NBA Basics and Scoring Trivia
Question: What is it called when a player falls to the floor too easily to try and get a foul?
Answer: Flop
Question: What is it called when you legally gain possession from a basketball opponent?
Answer: Steal
Question: What is term for what the basket is attached to in basketball?
Answer: Backboard
Question: What is the basketball term for a player walking 3 steps with the ball without bouncing it?
Answer: Traveling
Question: What is the basketball term for the style of play that focuses on running and has no center?
Answer: Small ball
Question: What is the hall of fame for the NBA called?
Answer: Naismith
Question: What is the name of the area where basketball is played?
Answer: Court
Question: What is the term for two extremely tall and dominant players in one team?
Answer: Twin Towers
Question: What is the term given in basketball for when a player legally deflects a shot?
Answer: Blocking
Question: What's the name of the lines at either end of a basketball court?
Answer: Base Line
Question: When a basketball shot can be attempted without any defensive interference it?s called what?
Answer: Uncontested shot
Question: What does the '40' refer to in the 50-40-90 club?
Answer: 3 point percentage
Question: What does the '90' refer to in the 50-40-90 club?
Answer: Free throw percentage
Question: What does the NBA '50' refer to in the 50-40-90 club?
Answer: Field goal percentage
Question: What is a shot that misses both the rim and the backboard called?
Answer: Air ball
Question: What is it called when a basketball player catches the ball in mid air and dunks?
Answer: Alley-oop
Question: What is it called when a basketball player scores a point?
Answer: A basket
NBA Jersey and Players Trivia
Question: What color jersey do the majority of NBA teams wear at home?
Answer: White
Question: What is Dirk Nowitzki's number for the Dallas Mavericks?
Answer: 41
Question: What jersey number does Carmelo Anthony wear for the New York Knicks?
Answer: 7
Question: What jersey number does Stephen Curry wear for the Golden State Warriors?
Answer: 30
Question: What number did basketball star Michael Jordon famously wear for much of his time at the Chicago Bulls?
Answer: 23
Question: What number did Chris Paul wear for US at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 13
Question: What number did Kevin Durant wear for US at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 5
Question: What number did Kevin Love wear for US at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 11
Question: What number did Kobe Bryant wear for US at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 10
Question: What number did Russell Westbrook wear for US at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 7
NBA and Jersey Trivia
Question: What number pick was Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 2
Question: What number pick was Nate Wolters in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 38
Question: What number pick was Nemanja Nedovic in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 30
Question: What number pick was P. J. Hairston in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 26
Question: What number pick was Ray McCallum, Jr. in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 36
Question: What number pick was Rodney Hood in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 23
Question: What number pick was Tim Hardaway, Jr. in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 24
Question: What numbers was Anthony Davis in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 1
Question: What shirt number did CJ Watson wear for the Brooklyn Nets in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: 1
Question: What short number did Ricky Rubio wear for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: 9
Question: What does the 'N' in NBA stand for?
Answer: National
Question: What game is played by the Birmingham Bullets?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What is Selena Gomez's favorite sport?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What is the name of the arena which is home to both LA based NBA teams?
Answer: Staples Center
Question: What is the name of the governing body in the world top basketball league?
Answer: NBA
Question: What sports video game introduced a two-player mode called 'Hold the Court'?
Answer: NBA Street
Question: What was the basketball video game that featured super-human dunks?
Answer: NBA Jam
Question: What was the home stadium of the Sacramento Kings renamed in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Sleep Train Arena
Question: What was the name of the inventor of basketball?
Answer: James Naismith
Question: What was the name of the owner of the Dallas Mavericks in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Mark Cuban
Question: What was the nationality of the inventor of basketball?
Answer: Canadian
Question: What was the PCT of Western Conference winners in the 2012-2013 season, Oklahoma City Thunder?
Answer: 0.732
Question: What was the regular season percentage for the Miami Heat in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: 0.805
Question: What was the replacement name for Michael Jordan in some of the NBA Live games?
Answer: Roster Player
Question: What was the score in the opening game of the 2012-2013 season when the Heat beat the Celtics?
Answer: 120-107
NBA Players Jersey Trivia
Question: What number does Chris Bosh wear for the Miami Heat?
Answer: 1
Question: What number pick was Adreian Payne in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 15
Question: What number pick was Alex Len in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 5
Question: What number pick was Anthony Bennett in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 1
Question: What number pick was C. J. Wilcox in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 28
Question: What number pick was Clint Capela in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 25
Question: What number pick was Cody Zeller in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 4
Question: What number pick was Dennis Schroder in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 17
Question: What number pick was Dion Waiters in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 4
Question: What number pick was Elfrid Payton in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 10
Question: What number pick was Fab Melo in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 22
Question: What number pick was Glen Rice, Jr. in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 35
Question: What number pick was Gorgui Dieng in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 21
Question: What number pick was James Young in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 17
Question: What number pick was Jerami Grant in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 39
Question: What number pick was John Jenkins in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 23
Question: What number pick was Julius Randle in the 2014 NBA Draft?
Answer: 7
Question: What number pick was Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the 2013 NBA Draft?
Answer: 8
Question: What number pick was Maurice Harkless in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 15
Question: What number pick was Meyers Leonard in the 2012 NBA Draft?
Answer: 11
Question: What nationality is Nenad Krstic, who played for Oklahoma City Thunder in 2010's play-offs?
Answer: Serbian
Question: What nationality is Tornike Shengelia who played in the NBA in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Georgian
Question: What nationality was 2012-2013 NBA Player Tomas Satoransky?
Answer: Czech
Question: What nationality was 2012-2013 NBA Player Tomislav Zubcic?
Answer: Croatian
Question: What nationality was Brooklyn Nets 2012-2013 signing Ilkan Karaman?
Answer: Turkish
Question: What Philadelphia 76ers player had the nickname of 'The Answer' in the 2005-06 NBA season?
Answer: Allen Iverson
Question: What sport do the Harlem Globe Trotters play?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What sport does Micheal Jordan play?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What team sport do the Asian athletes Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming play professionally?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What was the maximum salary that John Wooden made during his career?
Answer: 35000
NBA Coaches Trivia
Question: What is the correct name of the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Rick Carlisle
Question: What is the name of the coach appointed by Portland Trail Blazers in 2012?
Answer: Terry Stotts
Question: Which coach smoked a victory cigar?
Answer: Red Auerbach
Question: Which High School did John Wooden start his coaching career?
Answer: Dayton High School
Question: What was the score of the All Star game in 2000?
Answer: East 13 West 4
Question: What was the sport at the center of Will Ferrell's 2008 outing Semi Pro?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What was the total attendance in the home matches of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: 746000
Question: What was Zaza Pachulia's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $5.2 million
Question: What was Zoran Dragic's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $1.5 million
Question: What year did Michael Jordan not play in the NBA?
Answer: 1994
Question: When basketball was first made, which were used as the goals?
Answer: Peach Baskets
Question: When did the Dream Team make its debut at the Olympic Basketball event?
Answer: 1992
Question: When in possession of the basketball, what must a player do?
Answer: Bounce it
Question: When was basketball invented?
Answer: 1891
Question: Where did a regular NBA Season game take place in January 2013?
Answer: London
Question: Where do The Bulls play Basketball?
Answer: Chicago
Question: Where do The Mavericks play their home basketball games?
Answer: Dallas
Question: Where do The Suns play their home basketball games?
Answer: Phoenix
Question: Where might you find the Grizzlies playing a home basketball match?
Answer: Memphis
Question: Which country famously sent a basketball 'dream team' into the Olympics when professionals were allowed?
Answer: America
NBA Pay and Players Trivia
Question: What was Caron Butler's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $4.5 million
Question: What was Chandler Parsons' 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $14.7 million
Question: What was Chase Budinger's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $5 million
Question: What was DeJaun Blair's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $2 million
Question: What was DeMar DeRozan's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $10.1 million
Question: What was Dwyane Wade's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $15 million
Question: What was Elton Brand's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $2 million
Question: What was Ersan Ilyasova's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $7.9 million
Question: What was first used as basketball goals when Dr. James Naismith invented basketball?
Answer: Peach Baskets
Question: What was Gerald Henderson's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $6 million
Question: What was Greivis Vasquez's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $6.4 million
Question: What was Jordan Hill's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $9 million
Question: What was Kosta Koufos' 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $3 million
Question: What was Kyle Lowry's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $12 million
Question: What was Marvin Williams' 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $7 million
Question: What was Taj Gibson's 2014 NBA salary?
Answer: $8 million
Question: Where did Derrick Rose play college basketball?
Answer: Memphis
Question: Where did John Wooden coach prior to joining UCLA?
Answer: Indiana State University
Question: Where did the LA Clippers finish in the 2012-2013 Pacific Division?
Answer: 1st
Question: Which 2013 play-off team did Danny Green play for?
Answer: San Antonio Spurs
Question: Which 2013 play-off team did Draymond Green play for?
Answer: Golden State Warriors
Question: Which 2014 play-off side did DeMar DeRozan play for?
Answer: Toronto Raptors
Question: Which 2014 play-off side did Patrick Patterson play for?
Answer: Toronto Raptors
Question: Which 2014 play-off team did Patty Mills play for?
Answer: San Antonio Spurs
Question: Which award did Dwyane Wade receive after the 2005-2006 NBA season?
Answer: NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
NBA Players and Teams Trivia
Question: Which basketball legend died in October 2013?
Answer: Bill Sharman
Question: Which basketball star did multiple commercials with Charles Barkley?
Answer: Dwyane Wade
Question: Which basketball star died in November 2013?
Answer: Walt Bellamy
Question: Which Brooklyn Nets player scored 24 points in the final game of their first-round 2013 match?
Answer: Deron Williams
Question: Which city is NBA star James Harden from?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: Which college did Magic Johnson play basketball at?
Answer: Michigan State
Question: Which college did NBA star Russell Westbrook attend?
Answer: UCLA
Question: Which college did NBA superstar Grant Hill go to?
Answer: Duke
Question: Which Denver Nuggets player averaged 3.1 blocks in his 7 2012 play-off games played?
Answer: JaVale McGee
Question: Which duo helped the Lakers win the NBA championship from 2000-02?
Answer: O'Neal And Bryant
Question: Which French player is on the cover of the game NBA Live 09?
Answer: Tony Parker
Question: Which Golden State Warriors played shared the high-points total for 2013's play-offs?
Answer: Stephen Curry
Question: Which Golden State Warriors player scored 13 rebounds in the final game of their 2014 first-round match?
Answer: David Lee
Question: Which high school did Kobe Bryant go straight into the NBA from?
Answer: Lower Merion
Question: Which iconic basketball player is known as the 'Black Mamba'?
Answer: Kobe Bryant
Question: Which legendary basketball player still holds the NBA average points per game record?
Answer: Michael Jordan
Question: Which Miami Heat held the 2013 play-off player steals record?
Answer: Dwayne Wade
Question: Which Miami Heat player scored 9 rebounds in the final game of 2011's NBA finals?
Answer: Udonis Haslem
Question: What is the correct name of the Chicago based NBA basketball team?
Answer: Bulls
Question: What is the correct name of the Dallas based NBA basketball team?
Answer: Mavericks
Question: What is the correct name of the Philadelphia NBA basketball team?
Answer: 76ers
Question: What is the correct name of the Toronto NBA basketball team?
Answer: Raptors
Question: What is the correct name of the Utah based NBA basketball team?
Answer: Jazz
Question: What is the name of Real Madrid's sister Basketball team?
Answer: Real Madrid Baloncesto
Question: What is the name of the basketball team in Sacramento?
Answer: Kings
NBA Teams Trivia
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Brooklyn?
Answer: Nets
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Dallas?
Answer: Mavericks
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Detroit?
Answer: Pistons
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Golden State?
Answer: Warriors
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Indiana?
Answer: Pacers
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Miami?
Answer: Heat
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Milwaukee?
Answer: Bucks
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Minnesota?
Answer: Timberwolves
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from New Orleans?
Answer: Pelicans
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Oklahoma City?
Answer: Thunder
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Orlando?
Answer: Magic
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Phoenix?
Answer: Suns
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Portland?
Answer: Trail Blazers
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from San Antonio?
Answer: Spurs
Question: What is the name of the NBA team from Washington?
Answer: Wizards
Question: What is the nickname of the Duke basketball team?
Answer: Blue Devils
Question: What NBA team plays in Indiana?
Answer: Pacers
Question: What sport is played by the 'Birmingham Bullets'?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What sport is played by the Brooklyn Nets?
Answer: Basketball
Question: What team ended the Phoenix Suns run and knocked them out of the 2006 NBA Playoffs?
Answer: Dallas Mavericks
Question: What's the name of the Toronto NBA franchise?
Answer: Raptors
Question: What's the sport of choice of the Brighton Bears?
Answer: Basketball
Question: Which basketball team is actor Frankie Muniz a fan of?
Answer: Clippers
Question: Which basketball team play their home matches at The Palace of Auburn Hills?
Answer: Detroit Pistons
Question: Which bird gives the name to the basketball team located in New Orleans?
Answer: Pelicans
Question: Which city has a 'Magic' basketball team?
Answer: Orlando
Question: Which city is home to the famous Basketball Team - The Heat?
Answer: Miami
Question: Which city is home to The Rockets basketball team?
Answer: Houston
Question: Which division was won by the NY Knicks in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Atlantic
Question: Which Eastern Conference team ended the regular season with a .805 percentage in the 2012-2013 season?
Answer: Miami Heat
Question: Which Eastern Conference team were seeded 7th for the 2011 play-offs?
Answer: Philadelphia 76ers
Question: Which is home to the basketball team - The Bobcats?
Answer: Charlotte
Question: Which is the correct name of the Basketball team based in Philadelphia?
Answer: 76ers