With the rise of social media and the increase in athleticism, NBA has become a more entertaining league to watch. Loved by fans across the globe, the game has been recognized as the highest peak of basketball excellence.
Sports enthusiasts and basketball fans enjoy the entertainment brought by the game live and on TV. Apparently, it’s also a favorite trivia topic for many supporters who love to challenge their knowledge about NBA history.
NBA Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Every year, legends are born and made, some of whom become immortalized after they perform inhumanly accurate shots and showcase mind-numbing athletic prowess. If you’re an NBA diehard, then you know the iconic Kobe Bryant, who spent his 20 years career with the Lakers as a shooting guard and played extraordinarily well. Test your knowledge with our list of NBA trivia quiz.
While their fan base is truly global, the NBA is made purely of North American teams. Amazing fun fact there, right? In fact, did you know that all but one of the teams are based in the USA? Or that one player didn’t skip a game for over 1,000 consecutive matches?
This list of NBA trivia quiz questions and answers will help you be the MVP on your next trivia team. Here, have a look!
1. What player spent his entire career with the Pistons, scored over 16,000 points, and recorded over 1,300 steals?
Joe Dumars
2. Rapper Drake is often seen courtside at which team’s games?
Toronto Raptors
3. There have only been five “quadruple-doubles” achieved in the NBA during the 20th century. Which player is responsible for two of them?
17. Which player was drafted out of St. Johns in 1999, is known for earning numerous technical fouls, and is an excellent defender at the forward position?
229. Who won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2011?
Lamar Odom
230. Which NBA player was awarded the Double Helix Medal for his work in the field of raising awareness for cancer research?
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who has been leading with Leukemia since 2009.
231. Early in Chris Paul’s debut season for the Los Angeles Clippers, the team earned what nickname?
Lob City
232. Which NBA player had trained under Bruce Lee and appeared in the film ‘Game of Death’?
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
233. Who is the only athlete ever to become a billionaire?
Michael Jordan
234. What country is the great center Arvydas Sabonis originally from?
Lithuania
235. Star NBA point guard Derrick Rose was born in which city in Illinois on October 4, 1988?
Chicago
236. Who are the only four players in NBA history to have a quadruple-double?
Nate Thurmond, Alvin Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson.
237. Who was the 1989 slam dunk champion who went by the nickname of “Sky”?
Kenny Walker
238. How many shots has the shortest player in NBA history blocked?
39
239. LaMarcus Aldridge was selected with which pick in the 2006 NBA draft?
Second Overall
240. Which player got stabbed eleven times in his face, neck and back while trying to break up a club fight, but returned to the court three days later?
Paul Pierce. He also started 83 games that season for the Boston Celtics.
241. Which player was the Washington Wizard’s 2nd pick of the 2011 NBA Draft?
Chris Singleton
242. Which NBA player went to medical school before he came to the court?
Pau Gasol
243. At what age did star NBA point guard Derrick Rose win the MVP Award in 2011?
22
244. Which team signed the first African American man in NBA history?
Washington Capitols
245. What team acquired forward Jeff Green in February 2016?
LA Clippers
246. Where is the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame located?
258. There was a certain fine that players had to pay if they wore Air Jordans in court. How much was the fine?
Players, including Michael Jordan, was fined $5000 for each game he played wearing Air Jordans. Nike paid all the fines so that he could keep playing in his shoes.
259. This player’s parents had to co-sign his NBA contract because he was a legal minor at the time. Who is it?
Kobe Bryant
260. Which team had both the tallest and shortest players in NBA history playing for them at the same time?
The Washington Bullets
261. What is Kobe Bryant’s middle name?
‘Bean’
262. Which NBA player performed the role of the Grandfather in the Pacific Northwest Ballet performance of the Nutcracker?
Vladimir Radmanovic
263. Tim Duncan has this Disney character famously tattooed on his skin. Who is it?
Merlin
264. Who is the first player to be drafted #1 without playing college or high school basketball in the U.S.?
Yao Ming
265. Which player met his wife at the set of a rap video?
Kobe Bryant
266. What basketball technique did God Shammgod, a New York NBA legend, pioneer?
The Shammgod Crossover
267. What team has the worst record in one season?
2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats
268. How many games did God Shammgod finish before he went overseas to have a successful career?
20, with the Washington Wizards
269. What team drafted Ray Allen?
Minnesota Timberwolves
270. Which player had the nickname ‘The Pink Panther’?
Toni Kukoc
271. Who has had the most rebounds in a game?
Wilt Chamberlain pulled down 55 boards against the Boston Celtics.
272. Who was the MVP in the first all star game?
Ed Macauley
273. What is Shaquille O’Neal’s rap hit called?
‘What’s Up Doc’
274. After which player is the Twitter Logo named after?
Larry Bird
275. Which player was drafted by Orlando Magic but was later traded for Penny Hardaway?
Chris Webber.
276. Kobe Bryant was No. 13 in the NBA Draft for which year?
1996
277. What is an alley-oop?
The ball-handler throws the basketball near the basket to their teammate who dunks it in
278. What is the highest governing body of basketball?
FIBA
279. After a player commits an FFP2, what happens?
They are ejected from the game
280. What is a turnover?
The different ways that possession of the ball goes from one team to another
281. A run-and-gun is?
A fast-paced offensive style used by teams
282. Who Is Sometimes Referred To As “The Human Victory Cigar”?
Darko Milicic
283. What does BEEF mean?
Balance, Eyes, Elbow, Follow Through
284. What is one way to legally make a steal?
Deflect a pass
285. Kicking a basketball is what kind of foul?
Technical foul
286. The first Coach of the Year Award was presented to?
Harry Gallatin
287. What Is Recognized As The First Coin-Op Arcade Machine To Be Sports-Licensed?
NBA Jam
288. The first basketball used what as goals?
peach baskets
289. How long can a defensive player stand in the paint without guarding anyone?
3 seconds
290. Traveling results in?
an infraction
291. Before becoming the Houston Rockets, where did the team play?
