Chicago Bears

Choose an answer from the three choices and True/False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. The club was founded in Decatur, Illinois, in 1919. When did they move to Chicago?

• 1921
• 1923
• 1925

2. It is one of only two remaining franchises since the NFL's founding. What is the other original member?

• St. Louis Rams
• Arizona Cardinals
• New York Giants

3. Originally named the Decatur Staleys, the club was established by the A. E. Staley Company of Decatur, Illinois in 1919 as a company team. Official team and league records cite Halas as the founder as he took over the team in 1920 when it became a charter member of the NFL.

• True or False?

4. What was the original NFL name of the team?

• Chicago Georges
• Chi-Town Mascots
• Chicago Staleys

5. In the NFL first championship game, who did Chicago play?

• Chicago Cardinals
• Canton Bulldogs
• Portsmouth Spartans

6. From 1922 until 1970, where did the Chicago Bears play their home games?

• Soldier’s Field
• Wrigley Field
• Dyche Stadium

7. During the 1920s the club was responsible for triggering the NFL's long-standing rule that a player could not be signed until his college's senior class had graduated. The NFL took that action as a consequence of the Bears' aggressive signing of famous University of Illinois player. Who was the player?

• Sid Luckman
• Red Grange
• Ira Hayes

8. What team was the original “Monsters of the Midway”?

• University of Chicago
• Chicago Cardinals
• Evansville Crimson Giants

9. George Halas, Bronko Nagurski, and Red Grange were a part of the original class of inductees in 1963.

• True or False?

10. What year was Walter Payton elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

• 1993
• 1995
• 1997

Check Your Answers

1. 1921
2. Arizona Cardinals
3. True
4. Chicago Staleys
5. Portsmouth Spartans
6. Wrigley Field
7. Red Grange
8. University of Chicago
9. True
10. 1993

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