Q 01/05

Where did the Jets franchise play its first seasons, as the Titans of New York, before moving to Queens in 1964?

A) Polo Grounds

B) Downing Stadium

C) Yankee Stadium

D) Ebbets Field

Answer · why

A) Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds: the Titans were a box-office disaster in the ageing Manhattan ballpark and went bankrupt within three seasons; a year after being sold a...

Q 02/05

Why were the New York Titans renamed the Jets in 1963?

A) Its owner ran an airline

B) Its stadium sat between two airports

C) A plane maker sponsored the team

D) Its first star was a pilot

Answer · why

B) Its stadium sat between two airports

Its stadium sat between two airports: the ballpark going up in Queens lay between New York's two biggest, the reason the team's own announcement gave;...

Q 03/05

How much did Sonny Werblin's five-man syndicate pay for the bankrupt Titans of New York in 1963?

A) $100,000

B) $1 million

C) $10 million

D) $100 million

Answer · why

B) $1 million

$1 million bought the whole bankrupt franchise; within weeks its new owners had renamed the team the Jets and dressed it in green and white.

Q 04/05

Which Flushing ballpark did the Jets share with the Mets from 1964 to 1983?

A) Yankee Stadium

B) Ebbets Field

C) Citi Field

D) Shea Stadium

Answer · why

D) Shea Stadium

Shea Stadium: the Mets' lease came first, so the Jets could not play at home until baseball was over; in 1969 they opened with five straight road game...

Q 05/05

Which New Jersey stadium became the Jets' home when it opened in 2010?

A) MetLife Stadium

B) Citi Field

C) Yankee Stadium

D) Giants Stadium

Answer · why

A) MetLife Stadium

MetLife Stadium opened in 2010 as New Meadowlands Stadium, beside the old Giants Stadium, which was then demolished; the Jets share it with the Giants...