Basketball Trivia Questions

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What basketball star devoted an entire chapter of his autobiography, As Bad As I Wanna Be, to his kinky affair with Madonna?

       a. Dennis Rodman
       b. Karl Malone
       c. Magic Johnson
       d. Michael Jordan


In 1971-72, what NBA team set a record by winning 33 straight games and won 69 in all?

       a. Los Angeles Lakers
       b. Boston Celtics
       c. Philadelphia 76ers
       d. Detroit Pistons


Despite a severe thigh injury in Game 5 of the 1970 NBA Finals, Willis Reed limped back into Game 7, to help what team defeat the Lakers?

       a. Milwaukee Bucks
       b. New York Knicks
       c. Boston Celtics
       d. Philadelphia 76ers


What basketball player with a Superman tattoo could catch bad guys himself as a reserve officer with the LA Port Police?

       a. Shaquille O'Neal
       b. Kobe Bryant
       c. Grant Hill
       d. Tim Duncan


What city's Maple Leaf Gardens hosted the very first NBA game on November 1, 1946, when the Knicks beat the Huskies, 68-66?

       a. Buffalo
       b. Detroit
       c. Toronto
       d. Ottawa


Who was the first person elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, in 1959 and 1972 respectively?

       a. Bill Sharman
       b. Lenny Wilkens
       c. John Wooden
       d. Larry Byrd


What rapper and b-baller has earned two Razzie nominations for his questionable "acting" skills in such movies as Blue Chips and Steel?

       a. LeBron James
       b. Michael Jordan
       c. Shaquille O'Neal
       d. Dennis Rodman


Tim Duncan switched from swimming to basketball after the only Olympic swimming pool on his island was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo. What island was this?

       a. Oahu
       b. Guam
       c. St Croix, Virgin Islands
       d. Puerto Rico


What future NBA rebounder worked on the graveyard shift at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, until a growth spurt suggested better things?

       a. Dennis Rodman
       b. Gary Payton
       c. Scottie Pippen
       d. Dikembe Mutombo


Playing for the Los Angeles Sparks, who was the first woman to score a dunk basket in the WNBA?

       a. Lisa Leslie
       b. Sheryl Swoopes
       c. Cynthia Cooper
       d. Sue Bird




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