Q 01/05

The Rangers franchise began in 1961 as an expansion team in which city?

A) Washington

B) Seattle

C) Kansas City

D) Milwaukee

Answer · why

A) Washington

They were the second Washington Senators; the first had just left to become the Minnesota Twins.

Q 02/05

In which year did the Rangers play their first season in Texas?

A) 1961

B) 1965

C) 1972

D) 1969

Answer · why

C) 1972

They lost the opener 1–0 to the California Angels, their 1961 expansion cousins, then beat them 5–1 the next day.

Q 03/05

Which division do the Rangers play in?

A) American League Central

B) National League West

C) National League East

D) American League West

Answer · why

D) American League West

American League West. The Rangers share it with the Astros, Angels, Athletics and Mariners; Houston came over from the National League in 2013 so that...

Q 04/05

Which Arlington mayor chased a big-league team for more than a decade before luring the Senators to Texas?

A) Robert Cluck

B) Tom Vandergriff

C) Jerry Jones

D) Bob Short

Answer · why

B) Tom Vandergriff

Tom Vandergriff. Elected mayor at 25, he persuaded owner Bob Short to move the club in 1971, then took a seat in the Rangers' broadcast booth himself.

Q 05/05

How did the Rangers franchise's final home game before its move to Texas end?

A) Called off after a blackout

B) Forfeited after fans stormed the field

C) Abandoned after a bench-clearing brawl

D) Halted by a bomb threat

Answer · why

B) Forfeited after fans stormed the field

Forfeited after fans stormed the field. With two outs in the ninth and the home team ahead, souvenir hunters poured on, one ran off with first base, a...