Q 01/05

Which MLB team is the only one scheduled to open every season with a home game?

A) Boston Red Sox

B) Chicago Cubs

C) Cincinnati Reds

D) New York Yankees

Answer · why

C) Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati fielded the sport's first all-professional team; the only exceptions since 1900 came in 1966, 1990 and 2022.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the annual parade that makes Opening Day an official city holiday in Cincinnati?

A) Findlay Market

B) Riverfront

C) Over-the-Rhine

D) Red Stockings

Answer · why

A) Findlay Market

Young and old take the day off to cheer the Reds; for decades the season's first pitch was officially thrown in Cincinnati.

Q 03/05

Which team has visited Cincinnati for 36 Reds season openers, more than any other?

A) St. Louis Cardinals

B) Milwaukee Braves

C) Pittsburgh Pirates

D) Chicago Cubs

Answer · why

D) Chicago Cubs

The Cubs and Pirates rotated as the opponent from 1899 to 1916, then shared duties with the Cardinals until 1952.

Q 04/05

Who was the first US president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day, in 1910?

A) William Howard Taft

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Woodrow Wilson

Answer · why

A) William Howard Taft

He did it at the Washington Senators' home opener; twelve presidents have since done the honours.

Q 05/05

Which president threw Opening Day first pitches with both his right and his left arm in 1950?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Herbert Hoover

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Harry S. Truman

Answer · why

D) Harry S. Truman

He is the only ambidextrous entry on the presidential first-pitch list.