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North American Cat-Named Sports Teams

Name the teams in the four major American professional sports leagues that have cat mascots.
There are no longer any cat teams in the NBA
Quiz by EmoPhase
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Last updated: December 4, 2018
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First submittedDecember 13, 2017
Times taken29,960
Average score83.3%
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League
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NFL
Carolina Panthers
Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions
Jacksonville Jaguars
MLB
Detroit Tigers
NHL
Florida Panthers
50 Comments
+5
Level 62
Dec 4, 2018
NHL Predators logo has a saber toothed tiger. Please consider this, even though not in title?
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Level 68
Dec 5, 2018
I see your point, but it specifically says cat-NAMED, not cat-THEMED, so it doesn't really make sense to add the Preds, I don't think.
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Level 77
Dec 7, 2018
But the description says "mascots" not "names"
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Level 48
Jan 14, 2020
Bengals?
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Level 51
May 12, 2021
a bengal is a type of tiger from india
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Level 68
Apr 19, 2022
I think he probably knows this...
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2022
Also Bengal cat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_cat

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Level 62
Jan 12, 2019
I actually did include the Predators in my original quiz, but when this quiz became featured it was taken out. Plus some people felt very strongly the opposite way— that they should not be included.
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Level 69
Feb 27, 2019
It shouldn't say mascots probably. The Edmonton Oilers have a lynx, the Los Angeles Kings have a lion, Buffalo Sabres have a sabre-toothed tiger and the Ottawa Senators have a lion. And that's just the NHL. I get the reason people would want to include the Preds, but not what you are going for here I assume.
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Level 90
Dec 4, 2018
Heh I was betting the Bengals would be down the guessed list.
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Level 74
Feb 28, 2019
Only one I missed.
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Level 68
Dec 5, 2018
Clever quiz!!
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Level 62
May 12, 2021
Thank you! :)
+4
Level 92
Dec 5, 2018
But birds are even more popular.
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Level 78
Dec 5, 2018
yet cats tend to eat birds.
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Level 78
Apr 19, 2022
Well sure, prey species always have to have greater numbers than their predators.
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Level 73
Dec 7, 2018
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Level 96
Dec 10, 2018
Since you have North America in the title, maybe add the CFL? There are only two cat teams in the CFL, the BC Lions and the Hamilton Tiger-cats (mostly referred to as the Ti-cats).
+3
Level 73
Dec 13, 2018
Finally! A sports quiz on which I earned more than one point.
+2
Level 77
Dec 15, 2018
Yep - I got 5/6 even though I've never heard of a single team
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Level 68
Feb 27, 2019
Lemme guess, you got the Bengals wrong?
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Level 68
May 2, 2024
yep.
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Level 61
Feb 14, 2019
I don't know if it says bad things about me or about the Lions, but I forgot them, and I'm a lifelong Detroit area resident. The Lions are pathetic.
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Level 45
Feb 27, 2019
Go Bengals!
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Level 88
Apr 19, 2022
Who dey?
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Level 64
Feb 27, 2019
The first thing I tried was 'cubs' haha. Not specific to cats, but many cats' young are known as cubs.
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Level 52
Feb 27, 2019
Wouldn't they be kittens, or kits?
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Level 72
Feb 27, 2019
Same here! Lion cubs, right? I feel like they should count (though, I suspect their name is a reference to the other Chicago team, which is definitely not a cat.)
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Level 78
Apr 19, 2022
It's actually the other way around! The Chicago Cubs were first referred to that name in 1902, and they officially adopted it in 1907, while the Chicago Bears weren't founded until 1920 and took the name "Bears" in 1922. Since football was the newer sport, most new football teams at the time took their names in one way or another from their existing local baseball team, so they were the Bears to match the Cubs.
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Level 87
May 31, 2022
If only there were some clue on the Chicago Cubs' logo image that might resolve the question.
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Level 75
Feb 27, 2019
bird teams yay

cat teams boo

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Level 62
Feb 27, 2019
Awesome! Got them all with 0:47 left.
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Level 67
Feb 27, 2019
That's an easy 5 points...
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2019
Tried Panthers and Jaguars with no luck. Didn't realize I needed the city name too.
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Level 63
Mar 15, 2019
You don't. Maybe you missed the s at the end. I got Panthers but forgot the s at Jaguars.
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Level 60
Mar 29, 2020
Did I just get 5 pts for this? I HAVE TO NAME 196 COUNTRY CAPITALS OF THE WORLD IN ONE MINUTE TO GET 5 POINTS AND I GET 5 POINTS AFTER DOING JUST SIX QUESTIONS!?!?!?!?!?
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Level 51
May 12, 2021
shut up and take the points
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Level 73
May 17, 2021
You don't have to name all 196 capitals in one minute to get 5 points, as that would be impossible. You just have to equal or beat the score of 95% of quiz-takers.
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Level 78
Apr 19, 2022
Wonder why no team wants to be called Cheetahs.
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Level 61
Apr 21, 2022
I got them all, but I almost forgot the Lions. I am from Detroit. We would like to forget the Lions.
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Level 62
Apr 21, 2022
Lol
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Level 75
Mar 6, 2023
I scored 6/6 in 40 seconds. Nine years ago, this quiz could have included the Charlotte Bobcats. Thanks for the quiz!
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Level 68
Oct 20, 2024
The Bobcats no longer exist. (Only for existing teams)
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Level 66
Oct 20, 2024
I guess the quiz instructions should be updated to say 'three' rather than 'four', now that the NBA has no cat-named teams. That being said, the caveat does exist to say that

Thanks for the points

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Level 80
Oct 20, 2024
'Carolina Kittens' would be a good name. Same for 'Florida Felines'. 😼
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Level 68
Oct 20, 2024
Florida Panthers are real animals. Not so much for Carolina.
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Level 36
Oct 21, 2024
Predators have a cat logo. But your title says North Americam.

Would North America not include WNBA Minnesota Lynx? CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats?

Not to mention college teams. They are in North America also

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Level 58
Oct 23, 2024
MSP Lynx, they just played (& should have won, robbed by the refs) WNBA finals!
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Level 37
Oct 21, 2024
Preds should really be in this quiz. It was the first team I though of.
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Level 77
Oct 21, 2024
What about the Kansas City Kittens, the Houston Housecats or the Fresno Felines??