Nicknames that were previously in use in the Big 4, but have gone to the nickname graveyard Quiz by Hejman

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Big 4 Nickname Graveyard (clickable) Quiz

by Hejman

Created Sep 7, 2012 in Sports
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	Kessel_81:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 13:19 GMT		7 points
	the oilers and blues are still used in the nhl, so they are not in the graveyard, but good quiz

	gbv:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 14:25 GMT		7 points
	Yeah it's confusing to include names that have gone defunct in one sport but are still used in another.

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 15:02 GMT		9 points
	Excellent point- it was my intention NOT to include them and I erred in doing so. I'll take them out immediately.

	NYYanks:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 16:06 GMT		3 points
	Too bad the Kyrgyzstans aren't a team.

	airborne79:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 16:32 GMT		1 point
	Interesting idea. Perhaps more time though - I was forced to guess at my final 25 answers. Another minute or two would allow one to think thru their answers.

	Samwise:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 16:52 GMT		3 points
	colonels is on twice

	Hejman:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 20:14 GMT		2 points
	Minute added. Excess Colonel relieved of duty. Thanks!

	twelve12:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 21:05 GMT		2 points
	What about the Houston William Howard Tafts?

	emh:	Sep 8th, 2012 at 23:23 GMT		3 points
	Two comments: 1) Most of the links don't go to anything that has to do with the quiz. They're either broken or they go to something else. For example, the link for the Jeffersons goes to the TV show of that name. 2) I'm not sure these are all defunct Big 4 Teams. For example, according to Milwaukee Cream Citys' Wikipedia page they were an amateur baseball team that never joined a professional league. Others may disagree but I see the Big 4 as being MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL. If a team didn't play in one of those leagues (or perhaps a predecessor league) then they really shouldn't be included.

	Hejman:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 04:11 GMT		3 points
	@emh- The links on Sporcle pages are set up automatically, I have no control over where they go. The clubs included here are ONLY those clubs who played in the Big 4 leagues that you list. Baseball Encyclopedia lists the 1878 NL entrant from Milwaukee as being the Cream Citys.

	emh:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 10:49 GMT		3 points
	@Hejman: Thanks for the response! BTW, I definitely enjoyed the quiz and think it's great idea! But I do think it can be strengthened. Right now, there are no sources listed for the answers. Why not use Baseball Reference and its associated sister sites? BTW, both Baseball Reference and Wikipedia list the 1878 Milwaukee team as the Grays, not as the Cream Citys.

	koopa08:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 15:24 GMT		2 points
	What about the Staleys, Spartans, Mighty Ducks, Devil Rays, Americans, White Stockings, Cornhuskers, Naps, Bronchos, A's, Doves, Red Stockings, Redlegs, Innocents, Brown Stockings, Trolley Dogers, Atlantics, Steagles, Thrashers, North Stars, etc? I've looked into some of the defunct baseball teams, and the list is enormous. But many of them came out of other pro baseball leagues. Great quiz!

	homeless:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 15:58 GMT		3 points
	Too bad you can't track the wrong answers. It would be interesting to see which of the wrong answers are most commonly selected by everyone. :-)

	Hejman:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 16:23 GMT		2 points
	@emh- The list comes from multiple sources, which is why no single source is listed. @koopa08- I never claimed that the list was complete. Several of the ones you list I left off intentionally because they were too close to existing names and I wanted the quiz to be fun not tricky. Naps is actually ON the list. A's is still in use. North Stars has been shortened to Stars with the move to Dallas. And, as you note, I did not use teams from the Federal League, Players League, National Association, etc.

	ezman280:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 18:35 GMT		2 points
	Anyone else catch the "rockgolfs"?

	koopa08:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 02:30 GMT		2 points
	Actually, the A's was official for a time in Oakland...now it's unofficial. They didn't go by the Athletics for a while as a franchise, only the A's. It was a fun quiz, I would just have liked to see even more retired teams. But North Stars is definitely a graveyard team name. My bad on the Naps...I was just rattling off defunct teams off the top of my head. I did similar quizzes asking whether or not current teams ever went by different names. You should check it out. Keep these coming!

	Hejman:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 03:47 GMT		1 point
	@koopa08- I hadn't seen those quizzes of yours- but had fun with them. If others are interested, the MLB one is here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/koopa08/a-team-by-any-other-name-mlb-version

	Kahlvin:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 18:26 GMT		1 point
	Some team was the Bisons? That's not even a correct plural.

	yanksfan42:	Sep 11th, 2012 at 02:54 GMT		2 points
	Actually there were several teams in Buffalo called the bisons- and there has been at least one team to go by that name in each of the big 4 sports. The current Buffalo Bisons are the AAA affiliate of the New York Mets.

	Pogues:	Sep 11th, 2012 at 03:32 GMT		1 point
	Baseball Reference and the Baseball Almanac both list the 1878 National League Milwaukee team as the "Grays". That nickname is also the same as the Providence squad from the same year. Obviously, there is some dispute out there to the true nickname of the 1878 Milwaukee team.

	OwningAllUNewbs:	Sep 11th, 2012 at 22:58 GMT		-4 points
	58 correct, 96th percentile, got Ruby Legs, BrideGrooms, Triangles, Superbas, and Stapletons that few others got. Dominant effort.

	stiggles37:	Sep 15th, 2012 at 19:59 GMT		0 points
	I would suggest increasing the time

	phantom4ptplay:	Oct 5th, 2012 at 01:54 GMT		1 point
	The Yankees used to be called the Hilltoppers, I'm pretty sure!

	Hejman:	Oct 5th, 2012 at 13:38 GMT		1 point
	@phantom4ptplay- From 1903 to 1912 the Yankees were called the "Highlanders" which is a correct answer on the quiz. They did play at "Hilltop Park" in that time period.

	mellish:	Apr 29th, 2013 at 16:08 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz but definitely needed more time

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