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This Seahawks trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers fifty years of Seattle football: the 1976 expansion team and its name contest, Jim Zorn to Steve Largent, the Kingdome and the Chuck Knox playoff runs, Kenny Easley and Cortez Kennedy, the near-move to Anaheim and Paul Allen's rescue, Holmgren, Hasselbeck and Super Bowl XL, then Pete Carroll, the Legion of Boom, Beast Quake, the 43-8 rout of Denver, the interception at the one, and Mike Macdonald's Super Bowl LX champions. Roughly a third of the questions are easy enough for casual fans, a third are medium, and the rest are for people who know their Sea Gals from their 12s. Every question is multiple choice with a short explanation after you answer. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01The Seahawks joined the NFL as an expansion team in which year?
1976
They entered alongside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and swapped conferences with them after one season.
Q 02The team is named for which bird?
Osprey
The original 1976 logo was based on a Kwakwaka'wakw mask from the Burke Museum, though the mask's beak suggests an eagle or thunderbird.
Q 03Which of these was among the 1,700-plus entries in the 1975 fan contest that named the Seahawks?
Lumberjacks
The contest drew more than 20,000 entries; Skippers and Pioneers were also suggested.
Q 04Where did the Seahawks play their home games from 1976 to 1999?
The Kingdome
The concrete dome was imploded in March 2000 and Lumen Field rose on the same site.
Q 05Where did the Seahawks play home games in 2000 and 2001 while their new home was being built?
Husky Stadium
The University of Washington's home stood in for two seasons after the old dome came down.
Q 06When the Seahawks' stadium on the old Kingdome site opened in 2002, what was it called?
Seahawks Stadium
It became Qwest Field in 2004, CenturyLink Field ('The Clink') in 2011 and Lumen Field in 2020.
Q 07Who was the Seahawks' first head coach, hired in January 1976?
Jack Patera
He came from the Minnesota Vikings' staff; the team's first pick was defensive tackle Steve Niehaus.
Q 08The Seahawks are the only NFL team since the merger to have done what?
Switched conferences twice
They started in the NFC West, moved to the AFC West after 1976, and returned to the NFC in 2002.
Q 09Steve Largent, the franchise's first superstar, came from which team for a 1977 eighth-round pick?
Houston Oilers
His old college coordinator, now on the Seahawks staff, talked coach Patera into the trade after Houston planned to cut him.
Q 10When Steve Largent retired he held the NFL career record for touchdown catches with how many?
100
He was the first receiver ever to reach that mark; Jerry Rice passed him in 1992.
Q 11After football, Steve Largent served eight years in the US House of Representatives for which state?
Oklahoma
He had been an All-American at the University of Tulsa.
Q 12Jim Zorn, the Seahawks' original starting quarterback, was notable for throwing with which hand?
His left
Largent had to adjust from Zorn's left-handed passes to right-hander Dave Krieg's.
Q 13The Seahawks lost their first AFC Championship Game in 1983 to which eventual champion?
Los Angeles Raiders
They had upset Denver and Miami on the way; Knox was named Coach of the Year the following season.
Q 21Before their 2005 run, the Seahawks had gone how long without winning a playoff game?
21 years
The drought stretched back to December 22, 1984 and ended with a win over Washington.
Q 22In 2010 the Seahawks made NFL history by reaching the playoffs with what record?
7-9
They then beat the defending champion Saints 41-36 in the wild-card round.
Q 23Marshawn Lynch's 'Beast Quake' run against the Saints in January 2011 covered how many yards?
67
He broke nine tackles, and the crowd's celebration registered magnitude 2.0 on a nearby seismometer.
Q 24Marshawn Lynch was famous for celebrating touchdowns with which candy?
Q 14In which season was Kenny Easley, 'the Enforcer', NFL Defensive Player of the Year?
1984
His career ended after 1987 when he was diagnosed with severe kidney disease; he reached the Hall of Fame in 2017.
Q 15Cortez Kennedy won 1992 Defensive Player of the Year despite the Seahawks finishing with what record?
2-14
It remains the worst season in franchise history.
Q 16In 1996 owner Ken Behring tried to move the Seahawks' operations to which California city?
Anaheim
The NFL threatened a $500,000-a-day fine and Behring sold to Paul Allen the following year.
Q 17Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought the Seahawks in 1997 for roughly how much?
$200 million
His estate agreed a record $9.612 billion sale to a Vinod Khosla-led group in July 2026.
Q 18Against which team did Matt Hasselbeck say 'We want the ball and we're going to score' in 2003?
Green Bay Packers
Al Harris promptly returned his interception 52 yards for the winning touchdown.
Q 19Which Seahawks running back was named NFL MVP in 2005?
Shaun Alexander
He was the first athlete to appear on the covers of both the NCAA Football and Madden video games.
Q 20Super Bowl XL, the Seahawks' first Super Bowl, was lost 21-10 to which team?
Pittsburgh Steelers
Referee Bill Leavy later admitted he missed calls that altered the game in Detroit.
Skittles
Fans took to throwing them onto the field after he scored.
Q 25Which team traded Marshawn Lynch to the Seahawks during the 2010 season?
Buffalo Bills
He had been Buffalo's first-round pick in 2007.
Q 26At Super Bowl XLIX Media Day, Marshawn Lynch answered every question with which line?
I'm just here so I won't get fined
The five-minute session became one of the most quoted press conferences in sports.
Q 27Russell Wilson was drafted by the Seahawks in which round of the 2012 draft?
Third
He went 75th overall and tied the rookie touchdown-pass record that season.
Q 28Before the NFL, Russell Wilson played minor league baseball for which MLB organisation?
Colorado Rockies
His father died the day after the Rockies drafted him in 2010.
Q 29Russell Wilson transferred to which university for his record-setting final college season in 2011?
Wisconsin
He led the Badgers to the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl.
Q 30Russell Wilson was traded away from Seattle in 2022 to which team?
Denver Broncos
His Broncos had the league's worst scoring offense in 2022 and released him after 2023.