The Art of the Game: Negro Leagues Trivia

Who was Jackie Robinson?

• The first black to play in soccer?

• The first black man to join a baseball team?

• The first African American to integrate or play on a Major League Team.

• An ordinary man with a dream to one day play baseball.

What Major league team was the first to sign Jackie Robinson?

• New York Yankees

• Brooklyn Dodgers

• Los Angeles Dodgers

• New York Giants

What does the phrase "He opened the door for blacks in the sport of baseball" mean when talking about Jackie Robinson?

• That he Jackie held a door open for blacks to enter the stadium?

• That Jackie was the first to play in Major Leagues ?

• That because Jackie was the first to play it created opportunities other blacks to play?

• That black players would not able to play ever.

How did Jackie Robinson respond to the other team calling him names?

• He laughed and called them names.

• He yelled back at them.

• He ignored them and focused on playing the game.

• He got upset and quit.

Why did Branch Rickey hire Jackie?

• He was a good baseball player

• He wanted the best players no matter what color they were

• He was brave enough not to fight back.

• All of the above

Who was Kenesaw Mountain Landis?

• He was the Commissioner that believed baseball was a white mans sport.

• He started the Negro League

• He chose Jackie Robinson to play in the Major League

• He was a baseball player

Who was the first black baseball player to play in the professional league?

• Rube Foster

• Jackie Robinson

• Moses Fleetwood Walker

• All of the above

Why were blacks no longer able to play in the major leagues?

• They were terrible baseball players

• They lost to many games.

• A gentleman's agreement where managers agreed not to hire anymore blacks.

• They lost interest in the game of baseball

Who was Happy Chandler?

• The 2nd. Commissioner that wanted to open the door for blacks to play in the Major leagues again.

• The Commissioner that felt the game of baseball was a white man's sport.

• Jackie Robinson;s coach

• A great baseball player.

What did Rube Foster do for Negro League baseball?

• He was a great baseball player

• He started the Negro leagues in 1920

• He was manager of the Chicago American Giants negro league team.

• All of the above