some sports trivia questions

some sports trivia questions
1) the NY baseball Mets' colors are royal blue, and orange. what is the significance of these?
2) how/why did the LA Dogers get its nickname?
3) why are the Browns and Bengals colors/uniforms so much alike?
4) Atlanta Falcons colors, red/black come from where?
5) how/why did the LA Lakers get its name?
6) Charlotte's NBA team was the Hornets, as was it's WFL team years ago. what's the significance of the hornet to that city/area?
7) the NY football Jets were originally the Titans. where did that name come from?
8) Baltimore has five NFL Championships (technically the 1968 team won the NFL as there was no interleague play and the SB was a sort of exhibition game). 1958,1959,1968,1970 Colts,2001 Ravens. What two other pro football championships has it?

1. Dodgers Blue and Giants Orange
2. People had to dodge trolleys to get to the games
3. The Browns were named after Paul Brown, and when he formed the Bengals he just copied the Browns
4. They started with Black, but changed to red because of the Georgia College Team wore black back then
5. From the "city of lakes" back when they were in Minneapolis
6. The Hornet's Nest is what they called the point in the Revolutionary War when the sides met in Charlotte
7. They wanted to match the Giants name
8. Baltimore Stallions - 1995, Baltimore Stars - 1985