Q 01/05

The 49ers began play in 1946 as charter members of which league?

A) National Football League

B) All-America Football Conference

C) American Football League

D) Pacific Coast Professional Football League

Answer · why

B) All-America Football Conference

All-America Football Conference was the 49ers' first home; the league lasted four seasons, and when it folded after 1949 the 49ers, Browns and origina...

Q 02/05

The team's name honors which group of people?

A) Shipbuilders who worked the docks in the 1940s

B) Gold seekers who came to California in 1849

C) Soldiers stationed at the Presidio in 1849

D) Railroad workers who reached the coast in 1869

Answer · why

B) Gold seekers who came to California in 1849

Gold seekers who came to California in 1849 inspired the name; the original logo showed a mustached miner in plaid pants leaping in midair and firing ...

Q 03/05

Where did the 49ers play their home games from 1946 through 1970?

A) Seals Stadium

B) Stanford Stadium

C) Kezar Stadium

D) Cow Palace

Answer · why

C) Kezar Stadium

Kezar Stadium, in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park, was the 49ers' home for their first 25 seasons and the scene of Jim Marshall's famous w...

Q 04/05

In what year did the 49ers move into Candlestick Park?

A) 1975

B) 1982

C) 1989

D) 1971

Answer · why

D) 1971

1971 brought the 49ers to Candlestick Park; the Beatles had played their last full public concert there on August 29, 1966, five years before the foot...

Q 05/05

Levi's Stadium, the 49ers' home field, is located in which city?

A) Santa Clara

B) Oakland

C) San Jose

D) Palo Alto

Answer · why

A) Santa Clara

Santa Clara, about 40 miles southeast of San Francisco, has been the 49ers' headquarters since 1988, and the stadium rose next to the team's practice ...