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The Negro Leagues of baseball contained some players greater than some in Major League Baseball. They're all here, and some who made it to the Major Leagues. Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Jackie Robinson, and others!
6 Negro Leagues quizzes and 75 Negro Leagues trivia questions.
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  Negro League Notables 2.0   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Identify these Negro League figures by the descriptions given. This quiz may be more challenging than my first, but a real fan will be up to it!
Average, 15 Qns, stuthehistoryguy, Nov 01 07
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stuthehistoryguy gold member
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  Negro League Players' Nicknames   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Negro Leagues began in the 1920s and ended in the 1950s or 1960s, depending on the source. Many teams were financially unstable so there was a constant flow of players and cities. The thing it was not short on was flamboyant names for the players.
Average, 10 Qns, Rehaberpro, Jan 27 15
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  Notable Figures of the Negro Leagues   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Identify these towering figures of the Negro Leagues era by the descriptions given. If you're a fan of that late lamented age, this is the quiz for you!
Average, 15 Qns, stuthehistoryguy, Oct 17 06
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stuthehistoryguy gold member
357 plays
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  You Know Negro League Baseball?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
How much do you know about the Negro Leagues? They are a special part of the history of baseball in the United States and have helped shape the current state of Major League Baseball.
Average, 15 Qns, iloveyanira, Dec 01 09
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  History Of The Negro Leagues    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz provides some interesting facts about the teams and players who made up this excellent league.
Average, 10 Qns, gamemaker, Jun 08 06
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  The Negro Leagues    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A fascinating subject for any baseball fan of the game's history.
Tough, 10 Qns, jake41, Feb 24 06
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trivia question Quick Question
How many women played in the Negro Leagues?

From Quiz "You Know Negro League Baseball?"





Negro Leagues Trivia Questions
1. In what year was the Negro National League born in Kansas City?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: 1920

In 1920, Andrew "Rube" Foster, owner of the Chicago American Giants, formed the Negro National League in Kansas City, Missouri.

2. The first enduring black baseball league was founded by?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: Rube Foster

Although there were negro leagues dating back to the 1860's, Foster founded the first truly organized league in 1920, which was christened the Negro National League. - Fowler, Stovey & Alexander were all players.

3. Who is considered 'The Father of Black Baseball'?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: Rube Foster

As well as being a dominant pitcher, Foster also managed and formed the Negro National League in 1920.

4. How many teams were in the Negro National League when it was formed?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: 8

When the league was formed, there were 8 teams: Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cuban Stars, Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, and St. Louis Giants.

5. The final full season of the Negro Leagues was?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: 1960

The league struggled to stay afloat until 1960, however most historians agree that 1948 was the last season that the league was of Major League quality, due to the rush of it's greatest stars entering the Majors.

6. Formed in 1885, which was the very first black professional team?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: New York Cuban Giants

The Cuban Giants and all of the early teams were independent until the first league was formed in 1920.

7. What year did Gus Greenlee organize the new Negro National League?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: 1933

He organized the new league in 1933 after Rube Foster's original league had succumbed to financial pressure in the 1931 season, in the woes of the Great Depression.

8. Which event ultimately led to the demise of the Leagues?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: Jackie Robinson signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Robinson's signing with the Dodgers for the 1947 season opened the door for many negro stars to follow, thus diluting the talent, appeal and fan following.

9. The Negro National League folded the year after Jackie Robinson played his first season with the Dodgers. Which year was this?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: 1948

Even though the Negro National League folded, the Negro American League continued until 1960.

10. Oliver Hazzard Marcelle was a Creole born in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He is regarded as one of the finest fielding shortstops and third baseman ever. His nickname was 'Ghost'. Why?

From Quiz Negro League Players' Nicknames

Answer: His wide range in the field

Weather he was playing shortstop or third base, the 'ghost' would appear to meet the batted ball on the left side of the infield. He normally played a deep third base but was known to play several feet in front of third when a bunt was expected. He was a good hitter as well. Stories abound about his off-field antics. When he drank, he could get nasty. Marcelle, Dave Brown and Frank Wickware ended up in a speakeasy in Harlem in 1935. There was a dispute and a man named Adair was found shot to death. Marcelle and Wickware were arrested and released. Dave Brown disappeared and was never found or arrested. Marcelle once hit Oscar Charleston--one of the greats of the Negro Leagues-- in the head with a bat. Frank Warfield, a teammate bit Marcelle's nose off during a fight. Afterward, Marcelle wore a patch over this nose. This lead to his quitting baseball. He died in poverty in 1949 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in an unmarked grave.

11. In which park was the East-West All-Star game played each year?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Comiskey Park

Originally conceived as a promotional tool by Gus Greenlee in 1933, the game became black baseball's most popular attraction and also it's biggest money maker.

12. Jackie Robinson played how many years in the Negro League?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: 1

Robinson played only 1 year as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945. He played for Brooklyn's top farm club, the Montreal Royals in 1946, before going up to the Dodgers in 1947.

13. Which Negro League team did Jackie Robinson play for?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: Kansas City Monarchs

Robinson joined the Monarchs after being honorably discharged from the Army. His MLB career started in the 1947 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

14. Arthur David Pennington was known as "Superman" before he began to play professional baseball at 17. How did he get this nickname?

From Quiz Negro League Players' Nicknames

Answer: Helped to save a person in an auto accident

Art Pennington was about eleven when he assisted in rescuing a driver who car had to be lifted. His mother called him Superman. Later, Pennington was found to be a versatile player and at times in his career he played all the positions except catcher. He played into the 1950s after the color barrier had been broken and had good years in the Three Eye League and the Pacific Coast league but he never made a major league roster.

15. When the Negro Southern League was formed in 1920, which southern city did not have a team represented?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Montgomery

Negro Southern League teams included Atlanta, Nashville, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, and Chattanooga.

16. Which Negro League player holds the unique distinction, of being elected to the Hall of Fame in 3 different countries?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: Martin Dihigo

Dihigo, a native of Cuba also played in Mexico extensively in the winter. A 23 year star in the Negro League excelling in all 9 positions, earned him election into the American, Cuban, and Mexican Halls of Fame.

17. How many Negro Leagues World Series were held?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: 11

They were played between 1924 to 1927 and 1942 to 1948.

18. There is little mystery on how "Candy Jim" Taylor got his name. That's what his three brothers called him who were also players in the Negro Leagues. Although he was a very good all around baseball player, what was he most known?

From Quiz Negro League Players' Nicknames

Answer: Manager with most games in the Negro Leagues

"C.I.", "Steel Arm" and Ben were his brothers and he often played on the same teams with them. His professional career began in 1910 but by 1919 he was a player/manager and continued as a baseball manager until his death in 1948. He is given credit for managing the most games in Negro League history. Sometimes the seasons were as short as thirty games, not like a 162 major league team. He served on many committees and advisory boards promoting baseball. Baseball historians sum Taylor up as " A master strategist with excellent managerial ability, he began his helm experience... as playing manager, and he was with sixteen different teams during a forty-five-year career as player and manager that spanned virtually the entire existence of the black baseball era".

19. Which team won the first Negro World Series?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Kansas City Monarchs

In 1924, the first Negro World Series was played between the Kansas City Monarchs (Negro National League Champions) and the Hilldale Club (Eastern Colored League Champions). Kansas City won the series championship 5 games to 4.

20. Which team won the very first Negro Leagues World Series?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: Kansas City Monarchs

The Monarchs beat the Hilldale Daisies in 1924, then lost to the Daisies the following year in a rematch.

21. George "Mule" Suttles was inducted from the Negro Leagues to baseball's Hall of Fame. As his nickname implies, he was a premier power hitter. In what year was he inducted into the Cooperstown shrine?

From Quiz Negro League Players' Nicknames

Answer: 2006

The fact that it took until 2006 for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame was not so much a question of deserving but a backlog of players to recognize. Mule was about 5'11" and 185 pounds and owed his long ball hitting to his timing, his 50 ounce bat, and his tenaciousness, possibly the reason for his nickname. It is reported that some of his home runs were 500 feet blasts. At his induction to the Hall of Fame in 2006, his niece his niece Merriett Burley commented "They always mentioned Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell, but they never mentioned Uncle George. We're now saying he's getting his just rewards. For this to come up now, we're all just thrilled to death."

22. Who was the first Negro League star inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Leroy "Satchel" Page

Page was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971, the first of the Negro League star to receive the honor. Gibson and Leonard were inducted in 1972, and Cool Papa Bell in 1974.

23. For which team did Satchel Paige play his last Major League entire season?

From Quiz The Negro Leagues

Answer: St. Louis Browns

Not only was 1953 the last year in the Majors for Paige, it was also the swan song for the Brownies who became the Baltimore Orioles in 1954. Paige was invited back to the Major Leagues a few times but only as an honorary team member. He did start one game in 1965 with the Kansas City Athletics.

24. Where is the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum located?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: Kansas City

The museum opened in January 1991.

25. Joseph Williams had two nicknames that were based on his pitching style. What were they?

From Quiz Negro League Players' Nicknames

Answer: Smokey Joe and Cyclone

Smokey Joe's legend began early in the 20th century. He had an incredible fastball that caused Ty Cobb to remark after facing him in an exhibition game that he could win thirty games a year in the Majors. He spent his 27-year career from 1905 to 1932 pitching in the Negro Leagues and Latin America. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999. He once struck out 27 Kansas City Monarchs in a 1-0, 12-inning game. In his only recorded meeting with Satchel Paige, Smokey won 1-0 also. Baseball historians argue who was the best Williams or Paige.

26. With which Negro League team did Jackie Robinson begin his legendary career?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Kansas City Monarchs

Jackie Robinson was groomed for his MLB career by the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs. One of his coaches during his stay there was Negro League great, Cool Papa Bell.

27. Who was the first black pitcher to win a World Series game in the majors?

From Quiz History Of The Negro Leagues

Answer: Joe Black

Black (pitching for the Dodgers) won game one in the 1952 World Series (vs Yankees). He played 7 seasons for the Baltimore Elite Giants helping them win 2 championships (1939 and 1949).

28. How many women played in the Negro Leagues?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: 3

Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was one of three known women of the era to play in the League, along with Toni Stone and Connie Morgan.

29. This Hall of Famer and Negro League star was known as the "Hoosier Comet", and is considered by most the greatest player ever to play in the Negro Leagues. Who is it?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Oscar Charleston

Oscar Charleston was one of the league's most outstanding hitters and was always a fan favorite despite being known as hot-headed. Besides his skills and temper, he was also known for his long standing dual roles as player-manager for teams.

30. Which Negro League legend later became Major League Baseball's all-time oldest rookie at the age of 42?

From Quiz You Know Negro League Baseball?

Answer: Leroy "Satchel" Paige

At the age of 42, Satchel Paige became the oldest rookie in Major League history when he joined the Cleveland Indians during the 1948 pennant race. Satchel posted a 6-1 record to help the Indians clinch the American League title and proceed to the World Series.

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