Question: Where was Jim Foster when he came up with the idea for arena football?
Answer: Madison Square Garden

Question: In what year did Jim Foster conceive of the idea of arena football?
Answer: 1981

Question: What television network agreed to broadcast an arena football test game?
Answer: NBC

Question: What football league began in 1982?
Answer: the United States Football League

Question: What team in the USFL did Jim Foster work for?
Answer: Chicago Blitz

Question: When did the USFL shut down?
Answer: 1985

Question: On what date was the arena football test game played?
Answer: April 27, 1986

Question: What was Foster's job title with the Chicago Blitz?
Answer: executive vice-president

Question: In what city and state did the arena football test game take place?
Answer: Rockford, Illinois

Question: At what venue did the test game occur?
Answer: Rockford MetroCentre

Question: Along with the Rockford Metros, what was the name of the other team that played in the test game?
Answer: Chicago Politicians

Question: On what date did the second test game take place?
Answer: February 26, 1987

Question: The second test game was played in what arena?
Answer: Rosemont Horizon

Question: How many teams did the Arena Football League originally have?
Answer: four

Question: Along with the Chicago Bruisers, Denver Dynamite and Pittsburgh Gladiators, what team was one of the original AFL teams?
Answer: Washington Commandos

Question: What was the title of Darrell Davis in the AFL?
Answer: executive director of football operations

Question: What was Darrell Davis' nickname?
Answer: Mouse

Question: Who was responsible for hiring the first coaches of the AFL teams?
Answer: Davis

Question: On what date was the inaugural game of the AFL played?
Answer: June 19, 1987

Question: Along with the Commandos, who played in the first Arena Football League game?
Answer: Gladiators

Question: How many spectators watched the first Arena Football League game?
Answer: 12,117

Question: On what date was the first AFL game that aired on television?
Answer: June 20, 1987

Question: At what venue did the first televised Arena Football League game occur?
Answer: the Rosemont Horizon

Question: On what date did Foster apply for a patent on arena football?
Answer: September 30, 1987

Question: When did the United States Patent and Trademark Office grant Foster's patent?
Answer: March 27, 1990

Question: On what date was the expiration of Foster's patent?
Answer: September 30, 2007

Question: With whom did Foster file his patent?
Answer: the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Question: In 1987, what television station sometimes showed arena football games?
Answer: ESPN

Question: In the early years of arena football, after what hour were games often aired?
Answer: midnight

Question: What AFL game was broadcast on ABC?
Answer: Arena Bowl XII

Question: In what year did ABC broadcast an Arena Football League game?
Answer: 1998

Question: On what ABC program was an AFL game shown?
Answer: Wide World of Sports

Question: Who was the coach of the Pittsburgh Gladiators in 1989?
Answer: Joe Haering

Question: What day of the week was July 23, 1989?
Answer: Saturday

Question: Who was the commissioner of the AFL in 1989?
Answer: Jim Foster

Question: What paper featured a photograph of the head coach of the Gladiators punching the commissioner of the AFL?
Answer: USA Today

Question: In what arena were the Gladiators playing the Bruisers on July 23, 1989?
Answer: Arco Arena

Question: What team did Art Schlichter play for?
Answer: Detroit Drive

Question: Where did the Detroit Drive play their home games?
Answer: Joe Louis Arena

Question: In what year did the Drive go to their first Arena Bowl?
Answer: 1988

Question: Who owned the Detroit Drive in this period?
Answer: Mike Ilitch

Question: What team did the owner of the Detroit Drive buy that led him to sell the Drive?
Answer: Detroit Tigers

Question: Where did the Drive franchise relocate to?
Answer: Massachusetts

Question: Before what season did the Drive move to a different state?
Answer: 1994

Question: What is the name of the AFL team based in Tampa Bay?
Answer: Storm

Question: What team is cited as a rival of the Tampa Bay franchise?
Answer: Orlando Predators

Question: What team was the rival of the Arizona Rattlers?
Answer: San Jose SaberCats

Question: What notable event in the AFL first occurred in 1993?
Answer: first All-Star Game

Question: In what city and state did the 1993 All-Star Game occur?
Answer: Des Moines, Iowa

Question: What AFL team would be based in Des Moines?
Answer: Iowa Barnstormers

Question: What conference lost the first All-Star Game?
Answer: American Conference

Question: How many points did the National Conference score in the first All-Star Game?
Answer: 64

Question: What team did the New York CityHawks become after moving to Hartford?
Answer: New England Sea Wolves

Question: What city did the Sea Wolves move to?
Answer: Toronto

Question: How many seasons were the CityHawks in New York?
Answer: two

Question: How long did the Sea Wolves stay in Hartford?
Answer: two seasons

Question: How many seasons did the Toronto Phantoms last?
Answer: two

Question: What AFL team did Kurt Warner play for?
Answer: Iowa Barnstormers

Question: Kurt Warner was the Most Valuable Player in what Super Bowl?
Answer: Super Bowl XXXIV

Question: What NFL team did Kurt Warner play for?
Answer: St. Louis Rams

Question: What television network did the AFL sign a deal with in 2000?
Answer: TNN

Question: What was the name of the AFL team based in New Orleans?
Answer: VooDoo

Question: How many games made up the AFL season in 2003?
Answer: 16

Question: In what year did the rules first forbid players running out of bounds?
Answer: 2005

Question: In what year was the ArenaBowl first played at a neutral location?
Answer: 2005

Question: What year introduced the free substitution rule?
Answer: 2007

Question: What year saw a rules change that had an impact on the role of the "jack" linebacker?
Answer: 2008

Question: Who was the commissioner of the Arena Football League for the first half of 2008?
Answer: David Baker

Question: For how many years did David Baker serve as commissioner of the AFL?
Answer: 12

Question: On what date did Baker step down as commissioner of the AFL?
Answer: July 25, 2008

Question: What Arena Football League event occurred two days after Baker's resignation?
Answer: ArenaBowl XXII

Question: Who temporarily served in the commissioner's post after Baker's departure?
Answer: Ed Policy

Question: What team shut down in October 2008?
Answer: New Orleans VooDoo

Question: Who made the announcement that the VooDoo were shutting down?
Answer: Tom Benson

Question: What business wanted to buy a stake in the AFL?
Answer: Platinum Equity

Question: How large a stake did Platinum Equity want to buy in the AFL?
Answer: $100 million

Question: What publication announced the Platinum Equity business deal?
Answer: Sports Business Journal

Question: On what date was the dispersal draft first scheduled to occur?
Answer: December 2

Question: To what date was the dispersal draft first delayed?
Answer: December 3

Question: After the second delay, when was the dispersal draft schedule to occur?
Answer: December 9

Question: When was free agency first scheduled to begin?
Answer: December 4

Question: When was free agency scheduled to begin after the delay?
Answer: December 11

Question: What numbered season did Arenafootball2 in 2009?
Answer: tenth

Question: In what month and year was it decided to suspend the 2009 Arena Football League season?
Answer: December 2008

Question: What National Hockey League season was cancelled?
Answer: 2004-05

Question: What led the National Hockey League to cancel the 2004-2005 season?
Answer: a lockout

Question: Who owned the Columbus Destroyers in 2008?
Answer: Jim Renacci

Question: What was the job title of Ed Policy?
Answer: interim commissioner