Q 01/05

The NFL added the Falcons a year early to block which rival league?

A) CFL

B) AFL

C) WFL

D) USFL

Answer · why

B) AFL

The AFL's owners were closing in on Atlanta in June 1965, so Pete Rozelle flew in and promised an NFL team for 1966, a year before his league had plan...

Q 02/05

Which Atlanta businessman was awarded the Falcons franchise for $8.5 million in 1965?

A) Ivan Allen Jr.

B) Robert Woodruff

C) Tom Cousins

D) Rankin Smith

Answer · why

D) Rankin Smith

Rankin Smith, a life insurance executive, registered the club as Five Smiths, Inc., in honor of his five children, and his family kept the team until ...

Q 03/05

Whose winning entry in a 1965 fan contest gave the Falcons their nickname?

A) The team owner's daughter

B) A Georgia Tech football coach

C) A schoolteacher from Griffin, Georgia

D) The mayor of Atlanta

Answer · why

C) A schoolteacher from Griffin, Georgia

A schoolteacher from Griffin, Georgia, Julia Elliott was picked from the many fans who suggested Falcons because she wrote that the bird "is proud and...

Q 04/05

Which Texas linebacker was the first player ever drafted by the Falcons, first overall in 1966?

A) Claude Humphrey

B) Steve Bartkowski

C) Tommy Nobis

D) Jeff Van Note

Answer · why

C) Tommy Nobis

Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Oilers of the rival league but signed with Atlanta, then won Rookie of the Year honors in the team's first season.

Q 05/05

Which Falcons head coach of the early 1990s wore black on the sideline and left tickets for Elvis Presley?

A) June Jones

B) Dan Henning

C) Jerry Glanville

D) Dan Reeves

Answer · why

C) Jerry Glanville

Jerry Glanville knew the club already: as a Falcons assistant in the 1970s he helped build the blitzing defense that allowed just 129 points in 1977, ...