Q 01/05

The Royals name pays homage to the American Royal, an annual Kansas City event featuring what?

A) A jazz and blues festival

B) A livestock show and rodeo

C) A steeplechase horse race

D) A classic car exhibition

Answer · why

B) A livestock show and rodeo

A livestock show and rodeo with its own parade, the American Royal was the contest winner's whole case: the name should salute Missouri's billion-doll...

Q 02/05

Which 1969 expansion twin of the Royals became the Brewers?

A) Montreal Expos

B) Seattle Pilots

C) San Diego Padres

D) Washington Senators

Answer · why

B) Seattle Pilots

The Seattle Pilots lost so much money in their only season that the club went bankrupt and was moved to Wisconsin just before the 1970 season, where i...

Q 03/05

Royals founder Ewing Kauffman made his fortune in which industry?

A) Meatpacking

B) Life insurance

C) Pharmaceuticals

D) Grain trading

Answer · why

C) Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals: he started Marion Laboratories in a basement and built it into a company with close to a billion dollars in sales. He arranged for th...

Q 04/05

Senator Stuart Symington threatened to strip baseball of what unless Kansas City got a new team?

A) Tax-exempt status

B) Broadcasting rights

C) Amateur draft

D) Antitrust exemption

Answer · why

D) Antitrust exemption

The antitrust exemption was the Missouri senator's lever after Kansas City lost its team. The American League promised a replacement by 1971, and he k...

Q 05/05

Which owner moved Kansas City's American League club to California after the 1967 season?

A) Bill Veeck

B) Walter O'Malley

C) Charlie Finley

D) Calvin Griffith

Answer · why

C) Charlie Finley

Charlie Finley had been trying to leave for years: in 1964 he signed a lease to play in Louisville, only for the other owners to block it. Three years...