Pelicans Trivia Questions And Answers
Who are the New Orleans Pelicans?
A: The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based
in New Orleans, Louisiana, that competes in the National Basketball Association
(NBA).
When was the franchise established as the New Orleans
Hornets?
A: In the 2002–03 season due to the relocation of the
Charlotte Hornets after
spending 1988–2002 based in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Because of the damage caused by
Hurricane Katrina in 2005,
the franchise temporarily relocated to where?
A: Oklahoma City.
They spent two seasons officially known as the what?
A: The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
The team returned to New Orleans full-time for what season?
A: The 2007–08 season.
On January 24, 2013, the franchise announced what?
A: That it would rename itself the Pelicans.
When did the name change to the Pelicans take effect?
A: After the conclusion of the 2012–13 season.
Where did the Hornets begin playing after moving to New
Orleans in 2002?
A: The New Orleans Arena.
The Charlotte Hornets put a competitive team on the court
throughout the 1990s, but the team's attendance began what?
A: Falling dramatically.
Many attributed this lapse in popularity to the owner
George Shinn, who was what?
A: Slowly becoming despised by the people of the city.
In 1997, a Charlotte woman claimed that Shinn had what?
A: Raped her, and the resulting trial severely tarnished his reputation in the
city.
The consensus was that while Charlotte was as
basketball-crazy as ever, fans did what?
A: They took out their anger at Shinn on the team.
Shinn had also become discontented with what?
A: The Charlotte Coliseum.
Although it had been considered state-of-the-art when it
opened in 1988, it was considered obsolete due to a limited number of what?
A: Luxury boxes.
On March 26, 2001, both the Hornets and the Vancouver
Grizzlies applied for relocation to where?
A: Memphis, Tennessee.
Shinn issued what ultimatum?
A: Unless the city built a new arena at no cost to him, the Hornets would leave
town.
The city initially refused, leading Shinn to consider
moving the team to where?
A: Either Norfolk, Louisville, St. Louis, or Memphis.
Of the cities in the running, only what city was a larger
media market than Charlotte at the time?
A: St. Louis.
It was also the only one of the four to have previously had
a what?
A: An NBA franchise, he St. Louis Hawks, who moved to Atlanta,
Georgia in 1968.
The Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on
what date?
A: October 30, 2002, against New Orleans' previous NBA franchise, the
Utah
Jazz.
In the first regular season NBA game played in New Orleans
in over 17 years, who won?
A: The Hornets defeated the Jazz 100–75.
What did they do during half time?
A: Posthumously retired #7 of "Pistol" Pete Maravich.
The Hornets finished the season with what record?
A: A 47–35 record.
They were defeated by the what team in the first round of
the playoffs?
A: Philadelphia 76ers
After the season, the team unexpectedly fired who?
A: The head coach Paul Silas.
Who replaced Paul Silas as head coach?
A: Tim Floyd.
The Hornets began the 2003–04 season strong with a 17–7
start but sputtered at the end and finished with what record?
A: 41–41.
They lost to what team in the first round of the
2004
playoffs?
A: The Miami Heat.
After the season, Floyd was fired and the team hired whom
as its new head coach?
A: Byron Scott.
During the previous two seasons the Hornets competed in
what?
A: The NBA's Eastern Conference.
The 2004–05 season saw the team moved to what?
A: The Western Conference's Southwest Division.
In a season marred by injury to the team's three
all-stars, the team finished the year with a franchise-worst record of what?
A: 18–64.
In the subsequent draft, the Hornets used their first round
pick to select what point guard?
A: Chris Paul out of Wake Forest University.
On January 24, 2013, the franchise announced it would
rename itself the what?
A: The Pelicans.
