Sports Trivia

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The Spanish translation of the name of the city of Los Angeles is "The Angels." As a result, the city's professional baseball team's name reflects its Spanish heritage and name.

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LA Angels

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The diamondback rattlesnake is at home in the deserts of the American Southwest. This venomous reptile inspired the name of the professional baseball team that calls a southwestern state home.

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Arizona Diamondbacks

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A professional baseball franchise shares its name with an orange, black, and white species of bird that is native to the state of Maryland. Options: LA Angels, LA Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres.

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Baltimore Orioles

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Historical incident: British General Charles Cornwallis compared Charlotte, NC to a "hornet's nest" during the American Revolution. Which professional basketball team was inspired by this?

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Charlotte Hornets

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The team name of Chicago's professional basketball team references the city's meat packing tradition and strength.

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Chicago Bulls

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Which professional basketball team from Colorado based its nickname on the state's history of searching for gold?

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Denver Nuggets

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Which professional football team borrowed its name from the revolutionaries who resisted Britain during the 1770s in Boston, Massachusetts?

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New England Patriots

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In 1919, two men met with a group of athletes to form a new football club. One of the men asked his employer, the Indian Packing Company, to sponsor the club, by providing uniforms and allowing the team to use its athletic field. The team, which now is a professional football franchise, was named for the company that originally sponsored it.

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Green Bay Packers

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After the American Civil War, leading Texas' estimated 5 million cattle northward was a profitable business because the Union Army had depleted the nation's beef supply during the war. It is estimated that in the North, a steer was worth ten times its value in Texas. There is a professional football team that is named for the nickname of the men who led the cattle from Texas to the North in the mid- to late-1800s.

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Dallas Cowboys

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Which pro-football franchise celebrates the pride that inhabitants of Texas take in their history of independence?

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Houston Texans