Q 01/05

On what date did Jackie Robinson make his major league debut, breaking the color line?

A) May 1, 1947

B) April 11, 1947

C) April 15, 1947

D) April 18, 1946

Answer · why

C) April 15, 1947

He started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers before 26,623 fans at Ebbets Field, more than 14,000 of them black.

Q 02/05

In which state was Jackie Robinson born?

A) California

B) Georgia

C) Texas

D) Alabama

Answer · why

B) Georgia

He was the youngest of five children of sharecroppers in Cairo; the family moved to Pasadena after his father left in 1920.

Q 03/05

Robinson's middle name honoured which president, who died 25 days before Jackie was born?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) William McKinley

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

D) Theodore Roosevelt

His full name was Jack Roosevelt Robinson.

Q 04/05

Robinson's brother Mack won an Olympic silver medal in 1936 behind which sprinter?

A) Eddie Tolan

B) Eulace Peacock

C) Ralph Metcalfe

D) Jesse Owens

Answer · why

D) Jesse Owens

Mack finished second in the 200 metres in Berlin; a Pasadena memorial shows nine-foot busts of both brothers.

Q 05/05

Robinson was the first UCLA athlete to win varsity letters in how many sports?

A) Five

B) Four

C) Three

D) Two

Answer · why

B) Four

Baseball, basketball, football and track; baseball was actually his worst sport there.