Once You Go Black Trivia Quiz

Answer: Oakland Raiders

John Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969-1978. He helped to lead the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI, where the Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32-14. The Oakland Raiders debuted as a member of the American Football League in 1960 and were merged into the NFL in 1970.

The team's colors consists of black, white and silver. The team has relocated several times between Oakland and Los Angeles. In 2017, the team announced it would move again, this time to Las Vegas.

Answer: Los Angeles Kings

"The Great One" Wayne Gretzky debuted with the Edmonton Oilers (blue, white and orange) in 1979. He helped the Oilers capture four Stanley Cup championships before he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings (black, grey and white) in 1988. He played with the Kings until 1996 and helped lead them to the Stanley Cup finals in 1993, where the Kings eventually lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

The Kings traded Wayne Gretzky to the St. Louis Blues in early 1996. Gretzky would finish his career with the New York Rangers (red, white and blue) from 1996-1999.

Answer: Atlanta United

The Atlanta United Football Club debuted for Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 2017. One season later, Atlanta United captured the MLS Cup in 2018 after defeating the Portland Timbers 2-0. The home uniform for Atlanta United features black shorts and a red and black striped jersey.

The 2018 MLS Cup championship game was held in the brand new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, which is also home to the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL (whose colors are also black and red).

Answer: Chicago White Sox

The official colors of the Chicago White Sox are white and black. The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees both look to have black on their uniforms, however the actual color is a very dark shade of blue. The Boston Red Sox also have a shade of dark blue on their uniforms.

The Chicago White Sox debuted in 1904, where they were then named the Chicago White Stockings. In 1919, the team became infamously involved in a gambling scandal during the World Series nicknamed the "Black Sox Scandal".

Answer: French Open

In 2018, Serena Williams had just returned to the court after taking several months off due to maternity and health reasons. Her first major event upon returning would be the 2018 French Open which was held between May 27 and June 10. Rather than wear a traditional tennis outfit, Serena decided to compete in a rather risque black catsuit made by Nike.

The French tennis authorities were not pleased with the outfit and altered their dress code for future tournaments as a result.

Answer: Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans as part of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team relocated to Long Island in 1968 and became the New York Nets. The Nets would join the NBA after it merged with the ABA in 1976.

The team would become the New Jersey Nets after the team moved back to New Jersey in 1977. In 2012, the team moved into the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, changing their name yet again to the Brooklyn Nets. The team adopted a new logo as well as a new black and white color scheme.

The team's previous colors were red, white and blue.

Answer: Chevrolet

Dale Earnhardt (1951-2001) was a Hall of Fame race car driver for NASCAR. Beginning in 1987, Dale Earnhardt's standard vehicle was a black number 3 Chevrolet with General Motors (GM Goodwrench) becoming his primary sponsor. Earnhardt would become the Winston Cup Series (NASCAR's top circuit) Champion seven times in his career. Dale Earnhardt was tragically killed in 2001, when his vehicle slammed into a concrete barricade during the final lap of the Daytona 500.

Answer: lacrosse

The New York Lizards are an American lacrosse team that debuted in 2001. They were one of the inaugural teams of Major League Lacrosse. The teams official colors are black, green and white. When the team debuted, they were known as the Long Island Lizards as the team played their home games at James M. Shuart Stadium, located at Hofstra University in the town of Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

At one time the MLL had ten teams, but the league thinned out to only six teams in 2019.

Answer: Grambling State University

Grambling State University is located in the American state of Louisiana. The sports teams of Grambling State (who are nicknamed the Tigers) have black and gold as their team colors. The team logo on their football helmets feature a black G inside a gold oval.

The Grambling State University logo resembles the logo used by the Green Bay Packers of the NFL (whose colors are green and yellow) as well as the Bulldogs from the University of Georgia (whose colors are red and black).

Answer: MLB

The referees and game officials in the National Football League (NFL) and the National Hockey League (NHL) both wear white and black striped shirts along with black slacks as their uniforms. Officials in the NBA will wear either an all white shirt or a black and light grey shirt along with black slacks.

As of 2001, Major League Baseball standardized the umpire uniform to consist of an all black shirt along with dark grey slacks.