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50 free San Francisco Giants trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This San Francisco Giants trivia quiz spans the winningest franchise in baseball history, from the New York Gothams and John McGraw's Polo Grounds teams through the Shot Heard 'Round the World and Willie Mays' Catch, to the 1958 move west. It covers Candlestick Park's wind and the Croix de Candlestick, the 1962 line drive Bobby Richardson caught, Marichal and McCovey, the earthquake World Series of 1989, Barry Bonds' 73 and 762, and the even-year dynasty of 2010, 2012 and 2014 with Bruce Bochy, Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner. Oracle Park gets its own round: McCovey Cove and splash hits, the 24-foot right-field wall, the Coca-Cola bottle slides, the retired numbers and Lou Seal, plus the orange Fridays, the Gigantes jersey and the fog-gradient City Connect look, and the rivalry with the Dodgers that crossed a continent. Easy questions suit any Giants fan; the hard ones are for people who know how many splash hits Bonds has. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01The Giants franchise was founded in New York in 1883 under what name?
Gothams
They became the Giants three years later and played most of their 75 New York seasons at the Polo Grounds.
Q 02The Giants hold the all-time Major League record for the most what?
Wins
Through 2025 the franchise stood at 11,622 wins; it also claims the most Hall of Famers of any club.
Q 03How many World Series championships have the Giants won, including five in New York?
8
Five came in New York (1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954) and three came in the 2010s in San Francisco.
Q 04Bobby Thomson's 1951 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' won the pennant against which team?
Brooklyn Dodgers
He homered off Ralph Branca in the ninth inning of the deciding playoff game after the Giants had won 37 of their last 44.
Q 05Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder grab known as 'The Catch' came in Game 1 of which World Series?
1954
The Giants swept a Cleveland team that had won 111 games; it was the franchise's last title for 56 years.
Q 06Willie Mays' nickname was what?
The Say Hey Kid
He began in the Negro leagues with the Birmingham Black Barons and finished with 660 home runs.
Q 07The Giants played their first game in San Francisco on April 15, 1958, beating which team 8-0?
Los Angeles Dodgers
The two rivals had moved west together, making them the first big-league teams on the Pacific coast.
Q 08The Giants' first San Francisco home, for two seasons, was which former Pacific Coast League ballpark?
Seals Stadium
It had housed the San Francisco Seals from 1931 to 1957; Candlestick opened in 1960.
Q 09Whose line drive did Bobby Richardson snare to end Game 7 of the 1962 World Series?
Willie McCovey
Mays was on second and Matty Alou on third with two outs when the ball found Richardson's glove.
Q 10The Croix de Candlestick pin was awarded to fans who did what?
Stayed through an extra-inning night game
The Giants embraced the park's freezing, windy reputation with the promotion.
Q 11Which Giants pitcher was supposedly blown off the mound at the 1961 All-Star Game at Candlestick?
Stu Miller
The story grew with the telling, but it cemented Candlestick's reputation.
Q 12Which band played its last full public concert at Candlestick Park in August 1966?
The Beatles
The 49ers moved in five years later and stayed until 2013.
Q 13Which high-kicking Giants pitcher won 191 games in the 1960s, the most that decade?
Juan Marichal
'The Dominican Dandy' is also remembered for hitting Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat in 1965.
Q 21The Giants' three World Series titles of the 2010s came in which years?
2010, 2012 and 2014
They were only the second NL team ever to win three championships in five years.
Q 22The Giants' 2010 title, the first for the city of San Francisco, came against which team?
Texas Rangers
The same manager later led the Rangers to their own first title in 2023.
Q 23Which Giants catcher won 2010 Rookie of the Year and 2012 MVP, later becoming president of baseball operations?
Buster Posey
He is one of only two players, with Pete Rose, to win Rookie of the Year, an MVP and three World Series.
Q 14'Stretch' hit 521 career home runs; how many came at Candlestick Park, the most by anyone there?
231
'Stretch' was such a dead-pull hitter that teams shifted against him decades before it was fashionable.
Q 15The 1989 World Series against Oakland was interrupted by what?
The Loma Prieta earthquake
It struck moments before Game 3 at Candlestick and delayed the Series ten days; the A's swept.
Q 16Barry Bonds set the single-season home run record in 2001 with how many?
73
He hit 28 in the Giants' first 50 games, including a career-high 17 in May.
Q 17Barry Bonds finished his career with how many home runs, still the MLB record?
762
He passed Hank Aaron with No. 756 off Washington's Mike Bacsik in August 2007; 586 of his homers came as a Giant.
Q 18Barry Bonds won how many National League MVP awards, a record?
7
Willie Mays, his godfather, played alongside his father Bobby in the Giants outfield.
Q 19Which Giants outfielder of the 1960s and 70s was the father of the club's all-time home run king?
Bobby Bonds
He played right field next to Mays for his first seven seasons.
Q 20The Giants lost the 2002 World Series in seven games to which team?
Anaheim Angels
They led 5-0 in the seventh inning of Game 6 before the Rally Monkey intervened.
Q 24The Giants catcher's season-ending 2011 collision with Scott Cousins pushed MLB to adopt what?
A rule limiting collisions at the plate
He came back in 2012 to catch Matt Cain's perfect game and win the batting title.
Q 25Which pitcher was 2014 World Series MVP after two wins and a Game 7 save against Kansas City?
Madison Bumgarner
He was the first Giants pitcher ever to win the award, and he pitched five scoreless innings of relief on two days' rest.
Q 26The stretch of San Francisco Bay beyond Oracle Park's right-field wall is nicknamed what?
McCovey Cove
Officially China Basin, it has swallowed more than 100 'splash hits' by Giants players since 2000.
Q 27How many of the Giants' 110 splash hits into the bay (through August 2026) belong to Barry Bonds?
35
He remains the only player with two splash hits in one game.
Q 28The Giants' waterfront home opened in 2000 under what name?
Pacific Bell Park
Pac Bell paid $50 million for 24 years, then got swallowed by SBC and AT&T before Oracle bought the name in 2019.
Q 29The giant Coca-Cola bottle behind Oracle Park's left-field bleachers contains what?
Playground slides
It is 80 feet long and lights up with every Giants home run; a giant glove sculpture sits beside it.
Q 30How tall is the right-field wall at Oracle Park?
24 feet
The number matches Willie Mays' uniform, and the address is 24 Willie Mays Plaza.