Q 01/05

Which entertainer founded the Angels in 1961?

A) Bing Crosby

B) Gene Autry

C) Bob Hope

D) Roy Rogers

Answer · why

B) Gene Autry

Gene Autry, Hollywood's Singing Cowboy, was negotiating for the new team's radio rights when the first bidder dropped out, and he ended up owning the ...

Q 02/05

The newly formed Angels agreed to pay $350,000 to which rival owner before their first season in 1961?

A) Walter O'Malley

B) Horace Stoneham

C) Bill Veeck

D) Del Webb

Answer · why

A) Walter O'Malley

Walter O'Malley had moved the Dodgers to Los Angeles three years earlier; he took $350,000 from the newcomers and then made them rent his new ballpark...

Q 03/05

In their first season, 1961, the Angels played home games at which Los Angeles ballpark?

A) Dodger Stadium

B) Gilmore Field

C) The Coliseum

D) Wrigley Field

Answer · why

D) Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field in Los Angeles opened in 1925 and had the name first: the Cubs' Chicago ballpark was still called Cubs Park and was not renamed until 19...

Q 04/05

From 1962 to 1965 the Angels rented Dodger Stadium, but insisted on referring to it as what?

A) Chavez Ravine

B) Elysian Park

C) Echo Park

D) Angel Field

Answer · why

A) Chavez Ravine

Chavez Ravine is the canyon the ballpark sits in; the Angels were unhappy tenants on a costly lease there, drew small crowds in the Dodgers' shadow, a...

Q 05/05

The Los Angeles Angels took which new name in September 1965, ahead of leaving the city?

A) Anaheim Angels

B) Orange County Angels

C) California Angels

D) Golden State Angels

Answer · why

C) California Angels

California Angels became the name on September 2, 1965, and it lasted until Anaheim agreed in 1996 to help pay for rebuilding the ballpark on conditio...