Basketball Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the name of the iconic basketball league in the United States?
Answer:
National Basketball Association (NBA)
2.
What is the name of the circular area on the court where a player can shoot a free throw?
Answer:
Free throw line
3.
What is the name of the first NBA franchise to win a championship?
Answer:
The Minneapolis Lakers
4.
Who is considered the "Father of Basketball"?
Answer:
James Naismith
5.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA championships won?
Answer:
Bill Russell ( championships)
6.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA points scored?
Answer:
Kareem AbdulJabbar
7.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA assists?
Answer:
John Stockton
8.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA blocks?
Answer:
Hakeem Olajuwon
9.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA MVP award?
Answer:
Bob Cousy
10.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Finals MVP award?
Answer:
Bob Pettit
11.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Rookie of the Year award?
Answer:
Maurice Stokes
12.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Defensive Player of the Year award?
Answer:
Nate Thurmond
13.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Sixth Man of the Year award?
Answer:
Jamie Leach
14.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Most Improved Player award?
Answer:
Vlade Divac
15.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA All-Star Game MVP award?
Answer:
George Mikan
16.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA Coach of the Year award?
Answer:
Red Auerbach
17.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA three-pointers made?
Answer:
Ray Allen
18.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA free throws made?
Answer:
Kareem AbdulJabbar
19.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA rebounds?
Answer:
Wilt Chamberlain
20.
What is the name of the basketball player who holds the record for most NBA games played?
Answer:
Robert Parish
21.
What is the name of the basketball player who won the first NBA three-point contest?
Answer:
Larry Bird
22.
What is the name of the first NBA team to play a game?
Answer:
The New York Knickerbockers
23.
What is the name of the first NBA player to be named an All-Star?
Answer:
George Mikan
24.
What is the name of the first NBA player to be named a Defensive Player of the Year?
Answer:
Nate Thurmond
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