Q 01/05

What colours do Pittsburgh's Steelers, Pirates and Penguins all share?

A) Blue and white

B) Red and black

C) Green and gold

D) Black and gold

Answer · why

D) Black and gold

Black and gold come from the city flag, based on William Pitt's coat of arms. The Penguins switched last, in 1980, beating a Boston Bruins protest by ...

Q 02/05

After the Pirates and Steelers both won titles in 1979, Pittsburgh took which nickname?

A) Clutch City

B) City of Champions

C) Titletown USA

D) Blitzburgh

Answer · why

B) City of Champions

City of Champions: the Steelers won Super Bowls in January 1979 and January 1980, and in between the Pirates came back from three games to one down to...

Q 03/05

An 1892 game between two Pittsburgh athletic clubs is remembered as American football's first what?

A) Bowl game

B) Game with a forward pass

C) Professional game

D) Game with numbered jerseys

Answer · why

C) Professional game

Professional game: Allegheny secretly paid Yale star Pudge Heffelfinger $500, and he scored the only touchdown. Proof surfaced some 80 years later, in...

Q 04/05

Why did a rival league brand Pittsburgh's ball club 'piratical' in 1891, giving the Pirates their name?

A) Signing a player a rival claimed

B) Stealing a rival's signs

C) Keeping a rival's gate money

D) Playing games on Sundays

Answer · why

A) Signing a player a rival claimed

Signing a player a rival claimed: the Athletics left second baseman Lou Bierbauer off their reserve list, Pittsburgh pounced, and the club embraced th...

Q 05/05

Which Steelers star tossed his jersey to a young fan in a famous 1979 Coca-Cola commercial?

A) Terry Bradshaw

B) Jack Lambert

C) Lynn Swann

D) Joe Greene

Answer · why

D) Joe Greene

Joe Greene, the feared tackle known as 'Mean Joe', had to drain a bottle on every take and kept belching, so the one-minute ad took three days to film...