Q 01/05

In what year were the 49ers founded as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference?

A) 1946

B) 1950

C) 1953

D) 1960

Answer · why

A) 1946

The AAFC lasted only four seasons; when it folded, the 49ers, Browns and original Baltimore Colts were the three clubs absorbed into the NFL.

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

The original logo showed a mustached miner in plaid pants leaping in midair and firing two pistols, one nearly shooting his own foot.

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

The old ground sits in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park and later hosted Jim Marshall's famous wrong-way run in 1964.

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

The Beatles had already played their last full public concert there in August 1966, five years before the football team arrived.

Q 05/05

Levi's Stadium, the 49ers' home since 2014, is located in which city?

A) Santa Clara

B) Oakland

C) San Jose

D) Palo Alto

Answer · why

A) Santa Clara

The venue sits about 38 miles southeast of San Francisco, and the team has been headquartered nearby since 1988.