Q 01/05

What name did the Wizards' Chinatown arena, shared with the city's NHL team, take in 2017?

A) Capital One Arena

B) Verizon Center

C) MCI Center

D) Capital Centre

Answer · why

A) Capital One Arena

It opened as the MCI Center in December 1997 and was known as Verizon Center before the 2017 renaming.

Q 02/05

The team's original 1961 nickname referenced which Chicago industry?

A) Meatpacking

B) Railroads

C) Grain trading

D) Steel

Answer · why

A) Meatpacking

'Packers' was hugely unpopular because it was also the name of the Bears' bitter rivals in Green Bay, so it lasted one season.

Q 03/05

What was the franchise called during its second season, 1962–63, its last in Chicago?

A) Zephyrs

B) Stags

C) Gears

D) Majors

Answer · why

A) Zephyrs

Terry Dischinger won Rookie of the Year that season before the team moved to Baltimore.

Q 04/05

The 'Bullets' name adopted after the 1963 relocation was borrowed from what?

A) A munitions plant near the Civic Center

B) A defunct 1940s–50s Baltimore BAA/NBA franchise

C) A Baltimore newspaper cartoon strip

D) The city's minor-league hockey team

Answer · why

B) A defunct 1940s–50s Baltimore BAA/NBA franchise

The name lasted until 1997, when owner Abe Pollin decided it carried violent overtones.

Q 05/05

Which rookie starred for the 1961–62 Chicago Packers, averaging 31.6 points and 19 rebounds a game?

A) Walt Bellamy

B) Rod Thorn

C) Bailey Howell

D) Terry Dischinger

Answer · why

A) Walt Bellamy

He won Rookie of the Year and led the league in field-goal percentage, yet the team went 18–62.