Florida scientists create in 1965 for its football team?

A) Powerade

B) Gatorade

C) Propel

D) All Sport

Answer · why

B) Gatorade

Gatorade takes its name from the Florida Gators, whose coach asked university doctors for a drink to replace the fluids his players sweated away.