Q 01/05

The Diamondbacks began play in which season?

A) 1998

B) 1999

C) 2001

D) 2003

Answer · why

A) 1998

They entered alongside one other expansion club; the franchise had been awarded in March 1995.

Q 02/05

How much was the expansion fee Arizona paid to join Major League Baseball?

A) $130 million

B) $145 million

C) $160 million

D) $175 million

Answer · why

A) $130 million

The new clubs were also shut out of national revenue for five years, which later strained the finances badly.

Q 03/05

Which Phoenix Suns owner assembled the group that landed the Diamondbacks franchise?

A) Ken Kendrick

B) Jerry Colangelo

C) Jerry Reinsdorf

D) Bud Selig

Answer · why

B) Jerry Colangelo

He had been the NBA's youngest general manager when the Suns hired him in 1968.

Q 04/05

The Diamondbacks, youngest team ever to win a World Series, did so in which season of their existence?

A) 4th

B) 5th

C) 6th

D) 7th

Answer · why

A) 4th

They beat the three-time defending champion Yankees, and remain Arizona's only men's major-league champion.

Q 05/05

Which ex-Yankees manager was hired by Arizona two years before its first game?

A) Bob Melvin

B) Bob Brenly

C) Buck Showalter

D) Kirk Gibson

Answer · why

C) Buck Showalter

He was fired after 2000 and replaced by a broadcaster who won the World Series in his first year in the dugout.