Q 01/05

Which Oakland businessman devised modern fantasy football in a New York hotel room on a 1962 Raiders road trip?

A) Wilfred Winkenbach

B) Daniel Okrent

C) Bruce Taylor

D) Andy Mousalimas

Answer · why

A) Wilfred Winkenbach

Winkenbach was joined in that hotel room by Raiders PR man Bill Tunnel and Oakland Tribune reporter Scotty Stirling.

Q 02/05

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

A) Prophets

B) Prognosticators

C) Predictors

D) Prospectors

Answer · why

B) Prognosticators

The GOPPPL was still active in 2015 and still using its original scoring system more than fifty years on.

Q 03/05

In what year did the GOPPPL hold its first draft, in its founder's Oakland home?

A) 1963

B) 1966

C) 1971

D) 1975

Answer · why

A) 1963

The league had eight members drawn from AFL administrators, pro football writers, and people who had bought or sold ten Raiders season tickets.

Q 04/05

Under the GOPPPL's original scoring, how many points was a touchdown pass, rush or reception worth?

A) 25

B) 30

C) 50

D) 100

Answer · why

A) 25

A kickoff, punt or interception returned for a touchdown was worth a whopping 200 points, and a field goal was worth as much as a touchdown.

Q 05/05

In 1969, the first public fantasy football league was founded at which Oakland sports bar?

A) The Kingfish

B) The Alley

C) King's X

D) Ricky's Sports Lounge

Answer · why

C) King's X

Owner Andy Mousalimas had taken part in the very first GOPPPL draft, and the game then spread by word of mouth to patrons visiting his bar for trivia ...