Q 01/05

Before moving to Kansas City in 1963, the Chiefs franchise played its first three seasons in which city?

A) Houston

B) Dallas

C) Denver

D) Oakland

Answer · why

B) Dallas

Lamar Hunt founded the Dallas Texans in the new AFL after the NFL turned him down for an expansion team.

Q 02/05

The 'Chiefs' name honours the nickname of which Kansas City figure?

A) Mayor H. Roe Bartle

B) Founder Lamar Hunt

C) Coach Hank Stram

D) Broadcaster Bill Grigsby

Answer · why

A) Mayor H. Roe Bartle

Bartle picked up 'Chief' as a Boy Scout executive; Hunt and Stram had wanted to keep the Texans name until a fan contest settled it.

Q 03/05

Lamar Hunt said his name for the AFL–NFL title game came from a toy his children played with. Which toy?

A) A Slinky spring

B) A Frisbee disc

C) An Etch A Sketch

D) A bouncy Super Ball

Answer · why

D) A bouncy Super Ball

Owners had officially chosen 'AFL-NFL Championship Game', but the media ran with Hunt's name and it became official in 1969.

Q 04/05

Which team beat the Chiefs 35–10 in the very first Super Bowl?

A) Baltimore Colts

B) Cleveland Browns

C) Green Bay Packers

D) Dallas Cowboys

Answer · why

C) Green Bay Packers

Vince Lombardi's Packers made it look easy in the second half, feeding the belief that the AFL was inferior.

Q 05/05

The Chiefs won Super Bowl IV in January 1970 by beating which heavily favoured NFL champion?

A) Los Angeles Rams

B) Minnesota Vikings

C) Cleveland Browns

D) Baltimore Colts

Answer · why

B) Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota came in as 13½-point favourites and lost 23–7 in the last game before the AFL–NFL merger.