Can you name the locations from former team nicknames used in them? by csjoholm

Can you name the locations from former team nicknames used in them?

created by csjoholm

Enter a location in the box below
Correctly named locations will show up below
Click any empty Team Names or Team Location Name to answer for that location
All of the given nicknames have been used for pro or high-level amateur teams with the answer's location. None of the teams given are current major league teams. All locations are in the US or Canada.
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Team Names	Team Location Name
Dustdevils, Ice Dice, Flash, Posse, Quicksilvers
Chaparrals, Desperados, Steers, Texans, Tornado
Clamdiggers, Pilots, Rainiers, Reign, Totems
Desert Dogs, Firebirds, Inferno, Mercury, Roadrunners
Gunslingers, Missions, Riders, Silver Stars, Tejanos
Dynamite, Gold, Grizzlies, Mountaineers, Skyscrapers
Marlins, Morays, Seahawks, Sun Sox, Tourists
Beavers, Forest Dragons, Loggers, LumberJax, Rose Buds
Chickasaws, Hound Dogs, Pharaohs, RiverKings, Southmen
Brass, Jazz, Night, Pelicans, Voodoo
Bays, Clippers, Skipjacks, Stars, Terrapins
Apples, CityHawks, Cosmos, Gothams, Skyliners
Alleghenies, Burghers, Hardhats, Ironmen, Triangles

Team Names	Team Location Name
Cowboys, Krunch, Mustangs, Scouts, Steers
Aeros, Aviators, Pilots, Witches, Wranglers
Beaneaters, Lobsters, Minutemen, Pilgrims, Tea Men
Colt .45s, Comets, Gamblers, Hurricane, Oilers
Freedom, Keystones, Liberty Belles, Quakers, Soul
Bees, Elders, Gulls, Mormons, Trappers
Enforcers, Machine, Packers, Winds, Zephyrs
Dixie Flyers, Nighthawks, Noise, Rhythm, Volunteers
Arctic Blast, Blue Ox, Fighting Pike, Moose, Muskies
Barracudas, Dixie Blues, Jacks, Sharks, Suns
Eskimos, Oil Kings, Sled Dogs, Snowbirds, Trappers
Capitols, Congressionals, Federals, Generals, Senators

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Locations from Team Names Quiz

by csjoholm

Created May 6, 2010 in Sports
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	csjoholm:	May 6th, 2010 at 05:43 GMT		5 points
	The idea here is not that you will actually recognize very many of these team names, but rather, that you will infer from your knowledge of regional history, culture, economics, and wordplay what location would be represented by teams with these names. These are all actual sports teams that play or have played in the given locations. None of them are current major league teams (at least for the cities given); there are a few active minor league teams listed. By major league, I mean MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. I drew the team names from baseball, basketball (men's and women's), cricket, cycling (yes, there was a pro cycling league), football, ice hockey, lacrosse, roller hockey, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. By request, I can e-mail the leagues and years of operation.

	Zachary:	May 6th, 2010 at 06:06 GMT		3 points
	Love the quiz, but you should accept Minneapolis and/or St Paul for Minnesota. Every other answer is a city except for that one so it threw me off.

	csjoholm:	May 6th, 2010 at 06:16 GMT		3 points
	I tried to go with "cities (or locations)" for that very reason - I wanted the answer to be what the team's name was, e.g. "Minnesota Vikings", not "Minneapolis Vikings". But if the consensus is that Minneapolis or St. Paul should be accepted, then I'll adjust the quiz.

	mrprocrastinator:	May 6th, 2010 at 06:28 GMT		3 points
	Great quiz! A lot of fun and a real challenge. My only quibble is that at the top it says all locations are in the US but you have the Edmonton Eskimos. If it were up to me, I'd include more Canadian teams. I tried both Minneapolis and St Paul for Minnesota and gave up. I think it would be a good idea to accept them and still display 'Minnesota', but it's your quiz. Oh, and just noticed this now, but the MLB Marlins do currently play in Miami, and will actually become the 'Miami Marlins' in the near future if I'm not mistaken.

	csjoholm:	May 6th, 2010 at 06:36 GMT		2 points
	Oops... my comment got cut off. It said "in the United States or Canada" in the editor - I hadn't noticed that it had surpassed the 200 character limit. I've fixed that. I didn't realize that the Marlins were going to be the "Miami Marlins" again; that was the name of a minor league baseball team in days of yore. Regarding the # of Canadian cities, if this quiz is well-received, I'll certainly do a sequel. :-)

	jaysee:	May 6th, 2010 at 14:12 GMT		2 points
	5 1/2 globes!

	jws:	May 6th, 2010 at 20:00 GMT		2 points
	This is excellent. It inspired me to look up a few for my hometown (other than LA, the largest US metro area that's not represented here): Chiefs (NASL), Crackers (various baseball leagues), Flames (NHL), Force (arena football), Glory (ABA), Silverbacks (USL).

	csjoholm:	May 6th, 2010 at 20:11 GMT		1 point
	jws, don't give away my next quiz!! :-)

	jonesjeffum:	May 7th, 2010 at 03:53 GMT		-3 points
	Columbus Ohio should be on there.... Qwest (ABA) Destroyers (AFL) Clippers (minor league) Landsharks (lacrosse) Crew (mls)

	Kicking222:	May 7th, 2010 at 04:24 GMT		3 points
	Really great game- my only wish is that you'd make the left column considerably wider and the right column considerably narrower- it will reduce scrolling, make the team names easier to read, and generally look better. With that said, this is well-deserving of 5 Sporcles.

	csjoholm:	May 7th, 2010 at 04:34 GMT		3 points
	jonesjeffum, how do those team names represent the city of Columbus? To me, they just seem like random team names. Kicking222, thank you! I'll make some adjustments.

	gopaladins:	May 7th, 2010 at 05:29 GMT		0 points
	great quiz. one small thing, though: the capitols are a current professional team in washington (NHL). marlins for miami kind of breaks that rule for me, too. i know you want to stick strictly with the name of the team (which is why you go for minnesota instead of minneapolis). but frankly i think you should give that up. it would make the quiz more challenging if people had to come up with the city. and let's face it, people aren't guessing these because they've heard of the team names. if they can use their noggins to guess "minnesota" from "blue ox," then they're probably smart enough to get "minneapolis" (btw, i'm assuming all those teams actually play in minneapolis/st. paul, but i guess that might not be true).

	mennoknight:	May 7th, 2010 at 14:53 GMT		4 points
	@gopaladins - the NHL team is the CapitAls.

	csjoholm:	May 7th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT		2 points
	@gopaladins, the thing about the regional name (e.g. Florida, Minnesota, Golden State) vs. the city name is that teams using a regional name don't necessarily play in the same city or metro area. For instance, the New England Patriots play in Foxboro (Boston metro), but the New England Whalers of the old WHA played in Springfield, MA. I might swap the Marlins name out still, though, not sure yet. Good catch on Capitols; although technically it's correct, as @mennoknight pointed out, it is too close for comfort. I'll come up with an alternate name.

	Dobbins:	May 7th, 2010 at 17:46 GMT		-1 points
	Awesome Quiz, but way too much time. I finished with five minutes left after randomly guessing for the final few answers. As for the Columbus suggestion, the Crew still plays there.

	jumbodung:	May 7th, 2010 at 22:22 GMT		1 point
	great quiz

	jUNKIEd:	May 9th, 2010 at 21:41 GMT		1 point
	Were the Kansas City Krunch an indoor soccer team? I think I remember watching them play when they visited my hometown to play the Wave. Great quiz. Great mascots. Makes you wonder how some pro teams today ended up with such terrible mascots that in no way reflect the place they represent.

	csjoholm:	May 10th, 2010 at 04:06 GMT		1 point
	The Kansas City Krunch played in the National Women's Football Association in 2003-2005. I told you these were not ones you would necessarily have heard of...

	sebastianknight:	May 11th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT		1 point
	Cool quiz. The Edmonton Eskimos still play in the Canadian Football league, though. Also, they resurrected the Oil Kings name for their new WHL franchise a few years ago as well.

	csjoholm:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 04:56 GMT		1 point
	sebastian, that's true. It's only Big 4 league teams that I excluded from the game.