Q 01/05

The Diamondbacks began play in which season?

A) 1998

B) 1999

C) 2001

D) 2003

Answer · why

A) 1998

The Diamondbacks played their first game in 1998, three years after Major League Baseball awarded the expansion franchise to Phoenix 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

Arizona paid a $130 million expansion fee, the price Major League Baseball set for each of the two clubs it added in its late-1990s expansion.

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

Jerry Colangelo, who became the Suns' general manager at 28 in 1968, led the ownership group awarded the Arizona franchise in March 1995.

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

Arizona won the 2001 World Series in its 4th season, beating the three-time defending champion Yankees in seven games.

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

Buck Showalter, hired in November 1995, managed the Diamondbacks through their first three seasons before being fired after 2000.