Q 01/05

From which disbanded Cincinnati club did Harry Wright bring players to Boston in 1871 to launch the Braves franchise?

A) The Red Stockings

B) The Red Legs

C) The Porkopolitans

D) Kelly's Killers

Answer · why

A) The Red Stockings

The Red Stockings. Baseball's first openly professional team went unbeaten in 1869, folded after one more season, and Wright took its name with him to...

Q 02/05

What distinction do the Braves hold among North American professional sports franchises?

A) The most league championships

B) The oldest in continuous operation

C) The first to play at night

D) The first to field a mascot

Answer · why

B) The oldest in continuous operation

The oldest in continuous operation. The Cubs' club also took the field in 1871, but it sat out two seasons after the Great Chicago Fire, while the Bra...

Q 03/05

The Braves' 1912 name saluted which organization their owner belonged to?

A) Freemasons

B) Tammany Hall

C) Elks Lodge

D) Knights of Columbus

Answer · why

B) Tammany Hall

Tammany Hall. Owner James Gaffney's New York political machine used Native American imagery, and the club's first Indian-head logo arrived with the ne...

Q 04/05

A 1936 fan poll renamed the Boston Braves after which insect for five seasons?

A) Hornets

B) Crickets

C) Wasps

D) Bees

Answer · why

D) Bees

Bees. Braves Field was restyled 'the Beehive' to match, but five years later the club went back to being the Braves.

Q 05/05

The 1914 'Miracle Braves' sat in last place in July; how did their season end?

A) With a seven-game Series win

B) With a pennant but a Series loss

C) With a World Series sweep

D) With a second-place finish

Answer · why

C) With a World Series sweep

With a World Series sweep. From last place they won the pennant by more than ten games, then beat the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics four s...