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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Professional sports teams don’t always stick close to home. Do you know where the Philadelphia 76ers came from? The previous name of the Kansas City Chiefs? The birthplace of the New York Yankees?
Take the quiz: match the wandering sports team to its former name.
Then head back here and tell us how you scored.
Comments (9)
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10 of 10. Guess I’m the wrong guy to take this test since own a Syracuse Nats jacket. Now here’s one for all readers. The Sacramento Kings are an original NBA franchise. Trace their lineage, naming all cities and nicknames.
posted by Chris on 11-16-2007 at 6:10 pm
I got 10 out of 10 as well. Chalk it up to being a general sports fan and a couple of lucky educated guesses.
posted by Erik on 11-16-2007 at 6:55 pm
7/10. Which is kinda sad, considering that I JUST wrote a trivia night category on franchise names that moved. . .
posted by Kmanpat on 11-17-2007 at 1:53 pm
I went 10-for-10. Like Erik, I’m a sports fan who had to use some educated guesses/logic for a few of the answers.
posted by Jim on 11-19-2007 at 6:00 am
7 of 10! Not a big Hockey guy.
posted by Bob on 11-21-2007 at 11:07 pm
8 out of 10. I was thrown by the Devils/Scouts; I knew the Devils had once been the Colorado Rockies, but that wasn’t a choice.
posted by Dave on 11-27-2007 at 3:55 pm
Chicago Cardinals won NFL Championship in 1947. Chicagos South Side Team. Bears [1946 Champions] played [North Side] at Wrigley Field. North Side VS. South Side rivalry still exists in Chicago as Cubs VS. White Soxs. I predict in the year 2666 Cubs beat White Sox in 7th game of World Series! Or Not!
posted by Daryl Leckt on 12-12-2007 at 5:43 am
8 out of ten. Mixed up the hockey teams.
posted by Gordon on 12-22-2007 at 5:51 am
The Sac Kings question was easy. KC Kings, originally Cincinnati Royals
posted by jim on 3-3-2008 at 3:47 pm