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Spot the Imposter - Major League Baseball (MLB) Teams
Each question below lists five team names - four are current/former MLB team names but the other is an imposter. See if you can identify the imposter in each group.
In addition to the current 30 franchises and their predecessor teams in the American and National Leagues, Major League Baseball officially recognizes 69 other now-defunct "major league" teams since 1892: 3 from the National League, 9 from the Federal League, and 57 from the seven officially-recognized Negro Leagues.
The 7 Negro Leagues officially recognized as Major Leagues by MLB: NNL I = Negro National League; ECL = Eastern Colored League; ANL = American Negro League; EWL = East-West League; NSL = Negro Southern League; NNL II = Negro National League; NAL = Negro American League
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| First submitted | September 29, 2021 |
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1. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Detroit Wolves (EWL); Chicago Whales (FL); St. Louis Terriers (FL); Tampa Bay Rays (AL)
Wolves
Whales
Squirrels
Terriers
Rays
2. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Pittsburgh Keystones (NNL I); Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL II, NAL); Indianapolis ABCs (NNLI, NSL, NNL II); Cuban House of David (EWL)
Keystones
Rock of Ages
Crawfords
ABCs
House of David
3. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Newark Peppers (FL); Boston Beaneaters (NL); New York Cubans (NNL II); Milwaukee Brewers (AL, NL)
Peppers
Beaneaters
Cubans
Brewers
Butchers
4. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
St. Louis Cardinals (NL); Brooklyn Robins (NL); Boston Doves (NL); Baltimore Orioles (NL, AL)
Cardinals
Robins
Doves
Orioles
Storks
5. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Jacksonville Red Caps (NAL); Chicago White Stockings (AL); Columbus Blue Birds (NNL I); Louisville Black Caps (NNL I, NSL)
Red Caps
White Stockings
Blue Birds
Black Caps
Yellow Stockings
6. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Chicago Colts (NL); Newark Eagles (NNL II); Brooklyn Eagles (NNL II); Milwaukee Bears (NNL I); Kansas City Packers (FL)
Colts
Eagles
Bears
Packers
Cowboys
7. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Boston Americans (AL); Washington Nationals (NL); Washington Potomacs (ECL); Washington Senators (AL)
Americans
Nationals
Potomacs
Representatives
Senators
8. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Cincinnati Reds (NL); St. Louis Browns (AL & NL); Cleveland Browns (NNL I); Newark Browns (EWL); Cleveland Blues (AL); Buffalo Blues (FL); Homestead Grays (ANL, EWL, NNL II)
Reds
Greens
Browns
Blues
Grays
9. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Brooklyn Tip-Tops (FL); Brooklyn Bridegrooms (NL); Boston Rustlers (NL); Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)
Tip-Tops
Bridegrooms
Rustlers
Hustlers
Clowns
10. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Indianapolis Hoosiers (FL); Baltimore Terrapins (FL); Pittsburgh Rebels (FL); Columbus Buckeyes (NNL I); Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)
Hoosiers
Terrapins
Rebels
Buckeyes
Wolverines
11. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Montgomery Grey Sox (NSL); Boston Red Sox (AL); Cleveland Red Sox (NNL II); Memphis Red Sox (NNL I, NSL, NAL); Chicago White Sox (AL); Baltimore Black Sox (ECL, ANL, EWL, NNL II)
Grey Sox
Blue Sox
Red Sox
White Sox
Black Sox
12. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Cleveland Hornets (NNL I); Cleveland Spiders (NL); Monroe Monarchs (NSL); Kansas City Monarchs (NNL I, NAL); Boston Bees (NL)
Hornets
Spiders
Monarchs
Ants
Bees
13. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Brooklyn Superbas (NL); Cleveland Elites (NNL I); St. Louis Perfectos (NL); Dayton Macros (NNL I)
Superbas
Elites
Awesomes
Perfectos
Macros
14. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Birmingham Black Barons (NNL I); Washington Black Senators (NNL II); Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL, NAL); New York Black Yankees (NNL II)
Black Barons
Black Senators
Black Crackers
Black Mambas
Black Yankees
15. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Brooklyn Royal Giants (ECL); Bacharach Giants (ECL, ANL); New York Giants (NL); San Francisco Giants (NL); Chicago Giants (NNL I); Lincoln Giants (ECL, ANL); Harrisburg Giants (ECL); Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL I, NSL, NNL II); Chicago American Giants (NNL I, NSL, NNL II, NAL)
Royal Giants
Jolly Green Giants
Giants
Elite Giants
American Giants
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