Q 01/05

Before moving to Washington in 2005, the franchise played in which city?

A) Toronto

B) Montreal

C) Ottawa

D) Quebec City

Answer · why

B) Montreal

They were the first Major League team in Canada, and the franchise still tracks its records back to 1969.

Q 02/05

The Expos were named after what?

A) A hockey team

B) A railway company

C) The Expo 67 World's Fair

D) The Montreal Exposition newspaper

Answer · why

C) The Expo 67 World's Fair

Seagram shareholder Charles Bronfman was the majority owner of the 1969 expansion club.

Q 03/05

The Expos had the best record in baseball in which season, only to see it wiped out by a players' strike?

A) 1994

B) 1996

C) 1998

D) 2002

Answer · why

A) 1994

Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez were sold off soon after, and attendance collapsed.

Q 04/05

In November 2001 MLB owners voted 28-2 to eliminate the Expos and which other team?

A) Kansas City Royals

B) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

C) Florida Marlins

D) Minnesota Twins

Answer · why

D) Minnesota Twins

A Metrodome lease injunction saved the Twins, and the 2002 labour deal banned contraction until 2006.

Q 05/05

Which owner sold the Expos to MLB in 2002 in a deal that let him buy the Florida Marlins?

A) Charles Bronfman

B) Jeffrey Loria

C) Claude Brochu

D) John Henry

Answer · why

B) Jeffrey Loria

The three-way shuffle cleared the way for John Henry to buy the Red Sox.