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

Capital One Arena: the building opened as the MCI Center in December 1997, became Verizon Center in 2006, and took the Capital One name in August 2017...

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

Meatpacking: the Packers name honoured Chicago's stockyards, but it was also the name of the Bears' Green Bay rivals and was dropped after 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

Zephyrs: the renamed Chicago Zephyrs played one season, 1962–63, with Rookie of the Year Terry Dischinger, before the franchise 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's long-running cartoon strip

D) The city's minor-league ice hockey franchise

Answer · why

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

A defunct 1940s–50s Baltimore BAA/NBA franchise: the new club revived the name of the original Baltimore Bullets, champions of 1948, who had folded in...

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

Walt Bellamy: the 1961 first overall pick won Rookie of the Year and led the league in field-goal percentage while the Packers finished 18–62.