New York Knicks Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Who are the New York Knickerbockers?
A: The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New
York City, New York.
The Knickerbockers are usually referred to as what?
A: The Knicks.
The Knicks are part of what division of the Eastern
Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA)?
A: The Atlantic Division.
The team was established by whom?
A: Ned Irish.
In what year was the team established?
A: In 1946.
It was one of the founding members of the what?
A: Basketball Association of America (BAA).
The BAA became the NBA after merging with what rival?
A: The National Basketball League (NBL) in 1949.
Where does the team play?
A: At Madison Square Garden.
Along with the Boston Celtics, it is one of only two what?
A: Original NBA teams still located in its original city.
The Knicks were successful during their early years and
were constant playoff contenders under what head coach?
A: The franchise's first head coach Joe Lapchick.
Beginning in 1950, the Knicks made three consecutive
appearances in the NBA Finals, all of which were what?
A: Losing efforts.
Lapchick resigned in 1956 and the team subsequently began
to what?
A: Falter.
In the late 1960s, Red Holzman became head coach and the
Knicks began to what?
A: Regain their former dominance.
Holzman successfully guided the Knicks to two championship
titles in what two years?
A: 1970 and
1973.
The Knicks of the 1980s had mixed success that included how
many playoff appearances?
A: Six.
The playoff-level Knicks of the 1990s were led by what
future Hall of Fame center?
A: Patrick Ewing.
Their success during this decade was highlighted by two
appearances in the what?
A: NBA Finals, in 1994 and 1999.
Despite being a consistent playoff contender, they never
attained a what?
A: An NBA Championship in their two championship appearances.
Where does the "Knickerbockers" name come from?
A: It was the pseudonym used by Washington Irving in his book A History of
New
York.
With no college draft in the league's initial year, there
was no guarantee of what?
A: That the Knicks or the league itself would thrive.
The teams focused on signing college players from their
respective cities as a way to what?
A: Promote the professional league.
Where did the Knicks hold their first training camp?
A: In the Catskill Mountains at the Nevele Country Club.
How many players were invited to attend the three-week
session?
A: Twenty-five.
With a roster assembled, the Knicks faced the Toronto
Huskies at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens on November 1, 1946, in what would be
the franchise's what?
A: First game—as well as the first in league history.
In a low-scoring affair presented in front of 7,090
spectators, the Knicks defeated the Huskies 68–66 with whom leading the Knicks
in scoring with 14 points?
A: Leo Gottlieb.
Knicks went on to finish their inaugural campaign with what
record?
A: A 33–27 record and achieved a playoff berth under Cohalan despite a dismal
shooting percentage of 28 percent.
Who did the Knicks face in the quarterfinals, winning the
series 2–1?
A: the Cleveland Rebels.
However, the Knicks were swept by what team in two games in
the semifinals?
A: the Philadelphia Warriors.
