Q 01/05

The Eagles were founded in 1933 to replace which bankrupt NFL franchise?

A) Pottsville Maroons

B) Staten Island Stapletons

C) Frankford Yellow Jackets

D) Philadelphia Quakers

Answer · why

C) Frankford Yellow Jackets

The Eagles' 1933 blue-and-yellow uniforms matched the city flag and the colors the Yellow Jackets had worn before folding in 1931.

Q 02/05

Bert Bell and Lud Wray took the team's name from the Blue Eagle logo of which New Deal agency?

A) National Recovery Administration

B) Federal Emergency Relief Administration

C) Works Progress Administration

D) Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer · why

A) National Recovery Administration

The Blue Eagle was the emblem businesses displayed to show they complied with Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 recovery codes.

Q 03/05

Eagles co-founder Bert Bell later served as NFL commissioner from 1946 until his death in what year?

A) 1963

B) 1959

C) 1967

D) 1971

Answer · why

B) 1959

Bell died of a heart attack in the stands while watching the Eagles play the Steelers, the two teams he had once owned.

Q 04/05

What was the official NFL name of the merged 1943 Eagles-Steelers team nicknamed the Steagles?

A) Steel City Eagles

B) Pennsylvania Keystones

C) Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Eagles

D) Phil-Pitt Combine

Answer · why

D) Phil-Pitt Combine

The wartime merger produced the Philadelphia franchise's first winning season, and the two coaches shared the job because neither would accept a demot...

Q 05/05

The Eagles won their first NFL Championship in 1948, 7-0, in a blinding snowstorm. Who was the opponent?

A) Cleveland Browns

B) Los Angeles Rams

C) Chicago Cardinals

D) Washington Redskins

Answer · why

C) Chicago Cardinals

The snow was so heavy that players from both teams had to help the grounds crew pull the tarp off the field before kickoff.