Q 01/05

The Dodgers' name comes from Brooklyn pedestrians who dodged what?

A) Horse carts

B) Streetcars

C) Bicycles

D) Ferries

Answer · why

B) Streetcars

Sportswriter Charles Dryden coined 'Trolley Dodgers'; the word did not appear on a jersey until 1932.

Q 02/05

In which year did the Dodgers play their first game in Los Angeles?

A) 1958

B) 1960

C) 1962

D) 1965

Answer · why

A) 1958

Owner Walter O'Malley moved the franchise after 68 seasons in Brooklyn; the first LA game was a 6-5 win over the Giants on 18 April.

Q 03/05

Where did the Dodgers play their first four seasons in Los Angeles before Dodger Stadium opened?

A) The Rose Bowl

B) Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)

C) The LA Memorial Coliseum

D) Gilmore Field

Answer · why

C) The LA Memorial Coliseum

A 1959 exhibition there to honour Roy Campanella drew 93,103 fans, a record crowd for a major league game at the time.

Q 04/05

Jackie Robinson broke baseball's colour line at Ebbets Field on 15 April of which year?

A) 1947

B) 1949

C) 1951

D) 1953

Answer · why

A) 1947

He played first base that day before 26,623 fans and won the first-ever Rookie of the Year award that season.

Q 05/05

Which Dodgers executive signed Jackie Robinson, wanting a player 'with guts enough not to fight back'?

A) Walter O'Malley

B) Larry MacPhail

C) Branch Rickey

D) Buzzie Bavasi

Answer · why

C) Branch Rickey

Robinson's number 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in 1997, a first for any professional athlete.