Q 01/05

The Steelers joined the NFL in 1933 under what original name?

A) The Pittsburgh Ironmen

B) The Pittsburgh Americans

C) The Pittsburgh Pirates

D) The Pittsburgh Rooneymen

Answer · why

C) The Pittsburgh Pirates

Art Rooney paid a $2,500 franchise fee and borrowed the baseball team's name; the media called them the Rooneymen to tell them apart.

Q 02/05

In which year did the franchise drop its original borrowed baseball name and become the Steelers?

A) 1933

B) 1937

C) 1940

D) 1952

Answer · why

C) 1940

The team is the seventh-oldest in the NFL and the oldest in the AFC.

Q 03/05

Which future US Supreme Court justice did the club sign in 1938 to the biggest contract in NFL history?

A) Earl Warren

B) Thurgood Marshall

C) William Brennan

D) Byron White

Answer · why

D) Byron White

'Whizzer' White played one year in Pittsburgh before joining Detroit.

Q 04/05

What was the team nicknamed when the Steelers merged with their cross-state rivals for the 1943 season?

A) The Iron Eagles

B) The Steagles

C) The Card-Pitts

D) The Keystones

Answer · why

B) The Steagles

They went 5-4-1 in green and white; the next year's merger with the Chicago Cardinals produced the winless 'Card-Pitt', mocked as the Carpets.

Q 05/05

Which Pittsburgh-born quarterback did the Steelers draft and cut in 1955 before he became a Colts legend?

A) Joe Namath

B) Dan Marino

C) Johnny Unitas

D) Jim Kelly

Answer · why

C) Johnny Unitas

The team's pre-merger futility spawned the slogan 'Same Old Steelers'.