Q 01/05

The Eagles were founded in 1933 by taking on the debts of which failed NFL team?

A) Pottsville Maroons

B) Staten Island Stapletons

C) Frankford Yellow Jackets

D) Philadelphia Quakers

Answer · why

C) Frankford Yellow Jackets

The Frankford Yellow Jackets were suspended in 1931 after their stadium burned and the Depression left them insolvent.

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 National Recovery Administration's code system was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935, just two years after Bell and Wray named the team.

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 on 11 October 1959 in the stands at an Eagles-Steelers game in Philadelphia, the two teams he had once owned.

Q 04/05

Where did players on the 1943 'Steagles', the merged Eagles-Steelers team, work when not playing football?

A) Defense plants

B) Draft boards

C) Ration offices

D) USO clubs

Answer · why

A) Defense plants

Defense plants kept the players on war work, and the merged team gave the Philadelphia franchise its first winning season.

Q 05/05

Which team did the Eagles beat 7-0 in a snowstorm for the 1948 NFL title?

A) Cleveland Browns

B) Los Angeles Rams

C) Chicago Cardinals

D) Washington Redskins

Answer · why

C) Chicago Cardinals

The Eagles beat the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 at Shibe Park; the snow was so heavy that players from both teams helped the grounds crew drag the tarp off ...