Q 01/05

Bill Winkenbach, who devised fantasy football on a 1962 road trip, had what real-life tie to the Oakland Raiders?

A) Part-owner

B) Head coach

C) Team doctor

D) Beat reporter

Answer · why

A) Part-owner

Part-owner Bill Winkenbach sketched the rules in a New York hotel with a Raiders PR man and an Oakland Tribune reporter, so the game of pretend owners...

Q 02/05

What word fills the blank in the first fantasy football league, the Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin ___ League?

A) Pontificators

B) Prognosticators

C) Predictors

D) Prospectors

Answer · why

B) Prognosticators

Prognosticators gave the league its triple-P acronym, GOPPPL, and in 2015 it was still playing under its original scoring system.

Q 03/05

Which quarterback and kicker was the first pick in fantasy football's first draft in 1963?

A) George Blanda

B) Johnny Unitas

C) Bart Starr

D) Len Dawson

Answer · why

A) George Blanda

George Blanda was then a Houston Oiler, so a league founded by Raiders insiders opened with a rival's star; Oakland signed him itself four years later...

Q 04/05

In the first fantasy football league, a touchdown pass scored the same 25 points as what?

A) Field goal

B) Extra point

C) Safety

D) Fumble recovery

Answer · why

A) Field goal

Field goal: a kick was worth as much as a touchdown pass, while any kickoff, punt or interception run back for a score paid 200, eight times as much.

Q 05/05

Fantasy football first went public in 1969, when an original league member started a league at what kind of business?

A) A sports bar

B) A barbershop

C) A bowling alley

D) A car dealership

Answer · why

A) A sports bar

A sports bar, the King's X in Oakland, hosted it, and patrons who crossed the bay for its trivia contests soon started leagues in their own bars.