Q 01/05

Which Hall of Fame coach founded the Bengals and led them from the sideline for their first eight seasons?

A) Paul Brown

B) Bill Walsh

C) Sid Gillman

D) Weeb Ewbank

Answer · why

A) Paul Brown

Paul Brown had been fired by Cleveland in January 1963; he got back into the game by founding a rival team in the same state, and he ran it until his ...

Q 02/05

The Bengals began play in 1968 as a member of which league?

A) The National Football League

B) The American Football League

C) The World Football League

D) The Continental Football League

Answer · why

B) The American Football League

The American Football League was a way in: its merger with the NFL had been agreed before Cincinnati was awarded a team in 1967, so the Bengals spent ...

Q 03/05

The Bengals' first home, still used by the Cincinnati Bearcats, was which venue?

A) Crosley Field

B) Riverfront Stadium

C) Nippert Stadium

D) Corcoran Stadium

Answer · why

C) Nippert Stadium

Nippert Stadium, the University of Cincinnati's ground, was a two-year stopgap while Riverfront Stadium was being built, and the 1968 Bengals won thei...

Q 04/05

What replaced the word BENGALS on Cincinnati's helmets in 1981?

A) A leaping tiger

B) Tiger stripes

C) A striped B

D) A tiger's head

Answer · why

B) Tiger stripes

Tiger stripes arrived in the same season the Bengals reached their first Super Bowl, and the helmet has survived every uniform redesign since.

Q 05/05

Which future television analyst spent his whole playing career, 1981 to 1988, catching passes for the Bengals?

A) Ahmad Rashad

B) Michael Irvin

C) Cris Collinsworth

D) James Lofton

Answer · why

C) Cris Collinsworth

Cris Collinsworth was a high-school quarterback and state sprint champion who switched to receiver in college; as a Bengals rookie in 1981 he became t...