Pirates, I believe it was $2,000 I hope.

I thought it was the pirates and $2500

$2500 is right, but the name is wrong.

when mr rooney founded the team in 1933 he did name them the pirates

 and changed it to the steelers in 1940.

 

1933-1940      Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-present   Pittsburgh Steelers

that is correct you are up Ray

DeeMca06 had the correct answer 1st

#49 should go to him

I am VERY SORRY RAINMAN but the ANSWERS are still WRONG. According to MY source the name of the Steelers before Art Rooney bought them was the CANTON BULLDOGS "NOT" the PIRATES. So how can YOU say the answer is RIGHT?

Here is the source:

 

 

Know your Roots <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City>, the City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Firsts</st1:place></st1:City>.
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><st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City> isn't just a football city, read below.......
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>For those of you that were born i n <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City>, this will just jog your memory ~~ If you didn't live here it will be some trivia for you. Did you know:
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><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City> (and some surrounding areas) was the first city in the world to do a lot of neat things! Here are a few of the most well-known.
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>1. First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989. The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Presbyterian-University</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hospital</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
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>2. The First Internet Emoticon - 1980. The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created in 1980 by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mellon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> computer scientist Scott Fahlman.
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>3. First Robotics Institute - 1979. The Robotics Institute at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mellon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. The college is still working on Robots ~~ in fact it is their robots used in the Unmanned air crafts that fly over <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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>4. First Mr. Yuk Sticker - 1971. Mr. Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Chi ldren's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to the children of today (for most children it means exciting things like pirates and adventure). Covering 27 counties and 33 percent of <st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State>'s population, the <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City> Poison Center at Children's Hospital of <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City> is the largest such center in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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>5. First Night World Series Game - 1971. Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in Series history. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City> tied the series in that game with a 4-3 win and went on to win the series, 4 games to 3. This was one of the last big moments in the career of well-loved Pirate, Roberto Clemente.Fourteen and a half months after the 19 71 World Series, he died in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico as he attempted to take food, clothing and medical supplies to earthq u ake victims in Nicaragua.
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>6. First Big Mac - 1967. Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967...<st1:City w:st="on">Bellevue</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Butler</st1:place></st1:City>. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the country and eventually, the world.
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>7. First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962. The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. For many years, pull- tabs were only used in this area.
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>8. First Retractable Dome - September 1961. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City>'s Civic Arena boasts the world's first auditorium with a retractable roof. (This is still being used although the Hockey team wants to tear it down and build a new building)
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>9. First <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public Television Station - WQED - April 1, 1954. WQED, operated by the Metropolitan Pittsburgh educational Station, was the first community-sponsored educational television station in America and was also the first to telecast classes to elementary schools
>(1955).
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>10. First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953. The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:PlaceName> researcher and professor, and his staff at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
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>11. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">First</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">All-Aluminum</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> - ALCOA - August 1953. The first aluminum-faced skyscraper was the AlcoaBuilding, a 30-story, 410 foot structure with thin stamped aluminum panelsforming the exterior walls.
>(This building is still being u se d today.)
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>12. First Zippo Lighter - 1932. George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bradford</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State></st1:place>. Although hardly a comm unity "in the surrounding area," you can even find the name of the manufacturing location, either Bradford or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Niagara Falls</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, stamped on the bottom of every Zippo lighter. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the same time in nearby <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Meadville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA.</st1:State></st1:place>
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>13. First Bingo Game - early . Hugh J. Ward first came up with the concept of bingo in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City> and began running the game at carnivals in the early 1920s, taking it nation-wide in 1924. He secured a copyright on the game and wrote a book of Bingo rules in1933.
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>14. First U.S. Com mer cial Radio Station - KDKA - November 2, 1920. Dr. FrankConrad, assistant chief engineer of Westinghouse Electric, first constructed a transmitter and installed it in a garage near his home in <st1:place w:st="on">Wilkinsburg</st1:place> in 1916. The station was licensed as 8XK.
>(Now there's a real trivia question) At 6PM. on Nov. 2, 1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at 100 watts from a makeshift shack atop one of the Westinghouse manufacturing buildings in East Pittsburgh.
>(The station is now KDKA)
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>15. The First Gas Station - December, 1913. In 1913, the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City> at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Baum Boulevard</st1:address></st1:Street> and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">St. Clair Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place w:st="on">East Liberty</st1:place>. It was designed by J. H. Giesey.
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>16. The First Baseball Stadium in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> - 19 09. In1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City>, followed soon by similar stadiums in <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">PNC</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is the newest replacement,opening in 2001.
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>17. First Motion Picture Theater - 1905. The first theater in the world devoted to the exhibition of motion pictures was the "Nickelod eon," opened by Harry Davis on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Smithfield Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City>.
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>18. First Banana Split - 1904. The banana split was invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Latrobe</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State></st1:place>.
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>19. The First World Series - 1903. The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in baseball's first modern World Seri es i n 1903. The Pirates lost the final game 4-3, before a crowd of
>7,455 in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>. Four of the series' games were played in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City>.
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>20. First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893. The first Ferris Wheel, invented by <st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City> native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris
>(1859-1896) was in operation at the World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>. It was over 264 feet high and was capable of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time.
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>21. Long-Distance Electricity - 1885. Westinghouse Electric developed alternating current, allowing long-distance transmission of electricity for the first time.
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>22. First Air Brake - 1869. The first practical air brake for railroads was inv ented by George Westinghouse in the 1860s and patented in 1869. In the same year he organized the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. With additional automatic features incorporated into its design, the air brake became widely accepted, and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes compulsory on all American trains.
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>23. The STEELERS were purchased by Art Rooney Sr. for $2500...they were originally the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canton</st1:place></st1:City> Bulldogs. They are the first team to win four super bowls, now five after six appearances, and the first team to get in the playoffs as a wild card and go all the way to win the Super Bowl.
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>24. The Pittsburgh Rens played basketball at the Civic Arena but are no longer in existence.
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>25. The Rolling Stones came to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City> first and played at W est View Park Danceland. It cost $.50. They were considered to weird and went back to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> and came back after the Beatles broke the ice. <o:p></o:p>

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your question asked "How much did Art Rooney pay for the team he bought in 1933, and what were they called before he named them Steelers? - before he named them Steelers they were called the Pirates.

 

you are absolutely right Ray

This just shows there is favoritism in this club.

They were called the Canton Bulldogs "BEFORE" he bought them. Then they were called the Pirates "AFTER" he brought them to Pittsburgh. In 1940 he received permission from the Steel Industry to use the Steel symbol and naed the team Steelers. But I guess I am not in the IN crowd. So I will just say goodbye.

  This has nothing to do with "favoritism" or being in the "IN crowd" - if you would have asked what they were called "BEFORE" he bought them, then someone could have said "Canton Bulldogs" but you did not ask that question, the question you asked was what they were called before he changed their name to the Steelers - correct answer being the Pirates.

  If you can't admit that you made a mistake and get over it and would rather pout about it - hey, good-bye.

David, if you would like to leave, please do.  Ray is head of trivia and he is correct.  The asnswer that Randy wanted and the question he asked are two very different issues.  Point being to you David, Ray will handle this, if you are upset about it and do not feel comfortable here, please do leave.

 

Lyn

Founder of BNGPC